Category: Parenting
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Kids budget birthday party (in a small house!!)
This year, my daughter keeps asking for party. She’s in year one now and last year she went to more parties in six months than I did in six years. Honestly, those kids have a better social life than us parents. Something seems to have happened between the 90s and now. Kids seem to expect…
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What you need to pack for a caravan holiday with kids
Caravan holidays were a thing of my childhood. Some of my core memories have been centred around a caravan park somewhere probably not too far from home. I recently went on a caravan holiday to the Cotswolds. I was with my sister and her son, and my three kids. So two adults and four kids…
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Hacks for swimming with kids – less faff more fun
Taking the kids swimming seems like such a wholesome activity. The joy on their faces as they splash, swim and jump in. But then you enter the seventh circle of hell. Getting changed. Whether you’ve got one kid and multiples, dressing sticky children while you’re also freezing cold yourself and usually naked, with a precariously…
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Books to buy a new parent
With each of my babies, I’ve read during feeds. Doomscrolling quickly gets boring. Seeing people living life when yours feels so incredibly different from before, is tough, too. So this got me thinking, what book that I’ve read would I gift a new parent, or which one would I recommend you read as a new…
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Things my final baby has taught me
I’ve had a few friends have their first babies recently. It’s got me thinking about what I’ve learned over three babies in five years. I’d never like to preach, I think it’s good we work things out and find our own groove, but there are things I know now, that I’d have liked to understand…
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Non UPF baby led weaning ideas
Where’s the time going? Maybe it’s a cliché to say it, but time really does fly when you have kids. Monty is 6 months this week and we’ve started giving him some solids – and some mush. This is my third time weaning a baby, and I’ve always loved this stage (so has the dog…)…
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How to get more sleep as a new parent
Sleep is a huge topic in my world. I have three children. One has always had a low sleep need, the other very high. We’ve not figured out what the baby will be yet. When you’re pregnant, people say things like, get as much sleep as you can now, because you won’t be getting it…
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Mini toad in the hole recipe for kids
My girls love a yorkie. It’s basically pudding. Pop a sausage in it and you’ve got yourself a meal. A mini toad in the hole is super easy to make and fun for the kids to eat. Touch wood, it’s not gone wrong yet… I serve it up with veggies and sometimes potatoes if everyone…
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Should I have three kids?
Should I have three kids is a question I asked myself for at least a year. I Googled it, too. Because Google has all the answers. Including answers to huge life decisions. One thing I read while I was in the considering phase was, “You’ll never look back at your life and think, I wish…
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Games to play with kids when you’re tired
My little one is six weeks now. We’re getting between 2-4 wake ups, but this is always subject to change. I also have two other children, who really don’t give a shit if I’m tired. They still want to play. I also don’t want them to feel pushed out by the new baby. So, me…
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