Wherever you look at the moment, childhood health is in the news and rightly so. With obesity on the rise and the related health issues costing the NHS a fortune, it is a worry and I know that I feel…
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After a rare but particularly unpleasant run-in with my teenage son a few weeks ago, I had retreated to the toilets in the restaurant we were eating in to clear my head and the wall was covered with a variety…
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I can still remember the day I discovered that my sons were going to have a little sister. Being a ‘geriatric mum’ (oh how I loved that term) I was strongly advised to have an amniocentesis and although it is…
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These teens and tweens often seem to speak another language, don’t they? Maybe it’s just me, but it is something I have been battling with for some time now. I wrote this post back in 2016 when the boys were…
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Sometimes, when I sit and think calmly and carefully about the way I react to things, I know damn well that I can sometimes behave like a petulant child. All the toys out of the pram. Honestly, that isn’t very…
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Speak to any parent of tween or teen boys and mention the game Fortnite and you can pretty much guarantee that there will be a collective groan of recognition and probably a few of frustration. All the kids are playing…
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If your son or daughter is sitting GCSE or A-Level exams this summer, I would imagine that the stress levels are on the rise. Before the Easter holidays, the exams still seem like something in the dim and distant future….
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Aimlessly wandering through the internet the other day, I started reading an article about puberty in girls. It recommended that you start talking to girls around the age of eight about puberty. I nearly choked on my tea. Eight. Eight!!…
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What is in your bag? I confess that mine is a complete disaster zone. It doesn’t matter whether I have a big or small bag, I seem to cram it full of a variety of things, some useful, some completely…
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Hello and welcome to my blog. I'm Nikki, mum of four, wife, teacher, writer and drinker of many cups of tea. This blog is pretty much anything that pops into my head, an eclectic mix of family life and lots more. Grab a cuppa and have a read.
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