What does your car say about you? Like it or not, the car you drive says something about the type of person you are. And though few of us like to admit it, we all pass some sort of judgement on other drivers when we see what they’re behind the wheel of – if I say…
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Essay about Parenting Skills
Read moreAs the old cliche goes, being a parent is very hard work, but it’s also the most rewarding and life changing job in the world. Nothing can ever truly prepare you for the journey that you’re about to embark upon. Sure, you can read as many parenting books as you like. You can search and…
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Books to help children prepare for nursery
Read moreR and M are due to start nursery in September. It’s only two and a half hours to start with, but to them that’s a very long time to be away from mummy and daddy. At present R and M are looked after in their home. On a Monday their daddy looks after them and…
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10 Things I wish I’d known about raising girls
Read moreWhen you first found out you were expecting, you probably spent hours reading every baby book you could get your hands on. While some of the information might have stuck in your head, the reality is you kind of go with the flow as a parent. What works for one child might not work for…
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Talking to children about death
Read moreLast month saw me talking to my children about death. The conversation came around quite unexpectedly and rather innocently. It was a few days before mothers day and I was talking to R and M about that coming Sunday. I told them that nanna would be coming over for Sunday lunch because it was mothers…
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Teaching Children about their Bodies
Read moreR and M are due to start nursery in September so I think it’s about time that I talked to them about their bodies. Call me an over-protective mum if you want to, but I feel it’s important to talk to them about this. The thing is, I’m not really sure where to start! I…
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The truth about having twins
Read moreHaving a baby is a life changing experience for anyone. Having twins, triplets or more is even more life changing! People often ask me how I do it. How do you cope with twins? How do you deal with them? My answer is always the same. The same way you would deal with one baby.…
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Meet Twin Daddy
Read moreI’ve been blogging for almost two years now and I realised a little while ago that I haven’t actually written a post about my husband! Throughout this blog I refer to him as Twin Daddy, but his real name is Nigel or Nige as I call him. I do have an about page on my blog,…
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Home Education: My Questions Answered Featuring Katie
Read moreThis post is part of a series of posts about home education. I’ll be looking into the advantages and disadvantages of home education in a bid to find out if it for us. In my post called ‘Is home education the way forward?’ I talked about some of my concerns with regard to an education…