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Love is in the air: The perfect but slightly NSFW Valentine’s Day gift guide

Dafuq is dis?, Gift guides, Parenting, Politics and Life / 31 January 2017

Valentine’s Day is coming and my buddy Suzanne I have come together once again, to help you with all your Valentine’s Day gift-finding needs. Welcome to our ultimate Valentine’s Day gift guide! Together, we helped you find the perfect Secret Santa gifts to put a smile on your boss’ face and so once again we’ve searched high and low (on

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Return of the germs: 5 ways to make sick days fun

Parenting, Parenting, Politics and Life / 26 January 2017

I live in a cursed house. I swear that half of my blog posts are moaning about illness in some capacity but that’s because a) we are always sick these days, or that’s how it feels and b) being ill really sucks. I make a crappy sick person; even my kids seem to take being poorly in their stride, or

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One for the books: A visit to the library

Parenting, Parenting, Politics and Life / 24 January 2017

At the time of writing, the big one is sick, and has been feeling sorry for herself quietly on the sofa for two days now. Two loooooong days*. I’ve just realised that this change to our routine has meant that the library books are overdue, and I can’t find our online pin number. I’ve checked and the library isn’t open for

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Two small ones, one year on: How times have changed…

Parenting, Parenting, Politics and Life / 18 January 2017

This time last year, I was just starting this blog. I had a six month old baby who had just learned to crawl and a feisty, chatty two year old. As you’d imagine (or can guess from the exasperated tone of my posts) it was hard work; I often felt like I was drowning under the weight of trying to

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Jobs for the mums: Picking my new career

Parenting, Parenting, Politics and Life / 12 January 2017

When I left the workplace to become a stay-at-home mum, one of my biggest considerations – bigger, even, than the no money I would actually bring home after spunking it all on childcare – was the large gap it would leave on my CV. It might be the 21st century, but apparently it is still not the done thing to

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A step by step guide to fixing matted doll’s hair

Parenting, Parenting, Politics and Life / 5 January 2017

Does your child have a favourite doll which hasn’t been looked after properly? Do they have an Elsa doll with matted hair? A Barbie with fuzzy, frizzy and ruined hair? A My London Girl that has hair uncannily like mine (without the roots) and is desperately in need of a bit of TLC? I bet they do, toddlers are rubbish

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Fare thee well, 2016: My review of the year

Parenting, Parenting, Politics and Life / 1 January 2017

This is a post I wasn’t going to write, but I’ve found myself in a bit of a funk. The kids have both been sick (again – what the hell right?) so I’m even more tired than usual and feeling pretty run down. Friends have suggested that looking back over the great things that happened this year is a good

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Ten New Year’s resolutions for mums (and no, dieting isn’t one)

Parenting, Parenting, Politics and Life / 30 December 2016

Farewell 2016. You will forever be remembered as the year when celebrities weren’t safe in their own homes, when Britain made it really expensive to go to Europe and America outdid us by doing a complete derp. Oh, America. For me, 2016 has had its ups (the occasional full night’s sleep, winning an award for this blog) and its downs (that

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Soft play tales: Bare bum in the ball pit

Parenting, Parenting, Politics and Life / 13 December 2016

We all know where I stand on soft play, but sometimes there is just no better option. Recently, it’s become really cold, really suddenly. I hate it and am finding it difficult to get out and about with the kids in the misery of winter. When we need to get out of the house, there are basically three options if

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Christmas sorted: Our inappropriate Secret Santa gift guide for people you hate

Dafuq is dis?, Gift guides, Parenting, Politics and Life / 5 December 2016

We’ve all done it. You get carried away with festive spirit (mine is usually gin) and the next minute you’ve signed up for the office Secret Santa thinking ‘it’ll be a bit of harmless fun’. Only rather than one of the colleagues that you actually don’t mind passing the time of day with, you’ve been allocated sexist dickhead Nigel from… well

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