Parenting
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17 months and still not walking – should I be worried?
“Still not walking??” is the question I get weekly accompanied by the inevitable vague reassuring statement of “He’s just a lazy boy” “It’s just because he’s big” “He’ll get there in his own time“. The thing is, he isn’t lazy… Continue reading
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Back to school lifestyle? Nailed it
*This is a contributed post* It’s already September, and in some parts of the country, kids have already started school – in fact, in Scotland, they even started mid-August. For parents too, the back-to-school feeling is back, even though you… Continue reading
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Wow, sibling rivalry has arrived with a bang!
Yep, one day they were the very best of friends, enjoying each other’s company and the very next, one was crying because the other one was getting attention and all hell seems to have broken loose 😒 The problem When Felix… Continue reading
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Chicken Pox – The survival kit
Possibly the only illness that you want your children to get…but at the same time totally dread it’s arrival. Poppy got it recently and was taken down hard and I was totally unprepared. Luckily friends came to the rescue with… Continue reading
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I’ve got my cake but why is it so flipping impossible to eat it?! Is working for yourself all it’s cracked up to be?
Ah maternity leave, what a total dream of life revolving entirely around one perfect little person. I spent her every waking moment interacting and tending to her every need. Then towards the end of this wonderful period I made the truly agonising… Continue reading
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Potty training, ugh, kill me now
Firstly, I must acknowledge my absence from the blogging world recently. Who knew that keeping two children alive would be so blooming time consuming?! As my ability to shower/and or function seems to be slowly returning, I’m hoping this also means… Continue reading
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Grotto fabulous
Who knew that getting up and out for a Saturday morning breakfast meeting could be this ridiculously fun. Did I mention that the meeting was with SANTA?!! The lovely Wyevale team invited us along to enjoy Poppy’s first ever Father… Continue reading
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The guilt of reaching breaking point
If you saw my post on the 12th Aug then you’ll know that I had grand plans of kick-starting my health, problem is, this just happened to coincide with Poppy going through the most horrendous sleep regression. I’m talking two… Continue reading
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Guest post – I think Upsy Daisy is my toddler’s best friend! Am I a bad parent?
I’m so excited to introduce you to Guest blogger Laura who, in her post below, is addressing a dilemma that I know I have struggled with. Poppy has spent the majority of her life not watching any TV at all. This isn’t… Continue reading
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Crikey, bringing up girls is hard!
A few weeks after Poppy was born I saw the viral video of #likeagirl, it was an upsetting realisation that Poppy would be growing up in a world where being a girl is still a negative and that girls and women are… Continue reading
