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Tag: lockdown

Review: The Wonderful World was Waiting

“With fondness I remembered all the magic of mundane.” Never has a sentence resonated more. As we have begun to … More

bedtime, book review, children’s literature, children’s stories, coronavirus, COVID-19, covid19, early reading, EYFS, Familylife, Freedom, gratitude, happiness, health, lockdown, lockdown2020, lockdown2021, mental health, MumChallenges, owlet press, positivity, publishing, social-distancing

Eye Checks in Under 5’s

A little twitch. A blink here and there. A cheeky squint. Was Harry struggling with his eyesight or just an … More

Behaviour, behavioural habits, child development, child health, eye checks, health, isolation, lockdown, lockdown2021, mumblogger, mumlife, NHS, Parenting, parentingworries, screen time

Review: My Name Is Covid by Tammy Brandon

A Children’s Guide to Understanding the Coronavirus I’ve spent my twenty year career trying to break down concepts to children, … More

book review, child development, coronavirus, COVID-19, covid19, education, EYFS, Family, Familylife, gifted, health, isolation, lockdown, lockdown2020, lockdown2021, MumChallenges, parenthood, Parenting, parentingworries, Preschool, social-distancing

The Ripples of Lockdown

Resilience is the frequent adjective I’ve used to describe children throughout covid. “They’ll bounce back!” “They’ll jump back in to … More

adventures, COVID-19, Freedom, ice cream, isolation, lockdown, MumChallenges, parentingworries, Preschool, resilience, social-distancing, train, travel

Sweet Freedom and Self Care

This week marked the first week back at preschool for little man since December 17th. And the first week where … More

Coffee, Exercise, fitness, Freedom, Full-time Mother, geriatric mum, gratitude, Kegels, lockdown, lockdown2021, mindfulness, MumChallenges, mumlife, over-40 mum, Parenting, Preschool, self reflection, self-care, selfcare, Stress Incontinence

Top tips for cutting a toddler’s hair

Well. That’s scarred us both for life. He’s left with some 80’s style tramlines and I’m part tempted to hit … More

amateur, coronavirus, COVID-19, Familylife, haircut, lockdown, lockdown2021, mumblogger, MumChallenges, mumlife, Parenting, profession, professional, thelockdownlist, toddler, toddler haircut, toddler life, Toddlers

A Triptych of Time: The Time Thief

I’m not versed in the practice of law, but it’s my understanding that all lawyers have to account for every … More

exhaustion, Family, Familylife, Freedom, frustration, Full-time Mother, gratitude, isolation, lockdown, marriage, me-time, MumChallenges, parenthood, Parenting, parenting roles, relationships, self-care, time management

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 … More

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

Day 5 – Lockdown Daily-Wins Diary

So I missed Day 4. Four days in and I’m already struggling for positivity. To be fair to me, yesterday … More

coronavirus, COVID-19, covid19, fitness, Freedom, Full-time Mother, gratitude, happiness, isolation, lockdown, lockdown2020, mumblogger, Mumswhorun, napping, Parenting, self-care, thelockdownlist, toddler, Toddlers

Day Three – Lockdown Daily-Wins Diary

Forest Etiquette So lockdown version 1.0 started 238 days ago for us. That equates to 34 weeks of life-adjustment. Of … More

COVID-19, Exercise, fitness, Freedom, gratitude, happiness, health, lockdown, lockdown2020, mental health, mumblogger, Mumswhorun, positivity, self-care, social-distancing, ToddlerLife

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