Shortly after bringing our girls home from hospital after their extended stay due to being born early, I started to look into local baby and toddler groups. There seemed to be quite a few of them around, but it would be another 7 months before I managed to pluck up the courage to actually go…
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Top Tips From Busy Mums For Life With A Newborn And A Toddler
Read moreWe all know that mums are some of the busiest people out there. But, when it comes to the busiest of busy mums, those who have a newborn and a toddler certainly take the crown! If you think that life with a newborn baby is extremely hectic, just wait until it becomes a toddler and…
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What’s on your Little Person’s Plate?
Read moreThe eating habits of children can be quite a fascinating topic. From children who’ll eat anything placed in front of them to fussy eaters, sometimes it can be hard to make sure your child is getting the right nutrients. Our twins are four and a half years old. Like many kids, they’ve gone through various…
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Summer Holiday Checklist – Kids Edition
Read moreIt’s almost summer and that means a lot of us Brits will be packing up ready for our summer holidays. Whether it be in the UK or abroad, travelling with kids can be stressful, so let me take some of the stress away by providing you with a summer holiday checklist for kids! Passport/EHIC cardTravel…
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Mealtime battles! Just eat your food!
Read moreOne of the most frustrating things for me as a parent is the relationship that our girls have with food. They love fruit. M will eat blueberries like sweets and they eat bananas, oranges and grapes in abundance. Every Sunday we have a cooked chicken dinner with lots of veg and the girls always eat…
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Every parents nightmare
Read moreThe past few days have been every parents nightmare. What started off as a cold and a slight cough, quickly developed into something more serious. As a result I’ve had a really big bought of mummy guilt. Last week, M, had a runny nose and a cough. She went to nursery as normal, but on…
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Organising a birthday party for four year old twins!
Read moreWho would have thought that organising a birthday party for four year olds would be so stressful! R and M started nursery in September 2015 so I was pretty relived that I’d have the chance to go to a few birthday parties before I’d have to start planning our girls party. I was hoping they’d…
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Should you give your toddler pocket money?
Read moreTeaching children the value of money can be a tricky task to achieve. Many children enjoy playing with pretend money, mine included. Our girls have a toy till on top of their play shop and they’ll take it in turns to play the customer and the shopkeeper. The customer will put a few items into their…
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Tips for planning a birthday party for your toddler
Read moreI’ve been lucky enough not to have to plan a birthday party for our three year old twins yet. Of course they’ve had ‘parties’, but they’ve been in our own home with just family invited. Now that the girls have their own toddler friends and will be starting nursery in September I have a feeling…