As you know #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 gone so well that week, three things I want to focus on improving next week, and ending the…
#PoCoLo Linky Now Open!
Read moreI have been given a great opportunity to run this week’s #PoCoLo while fellow (very talented) blogger Victoria Welton is on her holidays. A little bit about me in case you’re interested: Click here for my linky I’m a single parent of a 2 year old, hyper, boy I call Chunk and I write Confessions…
Single Parent Spotlight: Rebecca Jones
Read moreThe aim of these interviews is to show how AMAZING us working single parents are. I’m sick of seeing the bad press single parents get in the media, because some single parents have taken the choice to live off benefits, or even worse, have children in order to get benefits. We all seem to get tarred…
#My3Things Positive Parenting Motivator: Week 4
Read moreAs you know #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 gone so well that week, three things I want to focus on improving next week, and ending the…
Preparing Your Child For An Operation
Read moreMy son has had a heart condition from birth which I’ve talked about before, but now that he is two years old and has got to the 15kg he needs to weigh for the operation, things are starting to progress. So I’ve recently began to think about how best I can prepare him for this…
#My3Things Positive Parenting Motivator: Week 3
Read moreAs you know #My3Things is my way to try to value myself and my parenting a bit more, so I have created this and a linky for other bloggers to join in with too. Each week I list three things that have not gone so well that week, three things I want to focus on improving next week, and ending…
Potty Training Tips & Dry Like Me Pads
Read moreI have been tentatively attempting potty training in the last couple of weeks, because Chunk is nearing two and a half years old and with it being (very) warm weather I thought it might be an ideal time. The odd mum at some of the groups we go to have noticed he wears a nappy…
#My3Things Positive Parenting Motivator: Week 2
Read moreCannot believe this is my second #My3Things already, the weeks are going too fast at the moment! As you know from last week, I want to value myself and my parenting a bit more, so I have created this and a linky to help me to do this. Each week I will list three things that…
Letter To Myself
Read moreI’ve been attending a positive parenting course, because for years I’ve referred families to these through my role as a social worker, and I’ve seen how much you can learn so thought I would give it a go. Due to parenting all by myself, I make all the decisions, I do all of the boundaries, punishments…
Single Parent (Dating) In The City: Is Age Just A Number?
Read moreThis month I’ve been speed dating with Classy and Glamorous events after I wanted to compare dating men younger and older than me. Check out how I got on in my monthly Single Parent (Dating) In The City column for BrightonMums.com here. Follow me on Twitter, Pinterest or Facebook