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2014 Accessorise Yourself Challenge
Those that have been reading here for a while will be well aware of my total ineptitude at crafting. It's not that I don't want to do it, I do. I really do. I'd love to be crafty yet alas I own not...
View ArticleThe deplorably proud Mum
I'm afraid it's one of those Mummy posts, you know the ones, the proud Mummy ones. Sometimes however, they're just necessary and quite frankly bloody well deserved.I'm always proud or The Spawn....
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36+3
You must forgive my recent lull in posting, I'm a sun hater at the very best of times yet this hatred reaches new heights when I'm pregnant. Summer is not fun. I'm a huge, mobility challenged (due to...
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The Great Ice Rescue
I'm not terribly good at the whole play thing, even less so when I'm in pain and heavily pregnant. The only upside is that when I do set up some kind of sensory or messy play The Spawn think it's...
View Article37+3
The end is in sight. Or so I'm told. Although many places still cite 37+0 onwards as term, many specialists are now saying that needs redefining and that true term isn't until at least 39 weeks.I've...
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Matalan Back to School review
It's that time of the year again, The Summer Holidays, also known as bankrupt time as more often than not our delightful little cretins are in need of new uniform, P.E kits and school shoes. The very...
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Moomin's Birth Story
Out of all my pregnancies, this last one was the only 'surprise'. The Husband and I had marriage shattering debates on the topic as I desperately longed for one more baby and he categorically declared...
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Softly Softly time sneaks past us
The apron strings are flapping manically like cage birds and there's a dull thud in my heart. I'm clock watching again. Trying to imagine that what I cannot see. I hope you're okay. I hope you're...
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Review: Step2 Little Bakers Kitchen from Activity Toys Direct
If there is one toy very child should have access to at some point, it's a kitchen. Children love to role-play, to emulate grownups they see around them. What we see as chores they see as fun. I...
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The Vest Epiphany
Using this image without linking to here isn't sharing it's just theft. You've heard the old adage 'you learn something new everyday' or even 'you can't teach an old dog new tricks'? Well this old dog...
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Portable North Pole: Review and promo code
We're officially on single digit countdown to Christmas now, the tree is up and the living room looks like the exploded contents of a drag queens handbag. Wrapping is 85% done and present shopping is...
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Review: Monkey Mama Teething/Fiddle Necklace
www.tiarasandprozac.co.ukI've spent a lot of time nursing. In total I've nursed for over 7 years. A lot of baby items I find superfluous and terribly gimmicky and thus refuse to be lured in by their...
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Ostentatious prats: Nobody puts baby in a corner.
Once again that old chestnut of breastfeeding in public was in the news with the Claridges debacle and then Farage had to stick his oar in too. I've said my piece on breastfeeding in public before and...
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Merry Fudgemas
Recently the school had their annual Christmas Fare aka Hell. The weeks leading up to it we, The Parents, are continually fleeced to pay for the bloody thing through a flurry of none uniform days each...
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Tutorial: white clay Christmas ornaments
I'd love to post one of those pinterest winning style posts on picture perfect Christmas crafting only this is me and I can't craft. We excel at the imperfect. We're messy, noisy and a bit wobbly....
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Being Santa...
Thing One is on the cusp of not believing. Moomin hasn't even found her own toes yet let alone a belief in Santa. The Dude has only just learned to write his name. Thing Two however, loves to write....
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Hold your baby.
Because babies are people too. As mother's we can't always fix everything. Some things we're not supposed to fix because they're not always broken. Crying doesn't always equal a fault somewhere. You...
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AP parent in the making
Parenting a baby according to Thing Two (Age 8 yrs ).Never underestimate the impact your parenting has on your children. How you parent is their reference to how to parent.
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Family traditions at Christmas
There's something about being a parent that makes you want to create memories to Cherish. You want your spawn to grow up with fond recollections of what you did and to see them carry it on....
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