“Time to go back to work now, dear?” Having my husband around all Christmas was lovely and all, but a teeny part of me…

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Will 2014 be the year that I achieve the only thing that I really want: to be the best mum I can be? And…

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Why do babies always get ill when you’re out? They seem to have an inbuilt Fun Radar, which automatically releases germs into their system…

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On the first day of Christmas, my children gave to me A sense of (im)mortality             On the second day of Christmas, my children…

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My kids don’t fight (that) much, but throw a present in the mix, and it’s WAR! This Christmas, do we give them the same…

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When someone comes through my door, I see another pair of hands to the pump. Whatever the occasion for their visit, I can’t help…

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If nativities are not the point of being a parent, I don’t know what is. Never mind the wondrous day of their birth, their…

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There is nothing like a classmate’s Christmas card to make you feel inadequate. It’s enough to drive you to fake your child’s handwriting…My Inferiority…

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Is it just me that’s getting envious of the office party? My husband regaled me with his December social schedule yesterday and I was,…

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Coffee mornings – that’s all we mums do, isn’t it? According to outsiders, that is. But, there is a grain of truth in it…

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