Last week was a parenting minefield for us and really has been a mother of a challenge. It was challenging for both of us, but because I am the one at home most of the time I bore the brunt of dealing with some bad behaviour from all of the kids. It was a long […]
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Oat and Strawberry Cookies If you or your kids have a sweet tooth, but you don’t want to be giving them cookies with huge amounts of sugar and no goodness at all then I recommend giving these Oat and Strawberry Cookies a go. Not only do they use an unrefined flour, lower sugar as there
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Kid Friendly Energy Balls This is the After School Snack that I am most excited about for this week. I am excited about energy balls for two reasons 1) because they are so delicious and nutritious and 2) because they are getting my kids to eat things they would gladly tell you they hate! Victory
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My kids love a fruit roll up and we buy a lot of them. The supermarket ones don’t have any nasties in them as far as I can tell except for preservatives, but they are rather expensive and there is quite a lot of packaging involved. The main thing I can’t stand are the collectible
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This is the easiest snack idea of the week and literally takes less than a minute to prepare, but because it looks interesting the littles love it! I tend to also bring an apple or a banana with me when I do this after school snack as although they are delicious there is only so
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My kids love a breadstick, but when I looked at the salt content of many of the high street supermarket versions I felt it was a bit high for me to be giving this to the children as a healthy alternative. I was buying breadsticks for babies and they loved them, but they are expensive
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Dads can be amazing too and yet recently I have noticed, especially on some mum’s facebook groups, a bit of a trend for what I can only describe as Dad bashing. I am blessed to have married someone who is an amazing dad and who is a true partner in this parenting journey. I also
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5 Awesome and Healthy After School Snacks Ideas After School Snacks are, at least in my house, the difference between a happy or hideous walk home from school. I need strong after school snacks game as my kids look forward to it and are genuinely hungry after all that running about. I am fairly sure
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I have twin girls and one of the many things that you are warned about with twins is that one or both might have speech delay. One of my girls was born with laryngomalacia (floppy airway) which resolved itself pretty quickly, but can cause speech delay and so I had been tapping up Google since
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It has been a difficult week or so here with two unwell toddlers who are very very grumpy. I have been struggling with managing two sets of tantrums and two littles needing me so very much. Rather than sit in the corner having a tantrum with them I decided to put on my positive pants
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