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Four For Mums: Christmas Gift Guide

Posted on 23rd November 2018 at 6:39 pm.

Ding ding round 2!! If you missed round 1 of my Christmas gift guide (4 for the littlies) you can find it here.But this week… Read more

Not So Shabby

Posted on 15th February 2016 at 8:05 am.

20 years ago I got a dressing table for my birthday, it’s was in lovely 90s orange pine and all the rage back then. I… Read more

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Lockdown babies . This little girl has her vaccina

Lockdown babies
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This little girl has her vaccinations today, she’s had a good sleep this afternoon and seems happy....but we shall see how the evening plays out
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15 weeks of life, 2 spent in hospital, 9 in lockdown.
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I feel bad that her little life is marked only by trips to the doctor and the occasional walk. She’s hardly been in her wrap sling and never seen her pushchair. She’s visited Tesco once, at a week old. And toddler group maybe three times
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Those ‘normal’ every day events and occasions, the school run, seeing new faces, the beach, the sound of a busy hall, the beep of a checkout, the cuddles from friends, will all be as alien to her now as they were familar to her siblings at this age .
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Now she cries in her car seat because it’s unfamiliar and the only person to talk to her in months, bar her family, is the nurse who then proceeds to poke her with a needle .
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This isn’t the life we chose for you our precious Pandora, but if we learn anything, it’s the vital importance of why taking you for your vaccinations today is so so important!
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Do you know the real reason families should stay c

Do you know the real reason families should stay close to home for walks during a pandemic??
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Cos getting the kids in the ducking (🦆) car destroys your soul piece by piece
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I’m not even gonna lay out the entire story but let’s just say, by the time we left to go for a woodland walk today, the baby was so stressed and bored at waiting for her siblings that we got less than a mile down the road before deciding to turn home...... so she could be taken out and comforted.
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Maybe next week eh?
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Reception children . With the return to school loo

Reception children
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With the return to school looming we are feeling very torn, our mischievous middle boy is 5 and has the option of going back.
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Out of all the children he’s probably done the least amount of formal learning, preferring instead hands on and creative activities
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He’s not read a book since week one of lockdown and other than signing his name on art, there’s been. no letter forming either
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I want him to go back, I want him to see friends and get the support he needs with learning, but I’m not satisfied it’s safe, and while I have faith the school will do their best to follow guidelines I’m not sure that sending my boy into school unable to be his normal tactile and loving self will be beneficial either.
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My thoughts are with all teachers and school staff out there facing an impossible situation without choice! How conflicting, wanting to nurture and support, while protecting your own family and knowing you also have a job to do. We are thinking of you and forever grateful
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When does a hobby become a business?? . When your

When does a hobby become a business??
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When your wife decided to go back to uni I guess! While it’s early days lockdown has put our lives into sharp focus and really spurred our family on to ‘make things happen’ I’ve returned to study and that means my husband will gradually be taking on more childcare over the next few years.
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It’s early days and we are pretty much spending time researching the market and putting feelers our there but you gonna start somewhere.... @terrafirmawar
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Hopefully working from home in some capacity will give more. flexibility when juggling work and family life
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Have you ever considered turning a hobby into a business?
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Has lockdown left you reflecting on the future?
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My camera died yesterday after about five photos s

My camera died yesterday after about five photos so these are all I was able to snap of our VE Day celebrations.
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I remember celebrating the 50 year anniversary in my street in south west London and talking to my grandma about her time in the RAF. She always said some of the best times she ever had were with her friends during the war and I used to think that odd....but now I get it
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Some of the best memories I’ve made with my family have been during lockdown, I’ve never felt closer to them, or more in tune with my community. I understand the importance of ‘keeping calm and carrying on, the alien feeling of needing to accept and put trust in a government I didn’t want in power in the first place and, while I knew my privilege before, I’ve never felt it so keenly as the last two months.
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Whatever the news tomorrow, whatever the next step, I’m reminded of something I heard recently...... those who change after trauma are only those who wanted to change before...... and I hope, so much, that this time has been a time of reflection for everyone in the fortunate position to have enjoyed isolating with family....I hope they think and consider the sacrifices made so we could make memories worthy of even one photograph and I hope they continue to show respect and consideration for all of society not just their social sphere.
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