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Mealtimes with small children

27/09/201413/02/2015

Mealtimes with little ones can certainly be a challenge! Here are ten rules that definitely seem to apply: 1. Only 10% of what your child is offered (with the exception of cake or chocolate) is likely to actually make it into their mouth. 2. Whatever is on Mummy’s plate is always much more interesting than… Read More

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Blackberry picking

26/09/201413/02/2015

One of the things on our autumn activities list was to go blackberry picking. As it was a little late in the season for blackberries, we went to a local farm where we could pick raspberries instead – although as it turned out, they had plenty of blackberries still left on their bushes so it… Read More

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Friday Fabulous Five #4

26/09/201416/01/2017

It’s Friday again and time for me to share five of my favourite posts that I’ve read this week. This week’s Friday Fabulous Five are:   Katie at Pouting in Heels shares some fabulous advice for those tough moments of parenthood: http://www.poutinginheels.com/friday-five-how-to-cope-when-motherhood-feels-like-a-challenge/ A wonderful poem from Muddled Manuscript illustrating how society views mums and dads… Read More

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Word of the Week – Heating

26/09/2014

With the mornings starting to become quite chilly, we have now started to put on the: I know it seems very early to be starting to put the heating back on, but Jessica’s heart condition means that she gets cold very easily and will go quite blue when she is cold, especially on her hands,… Read More

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Words and music – the toddler versions

26/09/2014

“I hear sum-der, I hear sum-der Hark don’t you, hark don’t you? Pretty pretty raindrops, pretty pretty raindrops I’m wet through, so wet through”  My daughter Jessica’s version of “I hear thunder” was top of the toddler charts for much for the summer despite mostly having good weather.  She wasn’t remotely bothered by the few… Read More

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One of those days

25/09/201413/02/2015

It is just after five in the morning As you awake to the baby’s loud cries The hours of sleep you could count on one hand And it’s so hard just to open your eyes Seven o’clock in the morning What little patience you had wearing thin The children are crying and squabbling over a… Read More

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Wicked Wednesday

24/09/2014
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I'm Louise, mummy of three - Jessica, forever six, who was born with half a heart and lives on in mine; and heart-healthy Sophie (born 2013) and Thomas (born 2018). I blog about living with grief after child loss, crafts, days out and the little moments of family life.

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