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An Honest Review of ‘Make Toddler Stay in Bed’ Clocks

23rd February 2016

OK, so make toddler stay in bed clocks isn’t actually the technical name, but I don’t want to get sued for libel or something. I’m sure you know the ones I mean. The clocks that claim your little one will stay in bed until a bright sunshine pops up, at which point your little cherub will…

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The Emotional Cycle When My Toddler Learnt to Scale His Cot

23rd February 2016

My toddler learnt to scale his cot. Seriously, why don’t they warn you about this? I think this is on a par with the pain of childbirth. 1. Annoyance. Let’s not underestimate this one folks, it is fucking annoying. You will now spend hours of your life returning them to their cot over and over…

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5 Top Tips For Single Parents

23rd February 2016

People always ask me, “How do you cope”? I hate that question. If I had a choice I’d choose not to bloody well cope. I’d choose to lie in bed every.single.day. But little ones tend to object (trust me, I’ve tried) so I have to cope. But incase you were wondering how, here are my…

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New Years Fails: 5 Down, 360 To Go

23rd February 2016

It wasn’t a great start to the new year. Five days in and I’m already failing big. Here are my top new years fails so far this year. #1. Catching my son eating soil from the flower pot present thing I got for Christmas (see photo), only for him to insist it was chocolate. What crappy…

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My 5 Christmas Fails

23rd February 2016

So it seems that my 7 tips for surviving Christmas didn’t work out so great after all. So I thought I’d share my five Christmas fails instead. I hope you all fared better. 1. Buying presents that I could in no way understand how to use/ construct. Cue youngster getting very annoyed with me and…

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7 Ways To Survive Christmas As A Single Mum

23rd February 2016

Not sure how you will survive Christmas as a single mum this year? Well then, these tips will surely help. 1. Accept that you will shed a tear or two. It’s hard. All those happy nativity scenes everywhere when your memories more closely resemble a scene from EastEnders. But just remember Mary was technically a single…

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Single Mum Camping Holiday

23rd February 2016

Mum took me camping this weekend – hi-la-ri-ous! I had great fun, but she was a right stress bag the whole time. I’m not sure why we didn’t just sleep in the garden. The train was super busy on the way which meant mum got to sit on the floor!! I was well-jel. After I…

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