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
Why 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?
A 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
So, 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
The 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
How do I love thee, naptime? Let me count the ways…
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Mum karma, and the mother of all paybacks
There’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.