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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: AGE OF DINOSAURS by Christiane Engel

At night-times we like stories. We like calm, gentle tales to lull us in to a sleepy state. In the … More

Activities, book lover, book review, bookish play, early reading, engaging readers, EYFS, Full-time Mother, gifted, little tiger books, motherhood, mumblogger, parenthood, Parenting, Preschool, reading

It Is What It Is – The Year of Non-adventure

This was two years ago. This was one of our daily adventures. A central line trip in to town and … More

essexmums, essexmumtribe, exploringlondon, exploringtheworld, exploringwithkids, londondocklands, londonmums, mumblogger, mumbloguk, playislearning, preschooladventures, sahmlife, sahmuk, takethetrain, ukmumblogger

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

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 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 … More

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 … More

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

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

Toddler: masters of evasion

“Why are you crying?” “Mummy took my trains away” “Why did she do that?” “I was sad.” Why did mummy … More

Behaviour, discipline, Family, frustration, motherhood, mumblogger, MumChallenges, Parenting, toddler, ToddlerLife, Toddlers

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