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Letters to my daughter: time is precious
I promised myself I would write in your diary regularly as you grow up, but the truth is, time flies when you’re having fun and before I have even realised it, you’re already 16 months old, and I’m...
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What’s in a name?
Nobody can ignore that fact lately that the most famous baby in the world has just arrived: Baby Cambridge. And he remained just that until his name was announced to the waiting world two days later;...
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How not to buy baby stuff like a royal
Baby brand marketers must be rubbing their hands together in glee at the gift horse that is HRH Prince George of Cambridge. Every pair of eyes is on Wills and Kate, watching which baby products they...
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Letters to my daughter: How much I love you at four months old.
You’re 5 months old next week, and you’re developing so quickly. Every day you learn something new. I realised I didn’t want to forget how much I’m enjoying you being four months old, that I have to...
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Sleep is like a box of chocolates
Sleep in our house is like a game of pot luck at the moment. Like Forrest Gump’s figurative box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get. And the coffee ones seem more tempting when...
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Lone parenting and big nights in
This past fortnight, I’ve tried my hand at lone parenting as my husband has been working overseas. I’ll be honest: the weeks before it were filled with dread: ‘How will I cope looking after my five...
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You can have it all, if you like.
Last week, I posted a question on my social networks asking mums to debate the optimum balance between working and looking after children. I guess I was really looking for advice on whether I should...
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Nursery rhyme nor reason
I’ve finally figured it out after all these years: what the Hokey Cokey is on about! I’m convinced it’s about dressing a six month old: “You put your left leg in, left leg out, in, out, in, out, shake...
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The most important job in the world
Today, I have made a huge, life-changing decision. After months of procrastination and soul-searching, I have set the wheels in motion to change my future, for the better. Probably (without a doubt)...
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Lessons in life and love: What a dog can teach a baby
We are dog people. We have always been this way, brought up in our separate childhood homes with family pet dogs, and then adopting a rescue dog of our own after we moved in together and got married....
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