If you’re reading this you’re mostly likely expecting your first baby, or know someone who is (go on, share it with them). If you already have a baby this won’t be much help to you, this list contains things that are mostly only do-able before you become a parent at…
I’ve had an assignment for a few weeks now to write about my “moods of motherhood”, and like most assignments I only half-read it first so I thought that I’d have to choose one mood (not so). I made myself choose “joy” because I feel that when I think about…
This is a list of most of the things that my children have said (or shouted) since I put them to bed. We said our prayers, read our stories, kissed goodnight and I tucked them in tight. Then came this. Most of the dialogue was overheard from the next room,…
Around the time that the clocks changed last October the boys started to get very interested in darkness and night time. They got spooked if we were out after dark and asked “Is it midnight, it looks very late?” One night, Ciarán complained to his Daddy and I that he…
This week we’ve two sick little people. It’s been rough going, but we’re over the worst of it I think. We cancelled our planned night out tonight as the small girl has been so unsettled in the evenings and instead of being out for dinner I’m writing about why…
Our eldest son turns six this week. Our firstborn, the one that started the ball rolling and that brought us our ticket on the parenting rollercoaster. There will be cake with candles, and balloons and cards. He will be the centre of the world that whole day, and in a…
“Once upon a time in parenting” – isn’t that just a lovely title? It conjures a sense of the magical, the mystical, and the long ago. The title isn’t mine, it’s The Busy Mama’s. She’s been gathering lots of bloggers’ thoughts on “parenting moments past” over the last few weeks,…
If you’ve been on social media at all today you’ll have noticed a bit of a furore around an interview with Kirstie Allsopp, presenter of Location, Location, Location. She’s not one for keeping quiet on issues that bother her and regularly takes to Twitter to protest about whatever’s on her…
Last Friday, due to a combination of pester power and working mammy guilt I found myself at a children’s show with my three children at 6pm after a long day in work. The promise had been made, the threat of not going used liberally all week, and then I remembered…
This morning I told a friend that I thought my three year old had really turned a corner, that he had more of a handle on his emotions and that he had gone almost a week without throwing a tantrum. I was delighted that he had matured so much, even…
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