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Who comes first in your house? Your kids, your husband, the dog or….choke….you?
More celeb news fodder from Raising Kids reports that Seal and Heidi (is it just me or is that an odd coupling?) put their own relationship above their kids. They say this is the secret to a happy family life.
Is it selfishness to put your relationship before the kids, or are Heidi and Seal spot on?
I’ve been pondering this a lot over the past week or so…and…I think their spot on. As Seal pointed out family …

I’ve been reviewing the littlemummy archives, I re-read an article that I wrote in the first month after reading a book called Authentic.

The Happy Formula
Almost eighteen months on I still believe that the formula has some substance, but to get the best from it you need to be re-evaluating about once every three months.
So much changes as a parent, everyday the factors involved in true happiness change, our childrens dependancy on us, our need as people -not just as parents- to pursue something other than parenting, and financial …

Last christmas we suggested experience vouchers for Erin as a good alternative to toys. We were lucky enough to receive vouchers for a ceramic experience, which was great, and vouchers for Edinburgh Zoo. Erin gets into Edinburgh Zoo for free so we spent the vouchers in the shop, we bought pyjamas, a noah’s ark and animals (which she loves), a book and some sweeties.
Alex and I paid around £10 ($20) each for entry to the zoo. I’m still undecided as to how much I really enjoyed it. …

I’ve been sent a few copies of Harper Collins The Brilliant Book of Baby Names. At £6.99 this book is choc full of name suggestions, no less than 592 pages of them!
The introduction includes a ten tip guide to choosing your baby’s name and a simple ‘how to use this book section. It is nicely laid out in alphabetical order, girls names first followed by boys. Each name includes a brief meaning along will several derivative names, everyone likes to be original these days so that part …