OvuSense helps you stay in control
Trying to conceive a baby doesn’t always happen as easily as the movies and books would make you believe. If you follow our blog you will know that we are hoping to add a third small human to our number, but that it isn’t an easy thing for us, due to some hormone issues I […]
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A fruit treat snack perfect for toddlers….
You might not know, that in my “other” job, I help to run toddler/parent groups, near where I live. At those groups, we like to serve a snack, during the playtime session, to all the children who have joined us. This is usually something like a rice cake, some fresh fruit, and a drink of […]
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Thinking about getting a dog?
As you will know if you read my blog on a regular basis, I am a cat person. My family only has cats and fish, no dogs. However, a friend of mine recently told me that her children had been pestering her for a dog. This got me thinking about what parents who are considering […]
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I’m not adding you on LinkedIn
Welcome to my Friday Rant. It’s my blog and I will have a good rant if I want to… My beef is with LinkedIn. Not with the actual site or what it does but with people who use it like Facebook. I’m on both sites. I use them both for very different purposes. LinkedIn is […]
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Listening to and loving stories with Puffin Audio books….
We love reading, and my children still love being read to, and we encourage them to enjoy reading by trying to read to them as often as we can, usually at bedtime. When I was a child, I used to love listening to stories on my cassette player or Walkman (yes, I am THAT old!) […]
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Summer Holiday Bucket List (guest post)
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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5 Simple Ways to reduce your child’s sugar intake…
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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I will never be thin but I need to be healthy…
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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Kids Company to close…
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 – A guest post
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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