I love roast chicken, it’s one of my favourite ways to eat chicken, and my family all enjoy it. But I’m lazy, and hate washing roasting pans, and cleaning the oven after a roast has been cooked so I slow cook it, in my slow cooker. You get tender, juicy chicken, but it’s so much […]
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My babies are not so little now, but when they were babies we loved our Gro Baby Sleep bags. Both children slept in them, and I felt happy knowing they were warm, comfortable and safe. The Gro Company have a wide range of safe sleep products for babies, and things to help parents with their little […]
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I always find this time of year a bit of a struggle and we seem to constantly fighting off winter germs. The weather is getting colder, and the days shorter and darker earlier, and I am convinced that the germs seem to multiply faster and we fight off a multitude of bugs and illnesses. Going […]
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Apologies, this is guaranteed to make you itch post, but hopefully it will be helpful. (Image source) I was asked by Lyclear if I would like to host a post, with some facts and also some myth debunking about those dreaded beasties all parents loathe. I personally am not phased by head lice, having dealt […]
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So this recipe is an easy and filling sausage and lentil casserole, hearty, filling and slightly stodgy. Perfect winter comfort food. It’s a bit of a hodge podge of ingredients, but it works and is very easy, and you don’t have to attend to it much, so it’s perfect for those days when you want […]
READ MOREPoor October. It’s a month I hate. I have this irrational dislike of the month, and whilst I know some of it is irrational, there is some logic in there somewhere. There are bits of October that I do like. I like that half term for the kids falls in October, in fact I start […]
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As some of you may know, during my two previous pregnancies, I was very unwell. I initially thought I had the usual sickness and nausea that comes with the hormone changes in early pregnancy, but as time went on, it became clear that it was more than that. After continually throwing up, not being able […]
READ MOREIn fact, bedtime round here, could be regarded as a major parenting fail… Before I had children, I swore that any children I had, would go to sleep by themselves and be good sleepers. After all, as a nanny, then pediatric nurse, I knew the hard time that parents who “pandered” to their kids and […]
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This is a great guest post on things to do in the long summer holiday from Karen over at BubbaBabble you can also find her on Twitter and Facebook too… Our Summer Holiday Bucket List We are fairly new to the whole Summer Holiday fun as it’s the first year that my daughter has been attending […]
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With the governments new health advice to reduce the amount of sugar adults and children consume by half the previous recommended amount, lots of parents now must be thinking about how this can be achieved. I know, personally that I am looking at what we eat as a family and trying hard to reduced our […]
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