Does the perimenopause make it hard to be creative?
09/09/2021 - I’ve been struggling for a long time now to feel creative. There are loads of excuses I Expand
09/09/2021 - I’ve been struggling for a long time now to feel creative. There are loads of excuses I could come up with, like a global pandemic, significant parenting and grandparenting responsibilities, stress, I don’t know, there’s plenty to pin it on, but the more I’ve thought about it, the more I come to the conclusion that it’s something bigger than that. I’ve been feeling this same kind of ‘God I wish I could just sit and stare at an unopened book and eat bourbons’ vibe probably, if I’m honest, since I wrote this post, which is before I’d even heard of the phrase ‘social distancing’, so it hardly seems fair to blame my lack of creative inspiration on Covid. At the time I called it a midlife unravelling, because a friend…
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Are dads OK? Men need to be offered more help coping when they have a baby
25/08/2021 - Men can suffer from ante- and post-natal depression just as much as mums - it's time more Expand
25/08/2021 - Men can suffer from ante- and post-natal depression just as much as mums - it's time more resources were dedicated to helping the struggling dads, writes Sarah Sandison Collapse
Nurse explains why you should never shave before giving birth - even with C-section
23/08/2021 - A nurse has gone viral on social media after explaining to expectant mothers why it's crucial that Expand
23/08/2021 - A nurse has gone viral on social media after explaining to expectant mothers why it's crucial that they don't shave down there before giving birth - even if they're having a cesarean Collapse
Tackling my male pride as a dad to two boys - but it's harder than I thought
23/08/2021 - Bellowing at my toddler over a tantrum about yogurt has made me reconsider my attitude towards Expand
23/08/2021 - Bellowing at my toddler over a tantrum about yogurt has made me reconsider my attitude towards male bravado, writes dad-of-two Richard Innes Collapse
How to create the perfect last mouthful
20/08/2021 - I was at a networking event this afternoon and we were all sat down around a big table for a Expand
20/08/2021 - I was at a networking event this afternoon and we were all sat down around a big table for a buffet lunch. (I will go anywhere a buffet goes.) I had nearly finished and was dithering over my last mouthful. I looked down at my plate – one small piece each of hard boiled egg, bread roll and butter, new potato, cucumber and tomato. I looked up at the people sat closest to me and then down again at the plate. ‘I’m trying to create the perfect last mouthful,’ I said. ‘Oh my God yes!’ said at least two of the group. ‘I thought I was the only one who did this!’ said another. A couple of people looked blank, as though they were surrounded by loons. ‘Um, NO,’ I…
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Win a year of free language lessons with Preply
19/08/2021 - Advertisement feature in association with Preply I don’t have a great childhood memory, but Expand
19/08/2021 - Advertisement feature in association with Preply I don’t have a great childhood memory, but there are snippets of things that stick in my mind, conversations, feelings. Sometimes I’m not sure if I actually remember them anymore, or just remember remembering them, like the dream I had when I was about four years old of walking over a hill with my school satchel. One thing I do remember though is reading Anne of Green Gables. I must have been young, (I hope I was anyway), because I remember being incredibly earnest about it and the type feeling very small. I remember going into the kitchen to find my mum to show her, proudly, that I had already read three whole pages. You’d wonder at that rate if I might still be reading it, but…
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Win a year of free language lessons with Preply was first posted on August 19, 2021 at 9:24 am. Collapse
My baby's twin died from rare pregnancy complication before I knew I was expecting them
12/08/2021 - I didn't realise I was pregnant with twins until I started bleeding - and now I still think about Expand
12/08/2021 - I didn't realise I was pregnant with twins until I started bleeding - and now I still think about the 'what-ifs' whenever I look at my little Harry, writes Emily Smith Collapse
Mark and Elizabeth among top baby names destined to be billionaires
11/08/2021 - Parents are increasingly opting for billionaire baby names to set them up for success in the Expand
11/08/2021 - Parents are increasingly opting for billionaire baby names to set them up for success in the future - if you're struggling to narrow down your favourite name this list might help Collapse
