• Life Story Work: Holiday Memories

    11th May 2014

    As a social worker I’ve learnt a lot about child development, attachment and how love and family can shape a child’s views on the world throughout their adult life. I work mainly with children in foster care or moving onto adoption, so I’ve seen how having a negative attachment figure (parent) or not having anyone…

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  • #IBSD14 Guest Post: Natural Therapies For Kids

    9th May 2014

    I’m taking part in this year’s International Blog Swap Day with Tots100, which involves writing a piece for an Australian blogger, and they return the favour.   I was matched with Kris, a blogger with a wealth of knowledge on using natural remedies and therapies to help her toddler, so I wanted her to share it with us……

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  • Guest Post: How To Support A Parent With Anorexia

    1st May 2014

    This week I came across a blog that had me close to tears, so contacted it’s talented, brave blogger, Sophie, and asked her to write a piece for us about her life as a mum with anorexia. I’ve read and watched a fair bit about eating disorders over the years, but the one thing I’ve…

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  • Chunk’s Very First Photography

    30th April 2014

    I was taking photos of Chunk putting a puzzle together a couple of weeks ago, and he suddenly became quite interested in my flashing camera! I decided to let him have a go on my camera for the first time and thought I would share his very first photo snapping session with you guys. There were some rather…

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  • #GreatBritishHome Challenge: My Theatrical Toilet

    24th April 2014

    I took a little quiz yesterday by Victoria Plumb to see what my ‘celebrity home style’ was, and I think the result was spot on! My interior design style is apparently “QUIRKY but oh-so-cool, like Jess and Nick from New Girl. I fuse vintage finds with offbeat pieces and home comforts. I love to mix it up”. I’ve…

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  • Single (Parent) In The City: My New Monthly Feature for BrightonMums.com

    19th April 2014

    After my fun journey of #3dates3mths dating recently, BrightonMums.com have now asked me to write a monthly feature about my dating experiences as a single parent. Single (Parent) In The City will feature details of my love life (or lack of), as well as give me space to talk about my views on dating in…

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  • Easter Craft Ideas

    Homemade Easter Gift Ideas & Mini Egg Brownies

    19th April 2014

    This is the first Easter that my son really understands things such as hunting for eggs and of course eating chocolate, so I’m making it a bit more special for him this year. I went to good old Poundland and found Easter baskets, yellow straw-like paper, some colour-in bunnies and plastic eggs.

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  • Mummy Downtime: Online Gaming!

    16th April 2014

    I don’t know about you, but since having Chunk, I have found it really difficult to just switch my brain off…ever. I have gone from being one of the laziest women known to man, to a girl that cannot cope with sitting still for five minutes without scrawling through a mental checklist of things that…

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  • Moving Your Toddler From Cot To Bed

    9th April 2014

    Ever since Chunk moved to his cot at 4 months old, he has been a sleep mover. Most nights I heard huge thumping noises, and go into his room to find he has headbutted the cot ends and sidebars and managed to go from one end of the cot to the other. Strangely it would…

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  • Competition: Win Bedding To Help The Move From Cot To Bed!

    9th April 2014

    Moving your toddler from their cot to a bed and don’t want them to kick off their covers or fall out? Then enter my giveaway to win a Gro to Bed sets by The Gro Company that I recently tried with my own son, and it worked wonders! The winner will be able to choose…

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