The Mental Overwhelm

I can’t really remember the last time I sat down to write. The days are all merging into one, yet the weeks are speeding by…

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What life with three children is really like

I’ve been trying to sit down to write this post since the smallest one turned 6 months old. And every time I’ve tried to put…

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There is no need to rush Mummy

There’s no need to rush Mummy, sit here with me, let’s snuggle up together whilst no one else is around. You see I won’t be…

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77 steps to the perfect family holiday

Being expats we travel.  A lot.  Short, medium, long, we’ve done it.  More than that we’ve done it with the kids in tow. At the…

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Living with a Fournado

I had a message from the lovely Hannah last week, literally wailing at me about the fact that Lu was mere weeks away from being…

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When your six year old has an attitude problem

Parenting. It doesn’t get any easier, the more you do it, you just seem to face different challenges at each stage. I imagined during the…

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Parenting is not always easy, but it’s not always hard

Yesterday afternoon was hideous.  I mean I know parenting is not easy but this was off the scale hideous. Downright horrible. One of those parenting afternoons…

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