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It's not unusual for parents today to decide that one child is enough, although it seems to be difficult to get everyone else to understand that family can be a mummy, daddy and just one child. Why can't everyone else just accept that? There’s never enough time in my day to get everything done. Actually there’s never enough time in the week, month or year either. And with just one...
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Last updated: 16/02/2012
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Mamaofone
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Last year I travelled to Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) with the Hope Foundation to see first hand how HOPE works to free children and poor families from lives of pain, abuse and poverty. My 4 day diary will hopefully give you some insight into what I experienced when I was there. Saturday This morning I am lost in a time zone somewhere between Dubai and India. 30 hours of transit later, I arrive in...
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Last updated: 25/01/2012
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TaraRose
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Motivation & Inspiration
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After a while you learn the subtle difference, between holding a hand and chaining a soul. And you learn that love doesn’t mean leaning, and company doesn’t mean security. And you begin to learn that kisses aren’t contracts, and presents aren’t promises. And you begin to accept your defeats, with your head up and your eyes open, With the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child. And you...
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Last updated: 12/01/2012
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FunMum
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Mums like us
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Finding kids books with nice illustrations, a story that has them leaning in to follow and wording which rolls easily off the tongue is a wonderful thing. I know they’re not the presents delivering heady excitement on Christmas morning but later in the holidays, when the house is visitor free, curling up on the couch with a new book is very special. Here are a few of my favourites. They are not...
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Last updated: 04/01/2012
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lucycurley
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Mums Say Reviews
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I make no secret of the fact that we at Madden Mansions got off quite lightly during the snow and ice last winter. Friends and family made it home for Christmas, we didn't slip and break anything, we only missed one day of work and crèche due to weather (and that was while staying with Mrs. M's parents) and were only snow-bound at home once. Even then, it was a really nice day – we had...
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Last updated: 19/12/2011
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johnmadden78
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Recently, I came across an article published by New York magazine which explores the controversy surrounding becoming a mother at fifty or above. In recent years, more and more women are opting to have children later in life. For some women they want to add to their already established family, while for others it’s a late first pregnancy after pursuing their career. Whatever the reason, the...
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Barbie celebrated her 50 th anniversary in 2009, so you might think she would be slowing down or at least toning it down, but apparently not. The latest release is a limited edition Barbie by Italian brand Tokidoki, which sees the much-loved doll with a more contemporary style. This iteration of Barbie shows her with a fabulously styled pink hair do along with tattooed arm, neck and chest, a...
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Last updated: 14/12/2011
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Maximum
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As I was on a roll with my new Pilates class, I thought I’d sign up for a cookery class too. Go me! So, I booked myself in, checked if I needed to bring anything (I didn't) and waddled along on the night. On arrival, I remembered how awkward I feel in new social situations with people I don’t know - ultimate stress. And like attending Pilates the first time, the classic opener of 'so...
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Last updated: 10/11/2011
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snarkymum
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I’ve decided keeping fit is going to be a good thing for me. Not least because I’ve recently given up smoking and I need something to counter the excessive eating I’m doing, which is already causing great concern to me, and my fave jeans, which no longer fit. But als,o because it’s a good thing as one ages (granny that I am) to have a head start on keeping the auld metabolism working at a...
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Last updated: 10/11/2011
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snarkymum
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Health, Just for fun
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Am I really breaking out in a cold sweat while on the phone to the hairdressers? Yes I am. And this is why. In the salon I go to there is a special offer for a full head of meche highlights plus blow dry for €79. But Nuala, the only colourist who does my hair without wasting vast swathes of time discussing sandwiches and the merits of paracetemol vs. Vicks cold and flu with her colleagues, is on...
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Last updated: 02/11/2011
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lucycurley
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