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Pump in Style! Tips for breastfeeding during baby’s first Christmas

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I’ve breastfed twice over the festive season; once as a very new mum to a barely six-week-old baby going through their first growth spurt (isn’t that fun)!), and the other as a slightly more veteran mum to a weaning six-month-old, so I’m well aware that Christmas can bring unique challenges for breastfeeding mums. Breastfeeding during Christmas From attending Christmas parties […]

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Benefits of imaginative play (10)

Eight benefits of imaginative play and how to encourage it in your children

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This post on the benefits of imaginative play was written in collaboration with Very.co.uk, who supplied all the imaginative and role play toys featured in this post. Words and pictures are my own. What is imaginative play? Imaginative or pretend play is when a child uses their imagination to role-play scenarios in an open-ended, unstructured way, with no rules or

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Parents often ask should kids have tvs in their bedrooms? Here are four reasons why my children don't have televisions in their bedrooms.

Four reasons why my kids don’t have TVs in their bedrooms

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This post was written in conjunction with Reliant Direct, but all thoughts are my own. Earlier this week, in a feat of spectacular timing given that I was already planning to write this blog post and thinking about what I’d say, from out of the blue my almost-nine-year-old daughter asked whether she could have a television in her bedroom. She

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Child starting reception? Here, have ten pieces of unsolicited advice

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Congratulations! Your kid is four – or maybe even five, if you were bored between Christmas 2016 and New Year 2017 – and it’s finally time for them to start primary school. It’s a HUGE thing, both for your child and for you, and so as a veteran parent I thought I’d hand out some of that wonderful unsolicited advice

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Ten cardinal rules of buying Christmas presents for other people’s kids

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This post was written in collaboration with by Wicked Uncle, the home of brilliant children’s presents. I have worked with Wicked Uncle several times; to see my review posts go here. It is now November, and therefore I do decree that it’s officially acceptable to mention (not DECORATE for, MENTION) the C word. (On this occasion, I do in fact

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in bed

A rude awakening: The worst ways to wake up when you have kids

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This week has given me an eerie sense of deja vu. We’ve been back to school a matter of weeks, and as is tradition, we are now welcoming various lurgies into the house – although so far though, no corona this time. Thank heavens for small mercies. As I’ve recently discussed, as my kids get older they do tend to

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The Whinge With Wine Parenting Mentorship Programme: A one day course on parenting without breaking a sweat

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Apparently Facebook has a ‘mentorship programme’ for groups, and it’s currently inviting people to join mine (for this group, in case you weren’t aware) presumably so that old hands at this parenting lark can help the newbies navigate life with their child, from newborn to teenager, without breaking a sweat. Easy peasy. It might seem a bit silly, but the

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lockdown activities

Ways to entertain the kids this half term (with no help from the Department for Education)

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It’s day three of the cold, miserable February half term holiday. Unlike previous years when we’d be having days out at the zoo or farm, or at soft play, or palmed the kids off on grandparents, it’s another school holiday in LOCKDOWN. Woo-bloody-hoo. Although I must say I’m preferring the relaxed days to the daily battle of wills that is

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