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The preschool drop-off is giving me mum-guilt (but not how you’d expect)

Mornings are getting progressively worse in this house and they’re leaving me with the dreaded mum-guilt. Whereas my oldest who has just started school will basically get herself ready, my smallest does everything in his power to make the process as difficult as possible. He refuses to get dressed, he screams, he runs away, he takes off the clothes he […]

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Ten things we’ve learned in the first weeks of primary school

Now we’re a week and a half into the school thing, and I have to say it’s not going too badly at all. We haven’t had any tears and she has a smile on her face going in and coming out. I know it won’t always be plain sailing but the transition has been easy so far. I knew she’d be

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Ten ways to get a totally hashtaggable dream #instahome

Dafuq is dis?, Parenting, Parenting, Politics and Life / 12 September 2018

It seems that bloggers who show you how to clean and present your house are startlingly popular at the moment; I’m talking ‘15,000 likes on a picture of a grey sofa on Instagram’ popular. I admit, obsessive cleanliness isn’t really my thing. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t like living in a complete hole, but there are a lot of

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Mums on the school run: You v The Daily Mail Etiquette Expert

Parenting, Parenting, Politics and Life / 8 September 2018

I actually shudder to share this as it’s from the Daily Mail, every rancid Brexiteer’s favourite hate-rag, but it made me laugh and I thought that perhaps you would enjoy it. If you can face clicking on the link here, you can read in all its glory the poorly-written advice from their male “Etiquette Expert”, William Hanson, for mums on

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It’s just a chemical thing: The baby that never existed

Parenting, Parenting, Politics and Life / 7 September 2018

I wrote this a while ago, when it was all running about it in my head – that’s how I process things. I actually have a lot of drafts which I write but are too raw at that moment. Then one day, months later, I come across them and when I read them it’s like reading somebody else’s writing and

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The obligatory starting school post

Parenting, Parenting, Politics and Life / 5 September 2018

Finally, and at the same time all of a sudden, here it is. We survived the holidays, and it’s officially the first day of primary school. I say first day but really I mean first few hours, because that’s how it’s done. A few hours for a few days, mornings only for a further week and then by week three

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15 things which strike fear into the heart of any parent

Parenting, Parenting, Politics and Life / 3 September 2018

Not a lot scares me. I’m not afraid of spiders, or snakes – at least not more than is entirely reasonable, some of those little bastards can kill you. I’m OK with heights. I don’t want to fall from them, but I’m OK with them. I’m fine walking down dark alleys, not that I get out much in the dark

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30 things I only do now I’m a parent

Parenting, Parenting, Politics and Life / 20 August 2018

I would like to say parenthood hasn’t changed me. I would like to, but we all know that would be rubbish. There are all sorts of things I don’t do now that I’m a parent, and there are also a lot of things which I would never have predicted I would ever do. Here are 30 things I’d never have predicted I’d do:

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Ten rules of summer for preschoolers

Parenting, Parenting, Politics and Life / 16 August 2018

1) It is never too early to demand ice cream. Before breakfast works quite well, and right before dinner. And at multiple points throughout the day. 2) If you are not currently eating a snack, or even if you are, you must ask for a snack. But of course you must unwaveringly refuse to eat anything presented to you as

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Thank heaven for little boys?

Parenting, Parenting, Politics and Life / 13 August 2018

I wasn’t expecting to have a boy, I’m not sure I was made to have boys and I still question whether I’m up to the task sometimes. There are many things I wasn’t adequately prepared for. Firstly, their relationship with their penis. Cliche perhaps, but undeniably true; it’s their first and most enduring love. It’s unbelievable really. A baby is

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