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Jaques of London – a review of their beautiful toys.

Disclaimer: I was very kindly gifted these 2 items from Jaques of London in return for a blog post, but all opinions included are my own. You can read more reviews and opinions here. Like most parents of young children, I am constantly on the look out for toys, games, …

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Talking to children about death.

Now this may not be our most cheerful post, but I think it’s an important one! Let’s be honest, we have all experienced death, and our children will also experience death. Rather than shelter them from this, it’s better to try and explain it in a way that they’ll understand. …

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Interviewing our toddler

I was trying to come up with a different blog post to do, and thought as a big part of our blog is to do with being parents, that it would make sense to introduce the boy that made that possible! Grayson is 2 (3 in April) and such a …

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Parenting during a pandemic.

I’ve found that during the whole Coronavirus pandemic and the multiple lockdowns, I’ve felt sadness for pretty much everyone. The elderly stuck in care homes, people that are pregnant or have just given birth and in desperate need of support, school children trying to learn from home, people with mental …

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How to talk to children about mental health.

Mental health is definitely becoming a subject that is talked about more openly than it has been in the past, which I am totally here for. I think mental health is something we should all look after, just as much as our physical health. We should also encourage our children …

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The 2020 roundup.

We did a similar post this time last year (if you’re interested, it can be found here) and so thought we would do a 2020 Roundup. 2020 has definitely been one of the hardest that we’ve personally ever known, and we never thought for a second when we were celebrating …

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What’s in our toddlers Christmas Eve box – Blogmas Day 22.

Previously I’ve never actually done a Christmas Eve box for Grayson, but because of how this year has panned out Covid and the pandemic, I really wanted to make it as special as I could. When I saw this lovely Christmas Eve box in Home Bargains (I actually saw it …

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Talking to children about Father Christmas- Blogmas Day 18

Father Christmas is a topic of discussion that I’m sure many parents have gone backwards and forwards on. Whether they want their children to believe or not, what he brings, and how they’d ever explain things if their children started to ask questions. This is something that Mark and I …

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Winter activities – Blogmas – Day 2

For Day 2 of Blogmas, we thought we’d do a round up of some of our favourite winter activities to do that get us in the festive mood. There’s a range of different things we like to do, so maybe there will be something you hadn’t considered before! Woodland Walks …

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Birth Trauma – 2 years on.

Birth Trauma

TW: Although I don’t go into specific details within this post, if you have experienced a birth trauma or difficulties surrounding a birth please refrain from reading this post or proceed with caution. As this week is actually Birth Trauma Awareness Week, I thought I would do a bit of …

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