Things I Love About My 14 Year Old …
A couple of years ago when I was knee deep in Kiara’s toddler tantrums, I was convinced I had done irreparable damage to our relationship. Like her younger sister, she never slept, she stood her…
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I secretly love our crazy bedtime routine.
Emma’s sleeping habits have been discussed in many many blog posts and instastories. She was never a fan of sleeping and for many many many nights we fought hard to get her just to lie…
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Things I love about my 16 year old …
Nothing really prepares you for motherhood. Those first few months with a new baby are absolutely terrifying and overwhelming. When I had my oldest I spent months believing I had broken him. He cried non-stop,…
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Reasons I Love Being A Mother
Hello February, the month of love and all things red and heart shaped! Motherhood isn’t just about sleepless nights, piles of laundry and tantrums. It is actually pretty awesome and there are a lot of…
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Parenting 101 – The Basic Edition
I have four kids, so the assumption is I know a little bit about parenting. Well we all know what they say about assumptions, right? I thought I had things pretty much sorted in the…
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What to do when you yell at …
Hands up, who has yelled at their child? Who has yelled out of frustration? I have yelled, a few times, ok probably more than a few times. Most of the time I yell out of…
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Ten Parenting Hacks For Toddler Moms
I am all about parenting hacks! All sorts of hacks that make life easier. When we have kids we often find ourselves trying to do more than one thing at a time, often with…
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My Top 5 Shows On Netflix For Kids
I don’t believe TV is evil. I don’t think kids watching a little too much TV every now and then is going to result in them being dysfunctional. Some days my kids watch hours of…
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Teach Your Child To Manage Their Own …
I am guilty of underestimating my kids and what they can do. I am not talking about physical things but rather their understanding (or ability to understand) concepts, like money. One of the biggest challenges,…
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The unrelenting sibling fighting
I am not sure if this is unique to our kids but it takes them a while at the end of the year to adjust to being on holiday. During the school term they are…
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