Hide your baby wipes, keys and nail everything down…the toddler is back.
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F is for…
Read moreHow lovely is Florence’s F painting? It was a first birthday present, created by my really talented artist sister-in-law (here’s her Facebook page, and you can also see the A-Z she made for Eliza’s first birthday – behind the angry Angry Bird). Five other random F-themed things from the past few weeks:
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Mistakes I *definitely* won’t be making in 2016
Read more‘Those who fail to learn from the past are doomed to repeat it’ – said by many, many people, according to the Internet Wise words, right? So in the spirit of new years, fresh starts and all that, here’s some things I absolutely, definitely won’t be repeating next year*:
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Just had a baby? Here are ten pieces of terrible parenting advice
Read moreTen pieces of terrible parenting advice… If you’ve just had a baby, no doubt you are on the receiving end of some terrible parenting advice aimed at you, the new mum, and your newborn… When you have a newborn baby… Have you just had a baby? Congrats! One of my friends just had a baby,…
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The one where I get locked out of the house
Read moreLast 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
Read more1) 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
Read moreA 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…