Simple Home Exercise for Busy Mums

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It’s a life choice to become a full-time mum and anyone who doesn’t understand just what that job entails obviously needs their head checked! Multi-tasking doesn’t begin to describe the life of a busy mum, as she needs to be on top of her game to cope with the huge variety of roles that must be adopted every day. Probably the person who gets least attention at this time is the ‘chief cook and bottle washer’, so what can a mum do to ensure she remains fit, healthy and upbeat when there is so much pressure, especially with a new baby or toddler in [...] Read more »

Why I love being a mummy blogger

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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 »

The loneliness of being a mum

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Sometimes being a parent can be pretty lonely.  I don’t know how those who are single parents manage as it must be doubly hard for them when it is literally just them and the kids in the house all day every day.  That said some days I feel pretty much like a single parent in our house and there is no escaping some days the loneliness of being a mum.  It doesn’t help when I see pictures online of mum’s insanely grinning at their kids with what look like drug induced smiles – as if to convince me that every [...] Read more »

Getting back to being a working mum is frustrating

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I miss being a working mum, there’s no way I could be a stay at home mum 24/7 it just doesn’t sit with my character.  Whilst I love to be at home I feel like a cooped up chicken having spent the last 5 weeks in the house and there’s only so much cleaning and baking I can do before it becomes detrimental to my waistline. I guess if I had a circle of other mum’s nearby that I could hang out with and drink latte’s and catch up on the adventures of our kids and debate the misgivings of [...] Read more »