This is my second post on this topic. To read my first post, please click here. Just to give you a brief overview if you didn’t read my last post. Mindful parenting is all about being in the present, taking time to think and responding without judgment instead of reacting. Too many people nowadays are…
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Our Top Parenting Moments
Read moreWe’ve had some pretty funny moments since becoming parents. We thought we should share with you some of our top parenting moments. R stuck in a box on her 1st Christmas day! Milton Eyes Not long after bringing our girls home from hospital. Twin Daddy decided to clean M’s eyes as they were a bit sticky.…
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Mindful Parenting
Read moreBefore your baby was born, how many books did you read about different parenting approaches? None? One? Three? More than three? There are lots of ‘experts’ and lots of different ways to be a parent. There are the Gina Ford advocates who depend heavily on daily routines and precise time slots. Then there are those…
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Parenting Styles Quiz
Read moreI thought it would be fun to write a little quiz for Twin Daddy and I to complete about our different parenting styles. Feel free to take part and post your answers in the comments below or share them on your own blog! Here are the questions I set out. My answers are in pink and…
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Guest Post: Confidence
Read moreMe, pregnant and periodically alone I’ve never really had much confidence. I never believed I was clever enough, thin enough, tall enough, pretty enough, good enough. I think that’s how I ended up staying in a horribly abusive, manipulative relationship with, and getting pregnant by, a truly nasty person. I didn’t take much convincing that…
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Does anyone else have a baby goat?
Read moreDoes anyone else have a baby goat? Of course, I’m only joking! Well, kind of! It seems R has taken to eating pretty much anything that shouldn’t be eaten! Cardboard and paper are her favourites, but we can’t forget her recent samplings of grass, sock fluff, an attempted nibble on a leaf and some other…
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Favouritism
Read moreI wonder if its just me or if its a common problem for twin parents. For quite some time now myself and twin daddy have noticed that some people appear to favour one twin over the other. More often than not we hear one of our daughters names being said more than the others. It’s…