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The early morning start did little to dampen the excited spirits of my children as we prepared for our 'first ever' trip on a ferry boat! We rose at 6:30am and were well organised with the car packed from the night before so it was a smooth transition from bed to car seat for the children who we wrapped up warm in their dressing gowns. Of course there was no traffic on the road at this...
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Last updated: 25/03/2016
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The eldest has been sick for well over a month now. Not constantly sick, but she’ll get a run of three, four, five days of good health and then the cold returns, or a stomach bug, or a fever. We go back and forth to the doctor. We get antibiotics. Every person we meet has a story on their lips, of how the colds and flu this year are worse, are stranger somehow than in other years. Tales are told...
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Last updated: 24/03/2016
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One of the things that I really love about being a parent is getting to join in with learning and creative experiences with my little ones. Maybe it’s the teacher in me, but there’s nothing more enjoyable than laying out the table with glue, pens, glitter, stickers and lots of other lovely crafty things, and letting them allow their imaginations to run riot with colour and expression. Easter...
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Last updated: 23/03/2016
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We all know at least one. You know, the child whose arrival in your house or back garden makes the colour drain from your face. Bad things happen when this child appears. Tears are inevitable, breakages are possible, and a litany of unreasonable requests is just the start of it. Usually, you can wave goodbye to this child before the day is out and retreat to your favourite form of stress relief...
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Last updated: 23/03/2016
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As promised, this is a continuation of last week's post . The first anyone knew that AJ had left the school was when he showed up on his grandmother's doorstep. This was a good three-quarters of an hour before she was due to go and collect him as normal, so you can imagine her surprise. The facts, as far as I know them are these: At some point during school on a Wednesday, AJ and one of...
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Last updated: 23/03/2016
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I'm a realist. As an exhausted mother-of-four, I don't really have any say in the matter. Romantic notions of the perfect family life officially disappeared when I found myself pregnant in my earlies forties with my fourth child. Already the mother of a sullen teenage boy, a hyper pre-teen daughter and a seven-year-old son who I once found eating dog biscuits under the stairs, I knew my...
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Last updated: 23/03/2016
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As a busy and incredibly forgetful mum-of-two, I am notorious for scrawling hurried reminders on my hand – something which never fails to irritate my mother. A firm believer in the importance of good stationary, she decided to invest in a stunning moleskin notebook which she presented to me on Mother's Day this year. Immediately enthused, I vowed to make clear and coherent notes while...
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Last updated: 22/03/2016
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In the run-up to my son's birth almost sixteen years ago, I collected so many baby books and parenting manuals I could have opened my own store. A rote learner, I sat with a highlighter in my hand most nights and carefully marked anything I thought was of supreme importance , but which I feared I might forget once the baby actually arrived. Books, post-its, pamphlets, leaflets, pre-natal...
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Last updated: 16/03/2016
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As a teen and young woman, my relationship with my mother was incredibly complex. We were unbelievably close which, while reassuring in many ways, also meant we often rubbed each other up the wrong way. I marvelled at the fact some of my friends never argued with their mothers – something they put down to the fact they simply weren't close enough to have blazing rows. For a long time, I...
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Last updated: 15/03/2016
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To have and to hold, in sickness and in health, 'til death do us part. Or, until we have a newborn and I want to kill you... There are so many articles out there about how to survive the first three months of a new baby. You know, the tips on colic, lack of sleep and cluster feeding etc... But there is another challenge new parents face that can be overlooked - getting through those first few...
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Last updated: 10/03/2016
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