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Birthday buys for under a fiver

Birthday buys for under a fiver

We all want our children to make friends and be popular. But popularity comes at quite a price when you find yourself running them from one birthday party to another. If they get along with even half of their class by the time they start school or nursery, it’s likely they’ll be invited to...

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Basic instincts

Basic instincts

I’m not the sort of Mum who rushes off to the GP for every little cough and sniffle. But sometimes I think we’re so afraid of being labelled paranoid parents, we go too far in the other direction. Even when something just doesn’t sit right. Or in my case, stand. And I had the...

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That was the Tweet that was

That was the Tweet that was

Every Saturday we’ll publish seven top Tweets from a member of the Twitterati – and decide whether to follow or unfollow, based on entertainment value. This week: Author Marian Keyes. We love her books, but is she worth reading in real-time?   Sunday: …the giant ants ate my anti-mad tablets… Sunday: Seriously, I put...

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That was the Tweet that was

That was the Tweet that was

          Every Saturday we’ll publish seven top Tweets from a member of the Twitterati – and decide whether to Follow or Unfollow, based on how entertaining they’ve been. This week: near-the-knuckle comedian Frankie Boyle.     Saturday: A study said that 50% of Scottish children know a junkie. The rest never...

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Top 5 wishes for my child

Top 5 wishes for my child

I just love the way Kate’s mind works, over at KateTakes5. Her listographies have inspired some of my favourite posts. Including this one. This time around, the three good fairies from Sleeping Beauty are granting us 5 wishes of what we’d like to bestow upon our children. I can’t choose between my two boys, so...

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Parentonomy carnival: speech and food

Parentonomy carnival: speech and food

Talking and eating. Probably our kids’ two favourite things to do in life. Sometimes both at the same time. So we have been a little bewildered that so few mums and dads have linked up posts on these topics. Could be linky fatigue. Could be that not enough people know about Parentonomy yet (we’ll...

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Project 52 #16

Project 52 #16

One picture a week, for 52 weeks. See more great offerings at TheBoyandMe Also our Silent Sunday – one picture, no words necessary. See more at Love All Blogs. Tweet

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Kidding around on camera

Kidding around on camera

Some of my favourite pictures of the kids are the ones which are candid, or action shots. They’re so much better than your average cheesy, posed portrait. But I wish I had the talent of Jason Lee, who took photographing his family to the next level. When his mother was diagnosed with cancer in...

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Bad manners

Bad manners

When I was a kid, they were a ska band with a lead singer called Buster Bloodvessel. Bad manners certainly weren’t displayed by children – not much anyway. Because if you forgot so much as one please or thank you, you got a sharp elbow in the ribs from your Mum. If you didn’t...

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Six of the best

Six of the best

Alert: Extreme outpouring of sentiment ahead. If you can’t handle all the loving, mushy stuff, turn back now. Don’t say you weren’t warned   When they say your life changes, it’s an understatement bigger than the universe itself. But you were so wanted. And six years ago today, when you arrived, I thought I...

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