When my children were babies, I remember feeling isolated and at times quite lonely. I longed for a friend. Someone I could invite round for a cuppa and chat, and vice versa. Our girls were almost one year old when I finally plucked up the courage to go to a playgroup, and I’m so glad…
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Strengthening Relationships Between Friends and Family
Read moreHave you ever sat back and considered all the people you have been in touch with over your life? Deep family relationships, fleeting friendships, counter clerks you see on a regular basis or even your local barman. Faces may spring to mind of relationships past, names that dance on the tip of your tongue, all…
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Why making friends is scary
Read moreWhen you’re a child making friends comes naturally. Whether it’s in the local park, school or even doctors surgery, kids make it look easy! It’s a stress-free and pretty simple social situation for children. Not much thought goes into it, and surely that’s the way it should be? However, as we get older making friends…
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Giving children privacy: When to draw the line? Plus making new friends
Read moreWe’ve been going through a bit of a rough patch the last few weeks. One of our girls has been coming out of school moody and angry at the world. At first my husband and I approached this sudden change of personality by trying to be patient and asking her to think about how she…
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Mate Date Ideas For When The Weather Is Bad
Read moreIt’s easy to get everyone together when it’s sunny outside, but when it’s drizzly and cold people tend to want to hibernate indoors! But it doesn’t have to be this way, as there’s still lots of things you can do when the weather isn’t great. Spending quality time with friends is important for keeping close,…
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Sorry my child doesn’t want to play with yours!
Read moreIf you’re a regular reader of my blog then you’ll already know just how different our twin girls are. M is really girly. She loves dressing up as princesses, playing with dolls, wearing dresses and generally anything pink and cuddly. R loves wearing shorts and t-shirts, dressing up as superheroes, playing football and loves the…
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Chubby Puppies & Friends Review (Including Video)
Read moreOur four year old twin girls, R and M love animals. M’s favourite animal are cats and R’s are dogs. Although, whenever M comes anywhere near a real life cat, she won’t go anywhere near them, but for all of that she says loves them! We were recently sent a Chubby Puppies & Friends Labrador…
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Thomas & Friends Take-n-Play Jungle Quest Playset Review
Read moreWe’re big Thomas the Tank Engine fans and have previously reviewed some fab Thomas toys such as a Mega Bloks Thomas & Friends Zooming Along at Brendam Docks Playset and a Thomas & Friends Take-n-Play Daring Dragon Drop Set. This time around we’ve been reviewing the Thomas & Friends Playset called the Taken-n-Play Jungle Quest Playset to review. The…
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Bye bye play group! Hello play date!
Read moreA little while ago I wrote about how I felt lonely at one particular play group. We go to a few groups over the course of the week. Since my last post I have had two ‘play dates’ with another mum in our homes. We both went to the play group mentioned above, but both found…