A question I found myself Googling just before Christmas: what’s the going rate for the tooth fairy? Along with when should children’s baby teeth start to fall out? And is four too early to lose teeth? (And the answers: see below, from around now and it’s early but fine, apparently!) Motherhood is full of surprises.…
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Nine alternative ways to protest (when you’re a parent of small children)
Read moreWhat are the best ways to protest when you’re a parent of small children, and can’t go to a protest march? I’ve been thinking about this a lot this week, for all the obvious reasons, mainly while I was trapped under a sleeping toddler and couldn’t even go to the kitchen (again). Like most people I…
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The nap snack delivery company and other fantasy parenting inventions
Read moreWhat invention would have the potential to completely change your life as a parent? I was thinking about this very topic of fantasy parenting inventions earlier this week, while pinned to the sofa by my sleeping toddler. Picture this scene, parents of toddlers; it might be familiar… We’d already left the house that morning –…
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51 ways to shake off the parenting blues
Read moreHow do you shake off the parenting blues? It is, apparently, Blue Monday today, which is one of those yawnsome made-up stories about it being the most depressing day of the year, due to a combination of factors involving January doing what it does best, everyone being predictably post-Christmas poor and the weather being, well,…
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10 Early Pregnancy Symptoms; The Earliest Pregnancy Signs
Read more10 Early Pregnancy Symptoms…What Are The Earliest Signs of Being Pregnant? Think you might possibly be pregnant and are wondering what the early pregnancy symptoms and early pregnancy signs might be. We look at those hints that might make you think ‘Am I pregnant?’ When you think you might be pregnant, everything can be a…
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What Is Post-Natal Depletion And Do You Have It?
Read moreHave You Heard About Post-Natal Depletion? Here’s What It Is And How To Tell If You Have It If You’ve Had A Baby Recently, You Might Have Post-Natal Depletion. But What Is It And What’s The Post Natal Depletion Cure? You’ve probably not heard of post-natal depletion before, but the symptoms might be really familiar…
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How party season changes when you’re a parent
Read moreIt’s Christmas party season! I know this because a) it’s December this week so of course it’s Christmas party season b) All the women’s magazines in the shop are telling me to ‘get the party season look’ while I saunter past in my mum parka on the hunt for CBeebies mag and c) All the…