Parenting isn’t easy. Any guide we could write about preparing your child for life is one that you’ve already been preparing for since the day of their birth. Just feeding them in the evening is, technically, preparing them for adult…
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I ask this question after a half term week where we managed to have two different teenagers (one of them wasn’t even mine), vomit in two different cars after nights out with their friends. Not fun. As a parent of…
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Having a teenager is a, how can I describe it, interesting phase. It is one that can leave even the most confident parent wondering what they ever did to deserve this influx of hormones that has taken away their babies…
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Are teenagers more challenging than toddlers? This is a debate a friend and I were having the other day and it was an interesting one too. She has children aged between two and five and of course, mine are all…
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Happy New Year! 2019 has already begun and whilst I am not a fan of making resolutions, I think that the beginning of a new year is a time to reflect on the best way to move forward. As a…
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One of the main reasons that I am self-employed and work mostly from home is that I have found that children don’t always fit in around jobs. They get sick, they have endless appointments, they need picking up, the list…
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The summer holidays. Six weeks of fun family time where every day is a new adventure and you all go off happily for endless days of family loveliness. Not always the case when your family includes teenagers. Their idea of…
Read More »I sometimes think that it would be easier to endlessly walk into a brick wall than be a parent. In fact, at the moment, it does feel like I am walking into a brick wall, several times a day. I…
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I will admit that SnapChat is the one social media that defeated me. I like to think that I am quite savvy when it comes to all things social media. Before my son even discovered the joys of being social…
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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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