I've surprised myself, I have proven that I change over age and experience can alter opinion. I used to think breastfeeding a toddler was inherently wrong. Seven years ago when sitting by a pool on a sunny Spanish resort I watched with mouth agape when a woman not much older than I lifted her nine month daughter out of her high chair and attached her to her breast. "She's a bit old for … [Read more...]
Jun 13, 2012
Northernmum: My time in pubs and Tesco’s toilets…..
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It was May, we had spent the weekend with our parents at the races, it was 2005 and our family just consisted of two, me and he who would be creating them. I felt different, a little tired, a little sick, I convinced myself it was down to a weekend of over indulgence. But still, as I walked into a Chemists on the Sunday morning and passed the testing aisle I paused. It had only been six … [Read more...]
Apr 24, 2012
Parenting: Holidaying with children: Simple, sexless and satisfying…..
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We spent the weekend on a "mini-break". For anyone reading this who doesn't have children let me quickly rip out the images of a luxury spa hotel set amid rolling hills of green, then let me introduce the picture of caravan after caravan set amongst flumes, playparks and arcades. It was on this break that I embarked upon a voyage of self discovery. … [Read more...]
Apr 12, 2012
Advertorial: Beautiful Maternity wear with a celebrity endorsement…
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When pregnant with twin boy and twin girl I had the fashion sense of a gnat, for far too long I tried to squeeze into my own clothes which made everything look like two pigs fighting under a blanket. With BB I managed to have a bit more style, mainly because I dressed my bump by buying some decent vital items that could be wore at different times. It was at this time that I discovered … [Read more...]
Mar 8, 2012
saying goodbye to dental floss knickers…
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It was my five year wedding anniversary recently. I know instantly this raises the question of how do I have two six year olds? I feel duty bound to confess that I was guilty of biting the apple of seduction before I ensnared he who helped create them into making me his lawful wife. … [Read more...]
Jan 18, 2012
Boys to Men…
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Signs my boy is turning into a man at age five and 51 weeks... This morning as twin boy hurtled at hurricane speed from his bed to bathroom sink he looked at me as I stood sleepily brushing my teeth and said; "I am putting my PJ's in the wash because I have worn them two nights." … [Read more...]
Jan 9, 2012
The lies I was told….
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Having children has been an eye opener for me. Finding out Santa was a fabrication in my youth was hard to deal with but really some of the lies I have been told since then regarding children are borderline obscene. Take this popular urban myth; 'your life will be richer when you have your own family' … [Read more...]
Dec 18, 2011
Look at these beauties
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I do like occasionally to pop a thing of beauty on my blog, and no ladies and gentleman it is not an image of me in my Christmas finest but instead some rather adorable shots of my two little ladies in some rather uniquely beautiful tutus. … [Read more...]
Nov 13, 2011
Breastfeeding: Yes I still am…..
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Yes I still am.... Not that it really relates to you, but yes I am. Whilst I appreciate you may think she is too old, I am of the opinion that she isn’t and she seems to agree. … [Read more...]
Oct 22, 2011
Plaiting one’s pubes….
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In recent years I have slightly misled my children. Avoiding the whole conversation about where babies come from and how they actually trundle down the birth canal has always been a focus of mine and he who helped create them. When BB was born, twin girl was full of awkward questions but was easily fulfilled by a quick glimpse of the bandage on my stomach and was happily comforted in the … [Read more...]
