As you know I recently made a Will to ensure my son’s birth father (aka Sperm Donor/SD) would have a much lesser chance of becoming the resident parent in the event of my death. Christmas can be an awful time for separated families, especially when it comes to working out who the children will spend…
Why CBeebies’ Bing Is Not Just For Kids
Read moreBing Bunny is Chunk’s favourite programme at the moment, to the extent that we have to watch at least ten episodes per day or he has major tantrums. It’s literally his OBSESSION. As programmes go though I don’t mind, because Bing has taught me quite a lot about parenting which is something I never thought…
Brighton and Hove Parents Please Help!
Read moreTo My Fellow Brighton and Hove Parents, Please help try to stop Brighton and Hove Council from cutting all of the free library play sessions for babies and toddlers by having your say on their online form here. Currently there are some brilliant play workers that do weekly free play sessions in all of the…
My 2015 Jar
Read moreHappy new year guys! Hope you all had a lovely, food-filled, tantrum free (or reduced) Christmas. I had a lovely time and as usual it was over before I had time to sit and enjoy my boozy Christmas cake. This is the time of year that you hear everyone going on about “New Year New…
Why I’ve Had To Write A Will…aka Guardianship
Read moreWriting a Will is Vital for Lone Parents As all my loyal readers know, my son has not had contact with his sperm donor (aka SD) for quite some time for many reasons, including drug and alcohol addiction and also very selfish behaviour, lies and let downs when sober. Unfortunately I made the very daft…
#My3Things Positive Parenting Motivator: Week 18
Read moreAfter a few weeks break (things have been hectic to say the least!) My 3 Things is now back! #My3Things is my way to try to value myself and my parenting a bit more, so I’ve created this and a linky for other bloggers to join in with too. Each week I list three things that have not…
Why I Now Have A Water Filter
Read moreI live in a hard water area, but due to spending my life since having a baby living on tea and coffee it’s never been an issue. But my carpet cleaning guy randomly got into a conversation with me recently about water and he said that he would never drink water that’s not filtered anymore…
Making a Swan From An Apple
Read moreBefore… If you follow me on Facebook then you know I tend to share a lot of videos that are either funny, interesting or just plain cool! One of the videos I posted last week was somebody making a swan from an apple and they made it look really easy so I thought I would…
Single Parent Linky 4
Read moreAs a single parent I love reading other single parent blogs as it can really help me see how other people cope in my situation and gives me so much inspiration! To make it easier to find all of these great blogs, I thought I would create a Single Parent Linky which runs fortnightly. It…
Single Parent Linky 3
Read moreAs a single parent I love reading other single parent blogs as it can really help me see how other people cope in my situation and gives me so much inspiration! To make it easier to find all of these great blogs, I thought I would create a Single Parent Linky which runs fortnightly. It…