JillianGlancy's Blog

Birthdays. Love them or hate them, when you have children, they are part and parcel of their social landscape and there’s no escaping them! Recently, a disgruntled mother in the UK hit the headlines, when she sent an invoice for £15.95 to the parents of a five-year-old, when he was a no-show at her son’s party. They even went as far as to threaten small claims court. While it is an extreme...

When I became pregnant for the first time, I was beyond excited. I bought every maternity magazine available and read parenting books from cover to cover. I even HIGHLIGHTED passages in the books. Yes, reader, I really did. I dreamt about creating the perfect nursery. I was going to be a brilliant mum, the mum I had always dreamed of. Hooray! Fast forward nine months, and the reality was entirely...