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Dealing With Disappointment

Today was not a good day, I knew it wouldn’t be. After a hideous nights sleep plagued with menopausal sweats and hot flushes I tossed and turned until 5am. I knew I wouldn’t sleep – this morning was D-Day for school admissions. We’d already been warned on Friday that the school was ‘over subscribed’. As a parent these are not the words you want to hear when for the last 12 months your child has made friends, formed a routine and settled in at a school. Rightly or wrongly you assume that once they’re in school they are in there [...] Read more »

Being a Mum Is a Tough Job

Parenting is a hard job. There is no paid leave, you don’t get a promotion (unless you count being allowed a lie in at the weekends), you can’t take a sick day or have a break from the to-do list. Despite all this, it is without a doubt the most rewarding job I have ever had. That doesn’t mean there are days when I don’t want a break or to step out of the routine. I do – and sometimes I crave for what life was like before I became a mum where there were no consequences for staying up [...] Read more »

Why I love being a mummy blogger

Some of my friend’s don’t get the whole blogging thing. Why do I do it, what do I get out of it. Writing neither interests them nor do they understand the amazing bonds you make as a mummy blogger with other mums and dads who are going through the same challenges that you are facing with your child. I love to write, always have. As a child growing up I kept a diary and used it to write down my joys, my hopes, my fears and my frustrations. Now my blog about me, my family and the adventures of Roo [...] Read more »

Shout about being a good parent

What is being a good parent? How do we know if the things every day we teach our kids are the right things? Quite simply we don’t know. I don’t think anything is as hard as being a parent, no job comes close to this. Let’s put it into reality. You are on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Often you put up with little or no thanks, stamping feet, shouting, crying, yelling about how “you’re not my parent”, apparently you have “no idea what it’s like” and pretty often “you’re so unfair”. [...] Read more »

Less toddler tantrums and more smiles

The last two weeks Roo has been acting up at home, pushing boundaries and generally being disruptive. It’s been annoying, fraught and not an enjoyable part of parenting often with raised voices, slamming of doors and stamping of feet – and that’s just my behaviour! Seriously though, toddlers know how to push every button going and I didn’t like this change in Roo’s behaviour one little bit, I am not a fan of toddler tantrums. I cannot put my finger on any one thing triggering it and from talking to other mum’s whose toddlers were going through the same it [...] Read more »

I don’t want you mummy

I am not afraid to put my hand up and say that I have rules in my house and that Roo is expected to abide by those rules and if she doesn’t then she undergoes a suitable penalty or punishment. As a result I can put my hand on my heart and say that 80% of the time she is a well behaved toddler who whilst exciteable generally listens to instructions and knows what she can and cannot do both at our house and other houses of friends and family we visit. This is something I am proud of as [...] Read more »