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Five reasons why I’m glad to see the summer holidays.

(picture by heroethic)So I feel like I've blinked and the summer holidays are here again. Aside from that fact that I’m still reeling in shock at the realisation that as of September I’ll be mother two...

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The last hurrah!

   For the final week of the summer holidays we decided to take a little trip to the Lake District. It proved to be a wonderful end to an amazing summer of family fun. I'm slightly relieved that we...

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The family that runs together...

The Family That Runs Together...So, for the past year I've well and truly caught the running bug. It started off innocently enough, a little jog here, a park run there. Before I knew it I'd signed up...

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New pets!

So, we have some cool little friend living with us this winter…stick insects! I absolutely adore them, it’s so interesting to watch them swinging from side to side and munching their way through...

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Surprise!

                                                                                       Well it sure has been some time since my last post so let me fill you in ... I'm now a married woman and we've...

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Finding the faith in time for September.

Last Sunday I Shunned my usual morning routine of a long run and a big breakfast. Instead, I ushered my little flock, freshly groomed to within an inch of their lives, in to the pews of our local...

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Tips for surviving Maternity Induced Poverty.

I had known it was coming for 9 months but I still felt powerless to stop it. Not my baby dear reader, the end of my maternity pay. The last 3 months of maternity leave (aka no pay, not a penny, nada)...

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Can all mums afford to return to work?

Knowing I’ll have to work for at least 14 days before I take home a penny is making me bitter. Having to leave my baby in the care of strangers just so I can return to work (working with other...

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The gift I want most this mother's day doesn't cost a penny...

Before you rush out to buy me chocolates - I'll have to share them, or flowers – I'll have to defend them against hourly attacks from the baby. This is a message to you, dear husband.The only gift I...

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I wish my son had a race card...

I wish the race card was a real thing, something to be pulled out, like a red card, whenever someone wished to be treated fairly, or in my case as fairly as my Caucasian friends. I would have carried...

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Kicking the co-sleeping habit

Sat here looking at his cute little face and hearing his adorable chuckles of laughter, it’s hard to believe that my angel faced boy is kicking my ass every night. Because, when it comes to sleep, this...

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Remind me why I'm still breastfeeding?

I’ve kind of fallen out of love with breastfeeding, there I said it! My baby boy has more teeth coming through and his preferred teething rings are my poor nipples.Now I’m trying to be patient and I...

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Work from home dream or pyramid scheme? 5 ways to spot a pyramid scheme

I’ve been pretty vocal about the fact that my current life ambition is to be a work from home mum. Being, say, a freelance writer (hint hint to any passing editors) would give me the freedom to work...

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C-section recovery tips

Before I had a C-section I naively believed that they were a soft option to labour. I looked at the glamorous mums in the glossy magazines, going in with a face full of make-up and not a strand of hair...

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Ending Maternity Leave Grief

With less than five days to go there’s no getting away from it. My joy filled year of freedom is nearly over and I have to haul my ass back in to work.Ok, it’s just 3 KIT days, I still have 6 weeks...

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Are parents qualified to look after a toddler?

As a former Nursery Nurse and a parent I have to say that Save The Children’s rather sweeping declaration that all toddlers need a teacher was like a kick in the teeth. According to them, my 12 years...

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Time to banish the mum pouch!

Sorry, I'm sure my pictures are TMI for some of you - it’s certainly too much for me every time I look in the mirror - but public shaming is necessary here folks because my mum pouch (or that saggy...

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Time to turn it off and stop comparing...

The irony of writing a negative post about social media on social media is not lost on me, but I have a Facebook hiatus coming up and I am ridiculously excited. The highlight of our family vacation...

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The 5 stresses of throwing a children's party

It’s been a few years since I last threw a party - a creepy crawly themed affair for my eldest in the local church hall - and I looked back at that memory with fuzzy fondness. I thought, heck why not...

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Surviving a nursing (breastfeeding) strike.

A month before my son’s 1st birthday I was thinking about the dreaded return to work and wondered - with him starting nursery and us being apart for most of the day - if it was time to bring our...

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Time to banish the mum pouch: update

I said I’d post an update after 8 weeks – it’s more like 10 because the 2 weeks I fell off the exercise wagon totally don’t count.  I’m at the halfway point and honestly, I’m starting to see some...

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Camping: The life hack to family therapy

With a month passed since my official return to work I can safely refer to myself as a working mum again. But, while the 9-5 stuff came flooding back the second I stepped into the office, every Friday...

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I wish my child would pick a bloody hobby!

We're firmly back in September, the kids have returned to school (thank god), the teachers are back at work (ditto, nobody needs that kind of smugness on their news feed) and the games have well and...

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Confessions of a modern parent: My home is never tidy!

“I’ll pop round through the week!” I don’t know about you but this off the cuff remark, from a friend I bumped in to at the supermarket, struck the fear of god into me. “Through the week, when’s that...

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News Feed Bombing

A friend of mine recently made a dramatic announcement. She’s giving up on social networking. Yes, giving up on Social Networking! Once I’d picked myself up from the floor I was able to enquire as to...

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