The days are long but the years are short, they always tell you about parenting – and oh boy, sometimes *those* days are really, really long – but what they don’t say is that you’ll blink once, maybe twice, and all of a sudden your tiny newborn baby will be going to school.
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How not to leave the house when you have small children, in 5000 steps
Read moreWhy oh why is it so hard to leave the house when you have small children?
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For how long can you blame things on baby brain?
Read moreA couple of weeks ago we had an amazingly lovely long weekend away that was both restful and relaxing (yep, with both children, I know). But on the train ride home, something felt wrong. It felt like something was missing.
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Blog awards and life / loft updates
Read moreSo, blogs and lofts. I can’t believe it’s been a year – oh time, you old trickster – but the MAD Blog Awards are open again and this year I would love a nomination in the best pre-school blog category (I was beyond thrilled to be a finalist for best pregnancy blog last year and get…
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The Politics Of Paw Patrol – I Have Some Questions
Read moreThe Politics Of Paw Patrol But First – Who’s A Fan Of The Pups? The politics of Paw Patrol…i have SO MANY QUESTIONS. But first, Paw Patrol! Who’s seen it? Who’s not seen it? Paw Patrol is one of *those* inexplicably popular kids TV programmes with a theme tune so catchy it digs a hole…
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21 irritating things that inevitably happen during naptime
Read moreHow do I love thee, naptime? Let me count the ways…
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Mum karma, and the mother of all paybacks
Read moreThere’s nothing quite like becoming a mum to make you gradually realise that the way you treated your own mum when you were a small child might not have always been, shall we say, brilliant.