Whilst researching this post I came across the statistic that approximately 1 in 4 people in the UK will experience a mental health problem each year. Since 2016 I have been one of the 1 in 4 as I struggled with being a NICU mummy and the aftermath of my daughter NICU and subsequent hospital stays […]
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Have you noticed that nothing is hand written anymore? Not even a party invitation. It is all either online, emailed or printed. No one writes letters anymore and whilst I don’t really either I think it is a shame that just as video killed the radio star; email killed the letter. We do still
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Hello all! Welcome to the #DreamTeam linky with me, Heather from Shank You Very Much and Annette from 3littlebuttons as your hosts. If you are new to our linky then an extra special welcome and for those returning it is always a pleasure to see you and have you hang out with us. This week it is safe to say
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To me the process of helping kids learn to read, as a parent, is both amazing and down right torturous. It is amazing seeing the development and progress sometimes on a daily basis as they connect the dots and work out the code of the English language, but hearing them read is often torturous at
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Today the theme for #blogtober18 is Gross Motor Skills as part of #dyspraxiaawarenessweek. I don’t know much about dyspraxia. Of course I have heard of it, but have not had any personal experience of the condition. I almost decided to write about something else today, but then I thought about it and realised that this
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So today is Day 6 of #blogtober18 and the theme is forest creatures as it is #nationalbadgerday. Firstly I am feeling a bit left out as it seems everything has a national day apart from me.  Do you #nationalharassedmotherday could become a thing? Or is that already covered by mother’s day? Secondly I had planned
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Day 5 of #Blogtober is all about education on #worldteachersday So I thought I would share my review of the Read with Phonics App. We were gifted a subscription to the Read with Phonics app in return for trialing the product and writing an honest review. We have been using the app for a couple
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Today is the day that the twins start nursery. The thought of this day kept me going during the toughest times of 4 under 4. I knew it wouldn’t last forever and at that point I needed to know that. Recently though the thought of this day has been looming as an ending. An ending
Next week we will celebrate 10 years of marriage. A ten years that has seen us move house, change jobs, get pets, have four children, spend a small fortune on updating our lovely wreck of a house and so much more. Our lives our unrecognizable from the ones we had before we got all dressed
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It has been a tough couple of weeks since the children returned to school as one by one everyone has got the back to school lurgy so imagine my delight when Prestige Hampers sent me a hamper full of amazing goodies including chocolate, wine, biscuits, popcorn and crisps. Seriously what is not to like? The
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