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My boys are too cute. I love that Peter is such a great dad. You really never know how your partner will end up as a father, if they’ll help out enough or be present. It’s something I think most women think about during their pregnancy. I lost my dad when I was 6 years old and was raised by my strong mama. Only having a dad for 6 years was not long enough, but I do cherish those years. Seeing...

Right from the minute they are born, we (try to!) get our children into a bedtime routine that works for the whole family. However, over time this routine eventually start to change as your child becomes more independent or they start to stay up that bit later. But that doesn’t mean it’s a bad thing; families grow, that’s what they do. However, there was one part of our routine that I...

So I've just learned that I'm a massive 'buzzkill' because I won't allow my daughter to dress up as Kylie Jenner for Halloween. I'm “majorly missing the point” apparently. While I'm against the idea of my 13-year-old dressing as the youngest Kardashian sister, she's lamenting the fact I'm refusng to think outside the box. Yes, she may want to wear a push-up...

A YouTube video which is currently doing the rounds has left me, and countless other parents, somewhat dumbfounded. If you haven't yet come across it, I advise you to steer clear. For the purpose of this blog piece, I'll explain it, but believe me, you can live without actually seeing it. What myself and millions of other YouTube users have been exposed to is one man's vain attempt to...

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When it comes to parenting your child, there is always one good cop and one bad cop. There is no reason for it, apart from the fact that there has to be at least one responsible person in the house. Unfortunately I’m the bad cop. I’m the one who calls bedtime, breaks up fun because it’s getting too rough and takes on a no-nonsense approach to mess, noise and manners. Being the bad cop has...

We recently went on a short family trip abroad. As we have yet to cash in the prize bonds my mother gave us on our wedding day and spring for a private plane, we resigned ourselves to two hours on a budget airline - an activity every mother-of-four relishes, I'm sure. While the rest of my gang have had their airborne rite of passage, my youngest had yet to experience the 'joys' of air...

I’m very lucky to have what they call ‘A Gentleman’s Family’. I’d never heard the term until I had my second child, which gave us one of each child – a boy and a girl. Apparently this type of ‘traditional’ family is known as ‘a gentleman’s family’ and when my son was born, there were lots of congratulations and references to this. I was clueless at the time what it meant. But...

I knew it was only a matter of time before this little predicament would raise its ugly head. The ‘Colour inside the lines’ argument has well and truly hit home. It kicked off in my kitchen last week in the middle of my junior infant’s homework when she was getting particularly frustrated about staying inside the lines. When my daughter put on that uniform, I knew I was sending her into...

In my previous life, long before I became a mum, I used to look forward to my weekends all week; to lazy lie-ins, meeting friends in town for lunch, pottering around the shops and buying something new to wear out that night. Years of looking forward to weekends means my brain still automatically does so, but it hasn’t copped on to the fact that these days, the weekends are no longer a break...