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Raising a Tomboy Daughter

Written by Josie

Tom boy wearing school uniform

Let me start by saying, While I’ve titled this post “raising a Tomboy daughter”, I’m not very keen on the phrase “Tomboy”. A more accurate description of my daughter is “A girl who prefers things that were traditionally aimed at boys”. That is a bit of a mouthful so, for the purposes of brevity (and […]

Filed Under: Parenting Older Children

How to Choose Which Toddler Group Activities to Run

Written by Josie

Planning toddler group activities - girl making banana men

When running a toddler group I was keen to run different activities for the children and over the years I tried loads of different toddler group activities with varying degrees of success. Here’s my guide to toddler group activities as well as what to look for and what to avoid. This post contains affiliate links […]

Filed Under: Toddler Groups

What to do if Your Toddler Gets Car Sick

Written by Josie

Car sick children, they get over it quickly!

When you have a baby, dealing with their bodily fluids is part of day to day life. As time goes on, thank god, you see less of their fluids. Just when you think you’re past the worst of it, the sickness has subsided, the poo is staying in the nappies, the dribbling has slowed down […]

Filed Under: Toddlers

Help! I Have No Parenting Instincts

Written by Josie

What do you do with a crying baby and no parenting instincts?

When I decided to have a baby, I had no experience of babies. Most of what I knew came from my 1990’s Child Development GCSE. In hindsight, I can confirm it was not very good preparation. While the details are vague now, it certainly left me with the impression that when I had a baby […]

Filed Under: Parenting Life

Erroneous Beliefs about the WAHM (Work at Home Mum)

Written by Josie

WAHM on the saga with laptop and TV remote

I have been a Work at Home Mum (or WAHM, as the trendy kids call it) for over 5 years now. In that time I’ve discovered people have some odd ideas what a WAHM gets up to. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s really like to work at home when you have kids, check out […]

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A blog about trying to raise independent kids while retaining a sense of humour. Me: I’m Josie, a 44 year old introvert and former librarian. Them: My husband Chris, Boy Child who is 12 and Girl Child who is 10. The others: Hera the cat and Baxter the dog. Read More…

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