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13Feb
A Moment’s Peace
My daughters are sleeping on the sofa, silent but for tiny puffs of breath from their perfect little slack sleep-mouths, cuddle toys held loosely to their chests. I want to make indelible mental records of moments like these. There are
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06Feb
When did Health Visitors stop visiting?
Fresh from writing about access to maternity services…. My twins turned two at the back-end of last year and ever since then I have been waiting by the door in a state of heightened excitement for my ‘two-year check up’
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11Jan
Antenatal Education: Are We ‘All In It Together’?
There’s been a big debate about antenatal classes over the past week. It’s hard reading to see people who feel they have been let down and I’m glad some women are finding their voice on an issue which matters. At
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28Nov
Cheap Wet Weather Toddler Games
November is a funny month to fill; short days, dark, wet and often overcast. With colds, and flu and snotty toddlers all, the park is out-of-bounds until the thaw. But better to be armed than caught off guard, I’ve planned
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24Oct
Fun v Fear
I want to be a good parent. I want to take my daughters on idyllic trips out and about to meet the world with wonder. I do, and they do. And this is what often happens: Agenda for the autumn
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06Oct
The Mind of a Toddler
I have literally no idea what goes on in the mind of a toddler. One of my youngest (nearly two) has become hugely attached to a toy she found in the kitchen yesterday. I say toy, it’s more of a
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27Sep
Two for the Price of One
Weirdly, my own words just popped up in my Facebook timeline by way of this egreetings card which has a quote from my blog post on Things Not To Say to a Twin Mum! Kinda cute
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24Sep
D- in Parenting: Must Do Better
The fundamental problem with ‘parent blogging’ is the slippery-slope of only writing the good stuff; you risk looking like a deluded Mary Poppins fantasist, when in reality most days you wonder how anyone manages without a large wine by lunchtime.
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05Sep
Saboteur of a Mother
I had a wonderful conversation today with another woman about how sometimes you feel invisible when you’re a ‘stay-at-home mum’. She was/is a professional, and told me she takes quiet amusement from it, because she feels she gets away with
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29Jul
Crafty Rubbish
I once heard Germaine Greer declaring her hatred of Arts and Crafts and felt reassured that I wasn’t the only one rejecting this frequently feminine pursuit. I don’t knit, appliqué anything or make my own Christmas cards, so it’s a
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- On today's edition of Blogging For The Sake Of It you can find: 'I made my bed!', 'My kid did something!' and 'Ooh look, a bumblebee!'. Yawn
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