Right back in the swirly, whirling mists of time when I had a toddler and a tiny mewling newborn, I wrote a post about how it’s impossible to get anything done when you have a baby. Three years on I have a nearly-six-year-old and a not-even-a-toddler anymore and you know what? Things haven’t really changed……
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Forget Halloween; here are 25 things that are scary for parents
Read moreHalloween? It’s nothing…here are things that are scary for parents… Forget Halloween – what things are scary for parents? Any kind of clock change (WHAT extra hour in bed? HELLOOOO 3AM) Teething. The permanently overflowing washing basket. Any one of these. Seeing ‘Nursery’ ring your phone in the middle of the day, shortly before your…
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When your parenting skills don’t quite add up
Read moreAn innocent school email sent an icy clawfinger of fear into my heart this week; there’s a maths breakfast taking place, do parents want to come? In a word, NO. No way, I’m busy, I’m washing my hair, I’m running for the hills as we speak. Contending with the school run is enough but now…
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Six Boring Things I LOVE As A Parent
Read moreAll The Boring Things I Love As A Parent Does being a parent make you boring? I don’t know, possibly. Probably. What was I saying again? I’m not sure. But here are all the boring things I love as a parent. Parenting: Can It Make you Boring? Parenting itself is brilliant but it can also…
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How Find Local Playgroups And Love Them: A Ten Point Plan
Read moreHow to Find Local Playgroups You Love: A Ten Point Plan Here’s how to find local playgroups you love…but first, where do you stand on playgroup? Like the park, teething and absolutely no sleep it’s one of the recurring features of early parenting life that’s as old as time. And one that parents seem to…
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Ten Things I HATE About The School Run (And Five Things I Secretly Love)
Read moreHere are ten things I hate about the dreaded school run… It’s always raining on the school run. ALWAYS. It doesn’t matter how glorious the weather is, all day long…as soon as it’s time to do the pick-up, the heavens open. In fact, you can set your clock by the weather. Dark clouds approaching? Must…
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Baby things I’m *glad* to see the back of
Read moreWe have recently cleared out our house and giant garden shed of stuff in preparation for yet more building work. In doing so we unearthed a whole load of long-forgotten baby things both children have outgrown – from far too many bags of clothes to the playmat via the cot – that we seem to…