When you become a parent it is important to clearly establish the battle lines. Failure to do so will lead to dire consequences later in life. Being an oracle of parenting myself I feel it is only fair to share with you some of the basics that should be established from an early stage. 1. The skill of selective deafness; often a more natural instinct in the male of the species the … [Read more...]
May 17, 2012
The agony of every parent ~ northernmum
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Its agony, I feel like I have been skewed with a sword. My whole body is pulsing with pain... … [Read more...]
Feb 26, 2012
We will die, DIE I tell you…
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As the winter sun burned a little brighter this weekend, the mood in our home lifted into summery smiles and carefree peals of laughter. Discarding our coats with reckless abandonment we sprang into spring like a family possessed. We hit the park, fed the ducks and basked in the sunlight, all was good and happy in our world. Then we decided to learn to ride our bikes on the road... … [Read more...]
Jan 30, 2012
What my children mean to me #dosomethingyummy
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It’s not cancer, it’s curable, it will be over within four months. This is my daily mantra. These words help me pick up BB when she falls again as her hip dislodges, these words let me see the light at the end of the tunnel. … [Read more...]
Jan 21, 2012
I am a survivor…..
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I am a survivor, I bear the wounds of battle but I am still here. … [Read more...]
Jan 15, 2012
I am doing nothing, nothing at all……
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As we climbed into bed last night, relishing the warm duvet against our cold skin I turned to he who helped create them and said 'shall we do nothing tomorrow, have a rest day, maybe not even get dressed?' Half asleep already he turned and replied 'yes' and then wandered off to dreamland. … [Read more...]
Jan 13, 2012
nothing hurts like being a mum…
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Hello, I was told recently that nothing hurts like being a mum and at the moment it feels like there are no truer words. This road of parenting seems to get more complicated without ever really pausing to allow me to catch my breath. … [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...]
Jan 1, 2012
Sing hallelujah & carrot infested poop
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It's done, it's over and the relief on my offsprings faces is more than apparent. Santa has sodded back off to Lapland and is currently detoxing after consuming an almost deadly excessive mix of whiskey, beer, milk and cookies, mince pies, and biscuits all in one night and Rudolph is laid in the stable … [Read more...]
Dec 7, 2011
why I refuse to let my boy wear girl’s legging….
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I have been waiting for the letter for almost two weeks, we all knew it was coming but none of us knew what it would say. To say we have been fearful following last years experience would be almost an understatement. … [Read more...]
