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Why we’re raising our son as a feminist.
We did have a different blog post scheduled in for today but as yesterday was international woman’s day I ended up writing this post instead. I love international woman’s day,…
How to be the perfect wedding guest.
Mark and I will have been married for a year next month, which is just crazy to think about! With it coming up to being a year I’ve been thinking…
Setting your Instagram highlights cover
I often see people post in their stories with the pictures they want as their icons for Instagram highlights cover and they’ll say something like “just ignore these pictures”. I…
Coronavirus – Adding some context
First things first. I’m not a doctor – I’m not medically trained in any way. What I do posses, though, is a fair amount (ish) of common sense, and the…
Why we’re considering putting our child into nursery.
We’ve been lucky enough to have grandparents live close by enough to look after Grayson whilst I work part time and Mark works full time, Grayson turns 2 in April…
How to deal with anxiety in the workplace.
Having suffered from Generalised Anxiety Disorder for a number of years now, I’ve experienced living with it in a number of different situations and also in a number of different…
Imposter Syndrome – It’s a real thing
Over the weekend, we asked what you people would like to see more of on our blog. Without exception, the majority of the vote went to “Mental Health”. Something that…
A post I don’t want to be writing…. Caroline Flack
Trigger warning. This post talks about the recent suicide of Caroline Flack, online trolling and bullying. Please do not read this if you are triggered by these subjects. It’s another…
How we deal with tantrums
Grayson will be 2 in April, which means he’s reached an age where he understands he can push boundaries and doesn’t always have to do what we tell him. However,…
Nooie Cam 360 – Review (It’s amazing!)
When the lovely people at Nooie contacted us asking if we wanted to review one of their cameras, the Nooie Cam 360, we were more than happy to give it…
Softplay Etiquette
As Grayson gets older, and more energetic, we’ve started to take him to “proper” soft play a lot more. By proper, I mean, big slides and ball pits, not just…
Separation anxiety in parents.
I’m sure any parent reading this post is very aware of separation anxiety in children, but if you’re not for any reason, separation anxiety is when children get particularly clingy…
My favourite parenting/children related apps.
I did a post a while back all about my favourite apps and so I thought I’d do a separate post about some of my favourite apps that I’ve found…
How becoming a feminist made me a better person.
Feminism is one of those words isn’t it? When you bring it up in conversation if either makes people do a collective sigh, or it piques people’s interests. I have…
The positives of having pets around children.
If you follow our Instagram then you’ll have seen I recently put up a picture up of Grayson playing with our cat, Kenny. We put up a blog post a…
Putting the “Grand” in to “Grandparents”
I’m incredibly lucky with my family – as life goes on, I become more and more aware of this. I have a pretty large family, and we’re all very close…
Age differences in relationships.
Age gaps and relationships tend to get quite mixed opinions, but the negative opinions tend to be a lot stronger than the positive. Mark and I have a 12 year…
Evening Skincare Routine
If you’re an avid reader of our blog, you’ll know that a few weeks ago I wrote about my morning skincare routine, so I thought it would only be right…
My biggest issue with Thomas Markle.
I’ve really tried to bite my tongue with all the stories surrounding Meghan Markle and her family, but more specifically her father. However, it’s left me with so many mixed…
