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Navigating the highs, lows and inbetweens of first-time parenthood when you have lived a little!

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A Triptych of Time: Quarantine Quantum Physics

Science was never my speciality at school. To say that concepts of matter and mass confounded me would be an…

COVID-19, Family, frustration, lockdown2021, MumChallenges, normality, quarantine, theories, time

Turn Down The Volume

What’s the soundtrack to your days? As I circumnavigated the forest this morning I tried to unpick why I had…

family life, goals, lockdown2020, new year, Noom, personal growth, self development, self reflection, silence

Surviving the Jabs

In a week of newsworthy vaccinations, our were not headline winning, but it’s still a big deal for a 3.5…

child development, health, healthy children, immunisation, keeping safe, motherhood, mumlife, Parenting, toddler, toddler jabs, vaccination

Day 26 – Lockdown Daily-Wins Diary

Today saw the end of Lockdown Version 2.0. Will there be a V3.0? Chances are high for January I’d say…

COVID-19, Family, Familylife, Freedom, gratitude, health, isolation, lockdown2020, marriage, mindfulness, motherhood, MumChallenges, Parenting, positivity, relationships, toddler, ToddlerLife, weightloss

Day 19 – Daily Lockdown-wins Diary

Old Me, New Me… Just Me. The old Karen could run 12 kilometres home, after a day at work. Old…

aspirations, big picture, COVID-19, Family, Freedom, future, gratitude, happiness, health, lockdown2020, mindfulness, motherhood, past, positivity, present, reflection, self reflection, self-care

Day 17 – Lockdown Daily-Wins Diary

We are in lockdown but today we celebrated freedom. Locked-down freedom. Does that still count? Semi-freedom? Frockdown? Lockdom? Whatever you…

Coffee, COVID-19, Family, Freedom, gratitude, happiness, health, isolation, lockdown, lockdown2020, mental health, motherhood, mumblogger, Parenting, positivity, self-care, social-distancing, toddler, ToddlerLife

Day 13 – Lockdown Daily-Wins Diary

All in the Context Phonics. Feel the fear? I’ve seen a lot of changes in the curriculum over the years.…

early reading, education, gratitude, lockdown2020, Parenting, phonics, positivity, reading skills, synthetic phonics, teaching, toddler, ToddlerLife

Day 10 – Lockdown Daily-Wins Diary

The upside of losing naps Having naps snatched away from us was brutal and unforgiving. Admittedly I did damn well…

COVID-19, Family, Freedom, gratitude, happiness, lockdown2020, motherhood, mumblogger, mumlife, naptime, Parenting, positivity, self-care, sleep, toddler, ToddlerLife

Day 8 – Lockdown Daily-Wins Diary

Getting the wins in early. Today I have a consultant appointment. It’s a follow-up after some topical treatment on a…

Coffee, covid19, dressed up, Family, Freedom, gratitude, Identity, isolation, lockdown2020, motherhood, mum fashion, mumblogger, OOTD, Parenting, positivity, self-care

Day 7 – Lockdown Daily-Wins Diary

Simple today: Toddler child sleeping for 12 hours Sofa cushion soft-play Toddler whirlwind requesting iPad Relinquishing any guilt about aforementioned…

contended toddler, coronavirus, COVID-19, gratitude, happiness, health, isolation, lockdown2020, mumlife, parenthood, Parenting, positivity, self-care, toddler, ToddlerLife

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