I hate my teenage daughter - she's lazy and we're considering boarding school
09/08/2021 - One frazzled mother begged for advice after finding it tough to manage her 14-year-old daughter, Expand
09/08/2021 - One frazzled mother begged for advice after finding it tough to manage her 14-year-old daughter, who recently told her brother that she wishes he had died so she was an only child Collapse
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How to find the best online tutoring companies
08/09/2021 - Advertisement feature in association with Headway Tutors – providers of in-home and online Expand
08/09/2021 - Advertisement feature in association with Headway Tutors – providers of in-home and online tutoring. It’s a fun fact about me that, if you don’t count the paper round I had for literally 45 minutes, (which we don’t), my first job was as a one to one maths tutor. I was a personal tutor for about three years while I was at university and it was a great way for me, as a single parent to a toddler already, to make some extra money but work flexibly. I guess when you think about it it shows how well suited I’ve always been to working for myself, because I took the initiative, found all my own customers and managed everything myself. It’s also quite staggering how far technology has come since then. There was…
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How to find the best online tutoring companies was first posted on September 8, 2021 at 5:14 pm. Collapse
Taking my grumpy teen on a charity walk taught me a lesson about the kindness of boys
25/08/2021 - Bringing a reluctant, phone-obsessed teenager with me on a 100-mile walk wasn't the best idea - Expand
25/08/2021 - Bringing a reluctant, phone-obsessed teenager with me on a 100-mile walk wasn't the best idea - until the boys we were with decided to take matters into their own hands, writes Siobhan McNally Collapse
Woman who works in school office shares how she judges kids based on their names
23/08/2021 - A woman who works in the office at a school has shared how she and her co-workers judge children Expand
23/08/2021 - A woman who works in the office at a school has shared how she and her co-workers judge children based on their names, explaining how a name can signify a lot about a person's personality Collapse
Woman fumes after mother-in-law bring husband's ex to their wedding ceremony
22/08/2021 - A woman was left fuming, along with her new husband, after his mother brought her son's ex along Expand
22/08/2021 - A woman was left fuming, along with her new husband, after his mother brought her son's ex along to their wedding day and refused to leave the big day when asked Collapse
Mum in tears after finding out ex's girlfriend pierced daughter's ears without permission
19/08/2021 - A mum has shared her upset after discovering that her ex's girlfriend pierced her daughter's ears Expand
19/08/2021 - A mum has shared her upset after discovering that her ex's girlfriend pierced her daughter's ears without her permission while she was staying with her dad for a week Collapse
CHALLENGE: A week of activity with Everyone Active
18/08/2021 - Advertisement feature in association with Everyone Active Raise your hand if you’ve been Expand
18/08/2021 - Advertisement feature in association with Everyone Active Raise your hand if you’ve been less active over the last 18 months that you’d like? *raises hand* Okay, to be fair, that’s not 100% true. I’ve done a LOT of walks. Haven’t we all? I’ve done so many walks near my house in fact that I’m pretty sure I could tell you exactly where every plant and tree is within a two mile radius. To say I’m sick of it is an understatement. And yes, I know I could have tried something else, like running, but long term readers will know that I am most definitely not a natural runner. What I think we’ve all lacked during the pandemic, exercise wise and generally too, is VARIETY. Everyone knows that variety is the…
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CHALLENGE: A week of activity with Everyone Active was first posted on August 18, 2021 at 9:53 am. Collapse
Baby monitor catches 'evil twin' throwing bottle at sibling's head during the night
11/08/2021 - Baby monitor footage caught an 18-month-old boy getting up in the middle of the night to throw his Expand
11/08/2021 - Baby monitor footage caught an 18-month-old boy getting up in the middle of the night to throw his milk bottle at his twin sister before going back to sleep Collapse
Motorhome hire with Goboony + £20 off your first holiday
09/08/2021 - It’s been two weeks now since we got the new puppy and honestly time has warped into this Expand
