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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Before I continue, this post is NOT about fat shaming, or thin shaming, or whatever the current favourite buzz words are. This post is not saying you need to be thin to be attractive, or healthy. This post is about MY journey, MY body and about getting it to a better place, for my own […]
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It’s rare for me to post about news or current events, and it’s even rarer for me to post about what I do in my other job, when I am not blogging or trying to parent. I haven’t really watched much news this week, or read what is happening in the world, because I […]
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Diabetes and feeding my family – Germaine Waters (SunTempleFood.com) There is no such thing as a “diabetic diet”!!! We should all eat high fibre, low fat, balanced glycemic index and calories to suit our lifestyle! I know that’s a contentious statement. It was meant to be, but it is also the way I live despite […]
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We are off on our much needed holiday, this weekend. Long Suffering Grandad will be cat, hamster & snail sitting, the bags are almost packed, the car is clean, passports are ready, now where did I put my phone charger to pack..? Oh wait, I won’t need my phone charger. Why not? Because I’m […]
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