Hi all, mother at large emailed me last week to check I hadn’t gone AWOL, I figured I’d better explain what I’ve been up to. My firend is getting married this sunday so we headed, with another 14 women, to Leeds for the traditional hen weekend. I can’t spill too much as the [...]

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Erin has begun asserting her perceived authority by answering “no” to nearly all of my suggestions, in fact she responds with the n-o-word to practically everything I say. I might have just concluded that she has learned the word and wants to use it as much as possible, however, I believe she knows what [...]

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This weeks’ habit was patience, in particular being a patient parent. Erin is on the verge of starting to push the boundaries, which I’m sure in turn will start to ‘test’ my patience, at the moment though I don’t find myself losing my patience very often.
My plan for dealing with the pushing the boundary [...]

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In a slight departure from my usual subject of parenting, today I’m thinking about marriage, the importance of being a happy couple, and the effect that has on our parenting and the happiness of our children.
Becoming a couple of parents after being just a couple can be a slight shock compared to the old regime [...]

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Erin had her MMR jabs today, I’m not going to tell you of all the hours I spent researching all the information and making my list of pro’s and cons because I didn’t. That’s right, I didn’t do any research, not one shred, no leaflets, no books, no websites not even a mention [...]

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I’m at that stage of parenthood where people often ask ‘when will we have another’, ‘how many do we want’, ‘what about a brother/sister for Erin’?
Prior to having Erin, our answer to question two was, “two”, “maybe three”…
Since Erin was about six months I have felt that perhaps three is the magic number, no, not [...]

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One action that can have such a big impact.
One action that has no monetary cost.
It’s so easy that everyone could do it.
Once you’ve started it would easily become a habit.
After a while (or perhaps immediately), you will enjoy it so much you’ll never want to give it [...]

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I finished up the part-time job on friday with a sigh of relief, it was a tad too much trying to make it work around Erin.
Saturday I had an all day girly shopping day, amongst the purchases, new jeans, pink stilettos (!) and some stripey vests, call me a bad mother but I [...]

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I’ve decided to test a different habit each week to see what sticks and what can improve my life. Why write about? Well, I’m a parent and want to test these habits to see if they work for me, if they do, you may want to try the new habit yourself. Some [...]

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You thought breastfeeding/making up bottles was hard, and then you have to feed them ‘real’ food with mixed success. Bread and fruit have been Erin’s staple during the lean times when nothingelse would pass her lips.
Fruit ticks the big three;

Quick To Prepare
Easy (for them) To Eat
Healthy
My top five are as folows;
1. [...]

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