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Mummy Mondays – Why I Feel the 18 Summers Mentality is Damaging for Parents
Recently I’ve seen something floating around social media about only having eighteen summers with your children before they are grown up. The sentiment is that we need to make the most of their time as …
Mummy Mondays – Updating Carly’s Bedroom with Aspace
When we moved into our house eighteen months ago, Carly was only just four, and she was still very much into her character bedding. Her favourite film at the time was Inside Out, but she’s …
Mummy Mondays – How I Balance Blogging with Motherhood
I’ve loved to write ever since I was a child. When I was at school I would make up my own magazines complete with features and even an agony aunt section. I wrote my first …
Mummy Mondays – The Perfect Gift for Mums this Christmas with Times To Treasure
With Christmas now under a month away (eek), thoughts are definitely centred around the perfect gift for those close to you. The most beautiful gift I’ve ever received before was a necklace with the footprints …
Reading to our One Year Old – The Birthday Thief
I have always loved reading, from a young age I could be found with my head buried in a book. Having a parent who was a teacher, I was read to a lot as a …
Mummy Mondays – Making Mealtimes a Doddle with Doddl Cutlery
As Benjamin was baby led weaned, he has always been very hands on at meal times, wanting to feed himself rather than letting us help. Up until recently he was grabbing the food in his …
Mummy Mondays – Planning a Halloween Party for Young Children
Whether you love it or hate it, at this time of year it’s hard to avoid Halloween. Despite not really celebrating the occasion as a child, since having children myself I’ve come to love Halloween. …
Mummy Mondays – How it Feels to Share Your Child
I’ve put off writing this post for so long. I’ve previously talked about my daughter going to her dad’s house, but I haven’t really gone into too much detail about how it actually feels to …
Food & Fitness Friday – Back to School Lunchbox Ideas
The summer is drawing to a close and it will soon be time for school to start once again. Fortunately for us, both of the children will be having free school meals, but if you …