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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

Uniqlo Tate Play

You’ve gotta love Instagram for providing the summer holidays inspo to keep little ones busy and keep parents from locking … More

art, art for kods, creative kids, creativity, education, engaging creativity, exploring London, gratitude, London days out, Parenting, social-distancing, Tate, Tate modern

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

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 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

Small steps

We took one small step for my toddler last week. And a giant leap towards normality. Harry had a play … More

child development, COVID-19, Freedom, health, lockdown2020, motherhood, Parenting, play dates, positivity, relationships, social-distancing, ToddlerLife, Toddlers

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

Times of Uncertainty

Normally I try to get at least two blog posts written a week. You’ll have noticed a slightly quieter Unyoung … More

Activities, blogging, COVID-19, frustration, healthy, isolation, safe, social-distancing, toddler, writing

Not So Freedom-Friday

We made a call today. It was a tricky one. We didn’t send Harry in to nursery. Were we being … More

coronavirus, COVID-19, facts, Family, health, information, risk-avoidance, self-care, social-distancing

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