I love family days out but they can cost an absolute fortune. My policy as a parent is to try to never pay full price to visit an attraction. I’m usually able to stick to that. Below are my tips on how to save money by finding family day out vouchers, discounts, 2 for 1 […]
Parenting Life
In this section of the blog there are lots of general posts about parenting life. As a total introvert, I’ve written about what it’s like to parent when you aren’t overly keen on other people as well as what it’s like to be an ontogeny raising an extrovert child (tricky, is the short version).
I have also explored my dislike of playing, what that means about me as a parent and about other ways to engage with your children that isn’t involve pretending to be a fire fighter hosing down an imaginary building for hours on end.
You’ll also find some stuff about saving money on family life, parenting with migraines and my passion for nearly new.
Mum Life Admin – The Woes of Being the Family PA
Life admin. We all have to do it but when you become a parent it gets multiplied by the number of children you have and if you don’t stay organised, it’s easy to end up drowning in it.. I’ve also noticed some mothers take on their husband/partner’s life admin too. Personally I refuse to do […]
Help! I Have 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 […]
Life as an Introvert Mum
I was unfortunate that none of my friends became parents around the same time I did. Initially I wasn’t too worried about it, being an introvert I imagined I’d be quite happy by myself. Eventually I came to realise that even an introvert mum needs mum friends. In case there are any extroverts reading this, […]
Parenting with Migraines
As anyone who suffers with them knows, a migraine is so much more than just a headache. They vary hugely from one person to another but common features include a throbbing headache, nausea, visual disturbances, neck pain and sensitivity to lights, sounds and smells. Migraines can be episodic, just happening from time to time, or […]