This week I burned dinner twice, and broke my favourite vase. This week my middle child’s eye swelled closed thanks to a mystery bug bite. This week I drove to and from school approximately 29 times. This week my six year old stuck blue-tak up his nose and had to go to hospital. This […]
When Babies Arrive Early – 6 things you can do to help
This post is sponsored by Bupa. “How are things?” she asked when we met out the front of the hospital. She wasn’t expecting the flood of tears, and, quite frankly, neither was I. But there I was, standing on the street, with tears streaming down my face. “I’m sorry” I snuffled. “Don’t be sorry” she […]
When Parenting Is Hard
Do you ever feel like parenting is just too hard sometimes? You are not alone, and you are not a bad parent. We all fee like parenting is too hard sometimes. We all wonder how we are going to cope sometimes. We all feel like giving up sometimes. It’s just that we don’t always share […]
Five ways I’m Making Parenting Easier
I’m so done. I’m done with saying the same thing twenty times, I’m done with feeling like I jump from one kid crisis to the next, and I am done with it all! Something has to give. I if I don’t find a way to lessen my load it will bury me. That’s how I […]
Ask Me Anything…
“Ask me anything” he said. “I know them all, every single one! He was so proud of himself. Reading didn’t come easily to my smallest child, not like it did for his older siblings. Even learning the names of the letters wasn’t easy for him, and it certainly wasn’t easy for me. Slogging through the […]
How Could She?
“How could she!” she gasps as talk turns to the horrific news story of the mother who hurt her child… The story stabs at my guts. ‘How could she’ I think, but I know. Do I dare to say it? “Haven’t you ever felt so overwhelmed, so hopeless, so exhausted, so out of options, that […]
Seven Things Your Future Self Will Thank You For
I am not the worlds most organised person. Sometimes I do great with keeping on top of things, more often I feel like I will never catch up, let alone get ahead, but I am not giving up. At the moment I am working on the whole ‘planning and preparing ahead’ thing. I have experienced […]
25 Easy Self-Care Ideas
‘Put yourself on the list’ It seemed like such a simple idea – if you add self-care items to your to do list you are more likely to do them – but sometimes even the most simple things can be difficult. After years of not really looking after myself, breaking the habit hasn’t been as […]
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