Mental Health Monday: Keeping up Appearances
Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has been interviewed by ITV news recently and shared the stark reality of her feelings when she became a new wife and mother. The thing is, how many of us recognise that look in her eyes? I’d be willing to bet we all do in one way or another. […]
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Pinewood Pods at Port Lympne Zoo
On the morning of Sunday the 13th October, we headed to Port Lympne where we were going to spend the next couple of days. Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve is about a 25 minute drive from our home, the perfect sort of distance away for a short break! Here is my review of how our […]
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Why I decided against a home birth
I want to start by saying I LOVE the idea of a home birth and adore hearing people’s experiences of giving birth at home, so please don’t read this as anti home birth, these are just the reasons it wouldn’t have worked for me. I had never considered a home birth until a saw a […]
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Perfect Weaning Recipes for Busy Mums
When you start to wean your baby, the last thing you want to do is prep separate meals for the whole family. The best kinds of meals are going to be ones that you can batch cook, and have plenty leftover to make up baby sized portions and that freeze easily! When I started weaning […]
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Introducing a pet to your family home…
After more than a year of threatening to wait until Daddy is away and bringing home a cat, Olivia and I finally managed to talk Daddy into letting us get one! I think he knew I was starting to get very serious about just moving one in while he was out one day… So, off […]
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Mummykind’s September Top 5
Tweet to @mummykindoff Sorry this is so late! It’s been a busy month for all of us and we’re all a combination of exhausted, delirious and happy at the same time! So here it is… our Top 5 from September: Top 5 Blog Posts Top 5 Instagram Posts Top 5 Things we did Charlie had […]
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Tricks for coping with Chicken Pox!
Many of us are familiar with the signs and symptoms of chicken pox- if you’re not click here and have a read! Sadly it is inevitable that our little ones will deal with it at some point- so we thought that we’d put together some (tried and tested*) top tips for helping your little ones […]
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Are daddies better than mummies?
We’ve all been there… Your toddler is, quite frankly, being a bit of an arse. Whether they’re having a full blown tantrum or simply need an attitude adjustment, there comes a point where they’ll say those words: “I want Daddy”. The last 3 weeks of Olivia’s life have been “I want Daddy”. She even told […]
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A great day for dinosaur lovers – York Maze review…
Olivia and I have just returned home from a lovely long weekend visiting our family in Yorkshire. Living in army quarters roughly 200 miles away, and being ridiculously busy with work all the time, means I don’t get to see them as often as I would like, but we did manage a solid 4 days […]
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Mummykind’s August Top 5
If July went fast then August was a blur! Where is the year going?! You may have noticed that we have posted a little less than usual this month. With the kids home from nursery and a couple of us dealing with pregnancy in the heatwave we have been all been a little caught up. […]
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