09/08/2021 - It’s been two weeks now since we got the new puppy and honestly time has warped into this sort of new baby speed, where individual days seem to take weeks to pass but you’re not sure what day it is or when you last ate. What I do know is that it’s three weeks now since we went away for the weekend in a motorhome from Goboony and it’s about time I told you about it. Our motorhome weekend was designed to be a last hoorah before the puppy arrived, a final slurp at the cup of freedom, before we realised exactly what we’d done to our lives i.e. changed them completely forever. It was brilliant, as we expected it to be, because we love motorhome holidays – they make…
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Motorhome hire with Goboony + £20 off your first holiday was first posted on August 9, 2021 at 9:55 am. Collapse
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4 items of stationery you need in your life + win a £50 Amazon voucher
01/09/2021 - Post in partnership with Competition Finder It’s September, back to school, and that means Expand
01/09/2021 - Post in partnership with Competition Finder It’s September, back to school, and that means one thing – STATIONERY. I don’t have school aged children anymore, so my life doesn’t feel quite as defined by the rhythm of the school day and term times as it used to, but I haven’t lost my love of a new pencil case. To be honest I’m not sure that was ever really linked to being a parent, I thing I’m just a sucker for stationery. I’ve teamed up with Competition Finder today to bring you the ultimate back to school blog post – four of my favourite stationery picks PLUS the chance to win £50 of Amazon vouchers, so you can have your own stationery blow out. (Or spend it on something else, like…
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4 items of stationery you need in your life + win a £50 Amazon voucher was first posted on September 1, 2021 at 4:09 am. Collapse
Someone sent my son a birthday present but I have no clue who and it's agony
24/08/2021 - Biggest thanker you will ever meet' Polly Hudson fears she'll be left looking ungrateful after a Expand
24/08/2021 - Biggest thanker you will ever meet' Polly Hudson fears she'll be left looking ungrateful after a gift giver failed to put their name to their present to her son Collapse
My mother-in-law is throwing a rival birthday party for my daughter without asking
23/08/2021 - A disgruntled mum has taken to a parenting forum to ask for some perspective after her Expand
23/08/2021 - A disgruntled mum has taken to a parenting forum to ask for some perspective after her mother-in-law announced she was throwing her child a birthday party - the night before the party she'd been planning for months Collapse
My mum deliberately mispronounces my daughter's name because she isn't named after her
22/08/2021 - An angry parent has had enough of the way her own mother deliberately and repeatedly butchers her Expand
22/08/2021 - An angry parent has had enough of the way her own mother deliberately and repeatedly butchers her granddaughter's name - simply because she isn't named after her Collapse
Dad shares 'genius' way he tricked his teenage kids into cleaning their bedrooms
19/08/2021 - A dad has gone viral on social media after sharing the clever way he managed to convince his Expand
19/08/2021 - A dad has gone viral on social media after sharing the clever way he managed to convince his teenage children to clean up their own messy bedrooms once and for all Collapse
FREE National Trust Family Pass Giveaway!
15/08/2021 - 10,000 FREE passes up for grabs! Enjoy the perfect family day out at great National Trust Expand
15/08/2021 - 10,000 FREE passes up for grabs! Enjoy the perfect family day out at great National Trust locations! Collapse
Mum's video of toddler explaining why she's sad leaves parents in stitches
11/08/2021 - Parenting comes with many challenges you don't expect, and one mum was left in stitches at her Expand
11/08/2021 - Parenting comes with many challenges you don't expect, and one mum was left in stitches at her toddler's answer to a simple question about how she was currently feeling Collapse
I can be a s**t mum, but that doesn't mean I'm a bad parent - no one is perfect 24/7
10/08/2021 - EXCLUSIVE: A mum has gone viral on social media and helped to build a loving, positive community Expand
10/08/2021 - EXCLUSIVE: A mum has gone viral on social media and helped to build a loving, positive community of parents after sharing her reality of motherhood and reclaiming what it means to be a 's**t mum Collapse
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