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Parenting The Truth About...July 17, 2019July 18, 2019

‘Mamnesia’ – Expectation vs Reality

I cautiously open one eye and wait for my brain to kick in and determine what day of the week it is and what is on today’s agenda of Things To Do. Saturday. Good – no trains to work, I don’t have to get up yet. Next, I assess by the level of light streaming…

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General Life Parenting The Truth About...May 16, 2019May 16, 2019

Questions from a 4 Year Old

‘Hey Mam? Remember when yesterday – yesterday – yesterday and yesterday we had no crèche?’ That’s how Rian counts days in the past and days in the future. Yesterday-yesterday-yesterday is his way of referring to last Sunday for example, if today is Thursday. And if today is Thursday, tomorrow-tomorrow-tomorrow is how he refers to next…

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General Life Parenting The Truth About...May 1, 2019May 1, 2019

Balance, Is It Really A Choice?

Those of you who read my ramblings on a regular basis might have noticed one or two posts where I’ve spoken about how tricky I’ve been finding balancing everything – work, kids, creche viruses and just generally trying to keep all the plates spinning more, and my head spinning less. Spoiler, the plates weren’t spinning…

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Parenting The Truth About...April 18, 2019May 19, 2019

Double, Double, Toilet Trouble

Welcome. And also, congratulations. You’ve reached a point in your life where you’ve felt compelled to click on something with Toilet in the title. What brings you here? Not here specifically, although I’m glad to have you and all, but I mean, what state of affairs is your life in that you want to read…

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General Life Parenting The Truth About...March 27, 2019March 27, 2019

Squishy Mama

20 things that women should stop wearing after the age of 30: 1-20: The weight of other people’s expectations and judgements. Maura Quint ‘Oh Mama, you’re just so squishy!’ Rian first said this to me months ago, he spontaneously ran over to me, flung his arms around my legs, squeezed me as hard as his…

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General Life Parenting Toddler LifeMarch 18, 2019

The Seagull & The Fish

This isn’t really a story about a seagull and a fish. More, it’s a story of how a seagull and a fish made me cry a little bit this evening. Out of nowhere, while reading one of our absolute favourite books, probably my favourite one actually – The Snail and The Whale. The story (by…

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