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The one where I get locked out of the house
Last Friday morning our front door slammed, leaving me outside with one child, while the other child was inside, alone in the house, on the other side of the door she’d shut. ‘Oh…I’ll…call you back’ I said to my mum, who I was on the phone to at the time. Florence, who I was holding, poked…
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Five things from the weekend
1) How is it only two minutes to Christmas? Does everyone have trees and presents all bought and wrapped (don’t tell me if you have)? I managed about five minutes of shopping on Saturday, and we now have festive fairy lights up with a tree date for this Friday. Last year we actually let toddler…
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Joules Parka Review – A Coat For Pram Pushing and the Park
A Joules Parka Review… We review the Joules Parka – is this a perfect coat or parka exist for the intricacies of mumlife, and all the park trips, pram pushing and pavement pounding that it entails? Coats, when you’re a mum: I’ve written before about ‘mum’ dressing, but here’s some things about being a mum, and…
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Signs you’re a mum in the autumn
You want to hunt down the people letting off fireworks after 8pm and give them a really good telling off (Bonfire Night was ages ago …how is this still happening?)
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Ten things I love about being a mum of two
What is it like, having two children? It’s a question I get asked a lot and indeed one I used to ask a lot when I was pregnant. So a year in what is it like, really? With twelve months under our belt I’d say it’s swings and roundabouts and a see-saw balancing act (mainly…