Stuff we love – April 

Welcome to our monthly installment of stuff we love. Things we have liked and want to share about. There are no affiliate links, any links are simply because we think you may want to go and see for yourselves… It’s been  rather crazy month, coming back from holiday, finishing off the Easter holidays, back to […]

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Mum standards…

The alternative title of this post could be – When you and your tweenager disagree on what the word “tidy” means and what a tidy bedroom should look like…  The tweenager and I are having a difference of opinion, the first of many, I have no doubt, and it’s one that I don’t think we […]

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The House’s Role In The Kid’s Education

*this is a collaborative post* Parents are constantly looking for ways to make sure their kids get the best education. Francis Bacon said knowledge is power, and he was dead right. Studies show that poorer children struggle more in life, but not because of money. It’s because their background doesn’t give them the educational opportunities […]

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All parents have superpowers!

I personally think that all parents are superheros with unsung superpowers. I have met and known MANY mums in my lifetime, so far. I have worked as a nanny, a children’s nurse, and now I have my own children and also work with families and young children, and in that time I have seen so […]

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Family Made Simple

The definition of the word “family” is different for everyone. What used to be described as “the nuclear family”, where you had two parents and one or two children, really doesn’t exist any more. As my Nana would have said “things are not what they used to be”. She often used to say that in […]

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When Mum has a meltdown. No mum is perfect.

When Mum has a meltdown, you know it’s been that kind of day. It started badly, with tears, tantrums and grumps, and I lost my cool after being shouted at by one child and stropped at by the 9.5 year old going on tweenager… (Have I mentioned she’s just like me? I’m kind of dreading […]

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Some cat behaviours explained…?

 We have two cats in the Mad House of Cats & Babies (hence the name of the blog) and this little pictorial from Sainsbury’s Bank is quite helpful, to explain the sometimes baffling (to humans at least) behaviours of cats. Layla and Jasper approve and think it would be good for all humans to have […]

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