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    The Happy Sleeper: Book Review & Competition

    23rd January 2015

    Despite Chunk nearly being 3 years old, we still have our ups and downs with sleep. I don’t remember what I looked like without dark circles and bags under my eyes and I’m scared these are now a permanent feature of my face! There’s lots of books and techniques on the market these days, but…

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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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    Sleepless in Ilkeston: The Gro Clock Miracle

    3rd March 2014

    Remember when they were babies and you never got much sleep? Remember getting the odd 3 hours of solid sleep and feeling like you had slept for a month?

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    Disciplining Children in Public:- Do You Dare?!

    13th August 2013

    I’ve always been fascinated to see how parents deal (or not deal) with their children when they misbehave in public, and I’ve definitely seen the good, bad and very ugly throughout the years! Before I had a child, I would inwardly tut, laugh or roll my eyes when seeing mums or dads shouting, screaming, ignoring or…

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    Sleep..what’s that again?

    1st June 2013

    The words of Hamlet; “To sleep, perchance to dream” are so apt right now it’s untrue! I miss sleep SO much and I’m starting to feel the zombie, tell-tale signs of sleep deprivation that were constant in the first four months of Chunk’s life. For the last few days, Chunk seems to not want to…

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Mum of one, step mum of two and dog mum to Yogi. A veg-growing, food-loving, trashy TV addict. I write openly about life, parenting and my quest to be healthier in mind, body and bank balance. Now a bride to be!

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💔Openly grieving my Partner & Mum

#grievingwidow #widowlife #grievingwidow #widowlife
#grievingdaughter #grievingwidow #grievingdaughter #grievingwidow
The day hasnt gotten any better. Ugly crying, and The day hasnt gotten any better. Ugly crying, and non productivity #grieveoutloud #grievingsucks
The school term has started and we lost my mum and The school term has started and we lost my mum and partner in the school holidays so its triggering to enter the old routines when they were alive
#griefawareness #griefhealing
Been a really bad two days so finally able to post Been a really bad two days so finally able to post a little about it
#griefdiary #grievingheart #widowlife
Today was so hard my love. 6 weeks ago today we lo Today was so hard my love. 6 weeks ago today we lost you, and seeing you in a casket was heartbreaking. 

I thought we'd have years before one of us had to say goodbye, you will be forever young.

I did many things to feel closer to you and will keep doing these things until I hopefully see you again.

Please never leave me. I promise to try to rebuild myself and carry on for you, with you in my heart and soul for the sake of those 3 beautiful children we have between us. 

I cant and wont say goodbye to you, instead I will say until we meet again my soulmate, and just hope that we truly will.

Thank you for loving me and letting me love you in a way I've never experienced for those 7 and a half beautiful years.

I hope you're with my mum and our family keeping us left behind protected and safe.

Forever yours x

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Finally tried to listen to our playlist on the day Finally tried to listen to our playlist on the day of the funeral
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Managing to achieve actual work for the first time Managing to achieve actual work for the first time since they both have passed
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All the little losses on top of the grief #grievin All the little losses on top of the grief
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How do we try to make friends with our grief? #gr How do we try to make friends with our grief? 
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Failing at the small stuff so how can i do the big Failing at the small stuff so how can i do the bigger stuff?
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Anyone else struggling with the current emmerdale Anyone else struggling with the current emmerdale storyline of two people losing their partners at once? Or is it just me?
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