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Motivational Playlist For Mummies Needing A Pick Me Up

I don’t know about you, but I find that listening to motivational playlist and songs while chilling out or having a full on dance around lifts my mood and give me that little boost I need from time to time. Especially at those times when being a parent can be tough. Every now and again I will find life as a parent can be overwhelming. Everything seems to come along at once. Medical appointments, meetings, the need for new school shoes, a payment for a school trip…etc. It’s never ending. You wonder how you are going to juggle everything to…

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27 Unwritten Rules Of Parenting

27 Unwritten Rules Of Parenting Let’s all face it, as parents at some point on our parenting journey’s; we’ve all experienced criticism regarding our parenting and how we ‘should’ raise our children. Majority of this ‘advice’ is given to us when we haven’t even asked for it. It’s upon the other persons inspection, them speaking their mind. People telling us how we ‘should’ be parenting our kids. The way we ‘should’ be feeding them. The type of nappies we ‘should’ use. Telling us how to discipline our children when they are having a tantrum in public. Telling us the ‘old…

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For The Kids

11 Unplugged Screen-Free Fun Activities For Kids

I don’t know about you, but sometimes it can be challenging to come up with fresh, kid-friendly Unplugged Screen-Free Fun Activities that don’t involve some sort of technical device. Such as games consoles and tablets. Especially if it feels like your child’s life pretty much revolves around them. Which, I will admit, I do feel my own 5 boys spend way too much time on electronics. They always seem to get their hands on a controller, mobile phone or tablet. I often find even with suggesting that my boys go outside to play, they, 9 times out of 10, still manage to…

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Me And Mine

Why I Decide To Start Blogging

So, I have a few people ask me ‘Why I Decided To Start Blogging’. Over the years I have been through some amount of, shall we call it, ‘unfortunate circumstances’. From depression, eating disorders, being a single mum, being a victim of domestic violence and losing my Mum. I don’t want to tell you too about my life experiences right now, as I will no doubt write about it all in my blog. My personal stories will be in the THIS IS MY STORY category. By rights, I shouldn’t be here. But I am! Turning the negatives experiences and life…

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Family Life

Our Day At The Forbidden Corner

With the weather forecast showing it was going to be a bright and sunny at the weekend we decided to book up to go to The Forbidden Corner, Tupgill Park, North Yorkshire. PIN ME FOR LATER Myself and Matthew had been to The Forbidden Corner with our older sons Cameron, Harvey and Mckenzie around 6 years ago, when I was pregnant with Caelan. Now that Caelan and Cohen are older we couldn’t wait to involve them in a visit. The Forbidden Corner is situated in the Yorkshire Dales and hosts some magnificent views. Now, if you can Imagine a combination…

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The Ultimate Guide To Baby Led Weaning

What Is Baby Led Weaning? Basically, Baby led weaning is all about letting your baby lead the way by feeding themselves. Forget the purees and spoon feeding your baby. It’s all about letting them explore the foods they are given. Letting them pick up the food, squash it, squeeze it, lick it and suck it. Most importantly improving those hand-eye coordination skills and actually getting the food to the mouth for a taste. Allowing them to explore different textures and working those jaw muscles which aren’t only important for chewing the food, but also speech development. Baby Led Weaning is…

Post Natal Depression – My Personal Experience

Mental health has always been apart of my life. Growing up with a Mum who struggled with mental health issues and myself experiencing mental health issues from my teens. Mental health was not new to me. In the past I had experienced depression, anxiety, low self esteem and eating disorders. (Check out my post DO YOU EVER WONDER. for more about that) But, nothing could prepare me for my experience of Post Natal Depression. I don’t know about you but when I was pregnant I didn’t even give my mental health a thought. Yes, I was more than aware of pre…

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17 Adulting Problems No One Ever Prepared You For

While scrolling through my social media I came across this quote about Adulting Problems…. It got me thinking, What Is The One Adulting Problem No One Ever Prepared Me For? For me, it was that I have my own mind and learning how to stand up for myself. Know that I could say No, that I had a voice and I could use it. For many others, it’s often about money, and learning how to get debt free, understanding mortgages or grappling with their careers. Also how to look for a potential future partner. Is speed dating in London the…

BlogOn X – My First Blogging Conference

In just over a week, on Sunday 6th May 2018, I’m going to my first blogging conference, BlogOn X. [wpdevart_countdown text_for_day=”Days” text_for_hour=”Hours” text_for_minut=”Minutes” text_for_second=”Seconds” countdown_end_type=”date” end_date=”06-05-2018 09:30″ start_time=”1524919375″ end_time=”0,0,1″ action_end_time=”hide” content_position=”center” top_ditance=”10″ bottom_distance=”10″ ][/wpdevart_countdown] I am going to be completely honest with you – I have very mixed feelings about attending BlogOn X! Having never attended any blogging events yet since I started blogging, I am a little unsure of what to expect. I have heard that BlogOn is not too busy, very informative and friendly. Bonus. I do think that BlogOn X will be a perfect start for me,…

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Teeth Brushing Tips – 13 Ways To Get Kid’s To Brush Their Teeth

Teeth Brushing Tips – 13 Ways To Get Kid’s To Brush Their Teeth Who can relate? Every morning and evening when it comes to getting washed and teeth brushing, your little darlings turn into something from the exorcist. Because, as soon as you set foot into the bathroom and they see the toothbrush and toothpaste they change into tantrum throwing little monsters. You know, like Gizmo from the Gremlins, when you feed him after midnight. I honestly don’t know how teeth brushing can cause such a fuss. It got to a point in my house that i’m sure the neighbours…

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