Confessions of a finest mum – pt2 (break from routine)
I went on to have 4 more babies. As I write this my youngest is 4, I have a 5 year old and 10 year old twins. I am still a big believer of routines and though my babies aren’t babies any more I believe children (and adults) thrive on routines…
Confessions of a finest mum pt 1
Our guest contributor this week is a gorgeous mama of 5. One of my nicknames for her is “Mother Earth” because she’s so grounded, classy, caring, super calm, she has a heart of gold, and is raising an amazing tribe.
Tips (and a story) about World Book Day
It’s here again.
Yes lovelies, World Book Day is coming around again – 1st March 2018. If your kids have gone past primary school age, chances are you don’t know about it, don’t care, or are just so relieved that you don’t have to worry about it ever again.
Top 11 tips for succeeding in the 11 Plus Exams
I’m still on this topic, perhaps because I’m going through this right now (read my previous post “Are you an 11+ mum?”), but for UK based mums, with children getting ready to transition from primary to secondary schools…
Help! I think I’m raising self-entitled kids
…… In my estimation Father Christmas didn’t do too bad in my household this year. I mean he’s skint (wondering if this is the only outcome that will result in happy kids), but kids got a fair bit of the stuff on their Christmas list. They should be happy right? Wrong. So, this has now got me thinking about the self-entitlement thing.
Post-Partum Depression and the African mum (pt2)
If not done so already please read pt1 of this post first Post-partum depression and the African mum (pt 1)
Of course I still battled with Post-Partum Depression (PPD) for months. It didn’t magically disappear. But then, one day when my son was 4 months old, I heard the story of a woman who had PPD….
Post-Partum Depression and the African mum (pt1)
Close to 9 years ago I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. Now, I am aware all mothers feel that their babies are beautiful. But mine was BEAUTIFUL. Everyone wanted to carry him………….
Post-Partum Depression and the African mum
Close to 9 years ago I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. Now, I am aware all mothers feel that their babies are beautiful. But mine was BEAUTIFUL. Everyone wanted to carry him………….
Church: let kids choose gender
This was the headline in a news article I read yesterday, about new Church of England’s guidance for nursery and primary schools on genderism. As a mum from…..
There is still hope
The past few months have been particularly hard for me, in terms of relationship with my son. He’s 9 going on 10, but I think in his mind he thinks he’s 16. I’m still trying to work out if this is just a boy thing, because …
Are you an 11+ mum?
If you’re in the UK you might have heard of the 11+ exams. These are basically exams that usually happen in the autumn and they are sat by children in Year 6 (essentially the last year of Primary school), for those trying to gain admission into Grammar or Private school. They aren’t mandatory but elective, and in addition to SATs which happen