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Tag: MumChallenges

Running Up That Hill… I Wish Kate!

“I’ll be running up that road, be running up that hill – with no problem,” sang Kate Bush. I won’t … More

energy, Exercise, health, lethargy, MumChallenges, perimenopause, self-care

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

Journey with Poop

This was written for the June 2021 issue of ‘Alice and the Mums’ magazine. With our issues ongoing, I wanted … More

accidents, bowel health, child development, constipation, health, laxatives, motherhood, MumChallenges, mumlife, NHS, parenthood, Parenting, potty training, preschooler, toddler, ToddlerLife, toilet training

Just Another Phase?

Terrible Twos? Threenager? What more does the developmental continuum have to throw at us? Just when I thought I had … More

Behaviour, behaviour strategies, brain development, challenging behaviour, child development, COVID-19, early years, ex teacher, frustration, isolation, MumChallenges, parenthood, parenting help, positive reinforcement, positivity, Preschool, Tantrums

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

You Win Some…

Another day in lockdown… another twelve hours to kill with a preschooler. Another twelve hours of trying to entice him … More

Activities, child development, COVID-19, EYFS, Full-time Mother, home schooling, learning at home, lockdown2021, motherhood, MumChallenges, mumfail, mumlife, Parenting, parentingworries, Preschool, SAHM

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

Mealtime battles

I feel like every night, the dinner I’ve been longing for since my 2:30pm snack, is marred by a myriad … More

dinner time, Family, family dinners, feeding my family, motherhood, MumChallenges, mumlife, Noom, parenthood, Parenting, table manners, toddler, ToddlerLife

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