I finally got around to reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows last week, it took me about five days, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. In fact I got to the last few chapters and felt an odd sense of sorrow that it was all about to end, seven books, thousands of pages, no [...]

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You may have noticed that things have been a little slow around here. I’ve been busy with various things including finally reading the last Harry Potter (more to come on that!!), taking Erin to Edinburgh Zoo, packing and planning the house move. We’ve also been mulling over our choices and feel that the [...]

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I have one more brand new copy of You Want To Do What to give away.
Simply leave a comment including the code phrase ‘parenting dilemmas‘ and one lucky winner will be drawn at random on Sunday.
Congratulations to Nicola Purdham who won last weeks’ friday freebie.

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The prospect of retiring is a long way off for me. To be honest, i’m only just embarking on my chosen career - primary teaching. I do know that the idea of retiring doesn’t excite me the way it does others. I’d rather find a job I enjoy so much that it’s [...]

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Here’s one for you if you have a ‘naughty’ boy or girl this year. Why not trade the old-fashioned lump of coal for this over priced, musical, light-up Time Out Pad

Hours of fun not guaranteed, while you teach your child that you really can’t be bothered monitoring their behaviour and pass the responsibility over [...]

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This is the second freebie this Friday (here’s the first). In this giveaway I am offering one brand new copy of You Want To Do What? by Karen Sullivan, you can read my review here.
To enter follow these very simple instructions.
1. Leave a comment on this post including the code phrase ‘help parenting [...]

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Today’s post on Elizabeth Arden’s Ceramide Mascara signals a new feature at littlemummy. Each and every Friday will be freebie day, freebies will range from make up, to books and kids products, and pretty much everything else that is sent my way. Some freebies, like this one, will be a free for all [...]

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I have mentioned my love of the Usborne Touch & Feel books before.
That’s Not My Snowman is the most recent title to have caught my eye and has expanded our collection to about seven books. Like the others the book includes a touchy feely spot on each page that demonstrates a different [...]

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We’re now only about a month off moving home. We currently live in a two bedroom flat with no outdoor space and a local council that seem to have forgotten about us on the recycling score, no multi-coloured bins around here. I’m ashamed to admit that we recycyle nothing except plastic carrier bags. [...]

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We’ve decided to return to our honeymoon destination of Prague to celebrate ten years together. The plan at the moment is to stay for four night sans Erin in the Falkensteiner hotel in October next year. Having only spent one night away from Erin at a time this will be a real ‘holiday’. [...]

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