Category: Parenting
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The Gallery: Portrait
This is my first entry to Tara Cain’s Gallery and yes, I’ve cheated already. I didn’t take the photo myself. When Madame was 15 months old I arranged to have some photos taken of her as a gift for her Grandmother’s 60th birthday. We really weren’t in a position to afford it, as hubby had…
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Come on! Give us some credit!
Photo Credit I’m not very good at ‘playing with my daughter’. I’m the kind of parent that shows her how something works and then expect her to get on with it, which is bad I know, I’m just not a natural. On the other hand after a couple of glasses of wine I’m an absolute…
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Ridiculous Mummy Purchases…
One of my neighbours is going to pop soon. I’ve offered her a load of Madame’s old stuff from car seats, Bumbos, baby swings, etc as my loft is bulging with baby stuff but she hasn’t taken me up on the offer but I totally understand why. When Madame was born I, too, bought everything…
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Bad Parenting Club
I’m guessing that this is probably not an original idea but I was inspired by @chickenruby’s recent blog about her accident prone boys and my neighbour’s drama last week when she accidentally locked herself out of the house when her 18 month old was asleep inside. I need to stress that I don’t think these…
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Family Holiday, Bude, Cornwall April 2010
We’ve just returned from a short break to Bude, Cornwall. We were absolutely blessed with the weather and I can’t recommend the place we stayed at enough. Just for the record I do not get any kick backs of any type for recommending this place. We stayed at the Atlantic Cottages on the West Grove…