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The guilty pleasures of a working mum

The guilty pleasures of a working mum

I had a choice today. Option A – Demolish my bathroom with a sledgehammer. Option B – Look after my kids. I chose the sledgehammer, and despite it being a 35+ degree day, I’m certain I made the right choice. Now, this either reveals a lot about my relationship with my children, or proves precisely how much fun...

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The great gender debate

The great gender debate

Nature or nurture…that’s the question. Before I had children, I was a firm believer that nurture was predominantly responsible for whether we grow up to be girly, tomboy or somewhere in the middle. And I was certain that if I raised my own children as neutrally as possible, we would avoid all the typical boy/girl...

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Second time around

Second time around

There is one simple reason that there is an almost chasm-like age gap between my two children. Exhibit A - Baby #1 Politely described as a “difficult” baby by the professionals, he screamed his way through his first 12 months of life, in a style akin to a scene from The Exorcist. We tried everything...from endless...

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What does Christmas mean to you?

What does Christmas mean to you?

Christmas has meant many different throughout my life. When I was a child, it meant icy cold nights at home being so excited I couldn’t sleep, lots of trips to church, and my lovely cuddly Nan wandering around pouring endless cups of tea. In my teenage years it meant escaping that same house to drink cheap beer with...

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MUMMY COOL?

MUMMY COOL?

I'm in the midst of a crisis at the moment. A crisis of cool. Because I have realised that, as a parent, you are destined (even obliged), to never be cool. Not that I was ever truly a fully paid up member of the cool crew. But there was a spell in my life where I went to the trendy clubs, knew all the DJs, partied...

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