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Parenting

Breastfeeding: Feeling the Pressure?

Breastfeeding is one of the first parental responsibilities thrust at you once you have given birth. Even before you have had the baby, you have probably been spoken to (often at length) about your feeding choices and strongly encouraged to breastfeed. Midwives and health visitors will have undoubtedly told you all the benefits of breastfeeding and other mums and ‘helpful’ colleagues, family and friends will … Continue reading Breastfeeding: Feeling the Pressure?

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Allergies, Parenting

Let’s Talk Allergies

Talk to any new parent, especially those about to start weaning, and suddenly food allergies become a massive focus. You will meet all sorts of parents on the paranoia spectrum of food allergies; from the super relaxed “there’s-a-very-small-chance” type, to the super worried “every-food-is-a-threat” parent. Most parents (in my experience) are somewhere in the middle of these two extremes. I myself was cautious, aware of … Continue reading Let’s Talk Allergies

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Parenting

Why You Won’t Find Photos of My Child on Social Media

As a parenting blogger, this statement might seem strange. It certainly seems that most parenting blogs I have come across include photos of the blogger’s child(ren). It almost seems as though this is an integral part of the act of blogging about parenting, especially if social media (predominantly in the form of Instagram) is also used. But if photos of my little boy are what … Continue reading Why You Won’t Find Photos of My Child on Social Media

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Mummy Friends, Parenting

Mummy Friends – Why Bother?

A friend of mine asked me about the value of mummy friends, shortly before her daughter’s birth. Like so many expectant mums, she couldn’t see the need for mummy friends and wanted to know why she should even bother trying to make them. It can be a really daunting experience to try to make new mummy friends, whatever stage of parenthood you’re at. But I’m … Continue reading Mummy Friends – Why Bother?

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Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019

Hey Diddle Diddle – Review

Performed by Goblin Theatre at Assembly George Square Gardens on Wednesday 7th August 2019. If you can only make it to one children’s show at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, then Hey Diddle Diddle should be at the top of your list! The show is performed by two actors who undertake a range of characters from the children’s nursery rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle. With the aid of … Continue reading Hey Diddle Diddle – Review

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Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019

Lost in a Book – Review

Lost in a Book performed by American Performing Arts International at theSpace @ Surgeons Hall on Tuesday 6th August 2019. The show opens with a girl, called Melissa, reading a book. Throughout the course of the show, we follow her as she literally falls into the pages of the fairytale book she is reading. Melissa then sets about trying to fix her errors, whilst also … Continue reading Lost in a Book – Review

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Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019

It’s Festival Time!

Hello fellow parents and coffee drinkers! So, the move has finally happened and we are officially in Edinburgh! After an epic 12 hour car journey (thankfully over two days!) and a week of trying to settle in and find our feet, we are ready for the joys and delights that the Edinburgh Fringe Festival has to offer us. For those of you who are unfamiliar … Continue reading It’s Festival Time!

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