It is funny how toddlers develop in fits and starts so you feel like one day you have a baby and the next a threenager is staring back at you with their hands firmly planted on their hips as they wag their finger at you and say ‘NO’. It’s like they wait until they have […]
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OK I have cracked it! I have got the only parenting tip you will ever need! If you have this in your parenting arsenal you are all set. Your sanity can be saved so what is this amazing parenting tip? Drum roll please…………………………………. What? I hear you cry… I am serious excuses are your best
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At some point all children seem to go through an ‘I hate vegetable phase’. If you are responsible for cooking for kids, are in that place and need a solution this easy hidden vegetable tomato sauce is the answer.  One of my son’s has a ‘hate’ food list and it gets longer, seemingly, by the
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Before I had children of my own I would watch other parents, including my own, and be entirely convinced that there were things I would never say to my children. Yesterday as I told one of the twins to eat because there were children starving in the world I realised I have blown it! I
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Woohoo! It’s day four of potty training twins and we have a result! One of the twins has only gone and cracked it. There were no accidents today, but more importantly, she initiated everything. I did not remind her and she nailed it. Tempting Fate  I hate to tempt fate, but I am going to
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I have been a bit post happy today so apologies for that, but I couldn’t resist writing this one today as I have always been inspired by the Suffragette movement. As we remember the suffragette movement and the sacrifices that women made 100 years ago so that I could have a vote I was thinking about
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An open letter from a Double Buggy User To my fellow humans I confess I am a double buggy user and this is an open letter to you all to apologise for the amount of space it takes up. Â This is the lament of a double buggy user and a plea to you, my fellow
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