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Tag: parentingworries

How Do I Get My Child To Wear Slippers?

[Ad] I’ve had an issue with Harry for four years. He will wear hats. He’ll generally keep his coat on. … More

christmas, Family, Familylife, go fted, gratitude, Parenting, parentingworries, podiatry, safety, self-care, slippers, toddler life, Toddlers

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

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

The Lesser-Known Anxieties of Starting Pre-School

It’s that season; the season where social media will be smothered in a blanket of new school-year doorstep photos. No … More

anxiety, growing up, parentingworries, Preschool, Toddlers, worries

How ‘not’ to relax lockdown

How is your bubble? Have you been living in harmonious, familial bliss for ten weeks? Has it been a period … More

covid19, impact of lockdown, lockdown, parenting strategies, parentingworries, separation anxiety, social-distancing, Toddlers

Mum Guilt

Harry is a heavy breathing, nose-dripping, lung-expelling, snot demon right now. If he’s not wiping his nose on his sleeve … More

failureisok, Mumguilt, parentingworries, performancemanagement, sharetheguilt, wantingthebest

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