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Disciplining Children | My Experience with Managing Difficult Behaviour

Disciplining Children | My Experience with Managing Difficult Behaviour
Before I had children, I expected things – such as disciplining children – to come naturally once I had kids. In fact, I have found it is quite the opposite. When it comes to disciplining… View Post
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Is This Motherhood?

Is This Motherhood?
Each week I post on this blog about the experience of being a mum, ways to alleviate the stress of parenthood or how to improve family life. This week I feel like an imposter. It… View Post
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Superglue mum

Superglue mum
“She broke my special thing!” wails a child as I’m handed a lopsided Tinkerbell with a broken leg. “Don’t worry. I can glue it for you.” Decrepit toys, broken handles of beloved mugs, worn-out slippers;… View Post
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Parenting Tips for Toddlers | Lessons I’ve Learned the Hard Way

Parenting Tips for Toddlers | Lessons I’ve Learned the Hard Way
You learn so much when you become a parent. Sometimes you get things right the first time but more often you learn by getting it wrong. And I have got so much wrong. In this… View Post
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Today You Started Preschool

Today You Started Preschool
Dear Kyla-Smiler, Today you started preschool. I keep swallowing the lump in my throat. I need to be brave because you were. Perhaps I’m just a silly, sleep-deprived, stay-at-home mama but it was a lot… View Post