Generally, I’ve coped pretty well with lockdown so far. As an introvert, I’m not that keen on going out anyway and my beloved colour coded schedule has helped me manage working from home while home schooling the kids. What I am dreading however, is the school holidays. At 7 and 9, my kids are too […]
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Parenting Life and Humour
Things that Happen When you go Away Without your Children
There’s no denying that Motherhood is full on. Sometimes, we need a break. A bit of time away to relax and return a better person and parent. Unfortunately, these times away from our children don’t always quite live up to the fantasy in our heads. Here are six things that happen we we go away […]
Free Range Parenting
Free Range Parenting
Have you heard the term “Free Range Parenting”? It’s becoming popular in the US but has been discussed less here in the UK. Wikipedia defines it like this: “… the concept of raising children in the spirit of encouraging them to function independently and with limited parental supervision, in accordance of their age of development […]
Babies and Toddlers
Toddler Separation Anxiety
Leaving your toddler somewhere without you is hard. It automatically kicks the mum guilt into a high gear. If your toddler sobs their little heart out as you walk out of the door, mum guilt goes in to overdrive. We’ve all been there, which alone should tell us that we don’t need to feel guilty […]
Reviews & Days Out
A Family Trip to Rollerbowl
Despite being together since we were 15, Chris and I have quite different early experiences of bowling. He attended bowling parties when he was at school and then went fairly regularly in his teens. I went bowling once as a teenager and was terrible at it, which as a teenager meant I hated it, so […]
Older Children
30 Ways to Have Fun in the School Holidays During Lockdown
Generally, I’ve coped pretty well with lockdown so far. As an introvert, I’m not that keen on going out anyway and my beloved colour coded schedule has helped me manage working from home while home schooling the kids. What I am dreading however, is the school holidays. At 7 and 9, my kids are too […]
Work at Home Mum
Childcare solutions for a Work at Home Mum in the Holidays
So, you’ve found a way to work from home, congratulations! You can now attend the plays, sports days, class assemblies and all of the other events that schools put on which make working parents curse. From 9 till 3 everyday you have peace quiet to work in the comfort of your own home, distracted only […]
Toddler Groups
Starting a Toddler Group
When Boy Child was just two and I was heavily pregnant with Girl Child I started attending a toddler group. By the time Girl Child was a few months old it was threatened with closure because the lady who had been running it was moving. With a baby and a toddler to look after I […]