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Category: Family Life & parenting

Waste packaging at Christmas; what do you do with it?

I don’t mean to gripe and put a downer on the Christmas spirit that you’re all hopefully still feeling….but where has all that packaging come from? I love Christmas and I especially love the joy it brings my children yet I also find myself feeling very guilty. There are two reasons for this guilt. Firstly,

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‘Twas the night before Christmas…

It was Christmas Eve and I was out and about with my childern, wife and mother in law. Gill, my wife, had to dash off to Debenhams to do some last minute shopping so MiL and I were in charge of Helen and Elizabeth. As you can imagine, the kids’ excitement levels were off the

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Childhood and parenting, what’s changed over the years?

I was lying in bed this morning thinking of the ways childhood and parenting have changed since I was young. I’m pleased to say some things are exactly the same. For instance, my kids are as excited about Christmas as I ever was. I couldn’t help putting together a list of things that have changed

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I’m too busy to get man flu

I’ve been a bit ill over the past few days. Nothing major, just a bit of a cold and something I’d rather get out of the way this week before the mad Christmas rush consumes me. Even so, it’s made me feel totally rubbish. You know what though, I’m going to say something that is

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End of nap time; two weeks and many tantrums later

As I mentioned in this recent blog post, Toddler Adams has ceased having an afternoon nap. It’s making life at home a little tough because she is so tired. Elizabeth is great during the mornings. Just yesterday we had great fun playing games. She was given a toy doll from a family member for her

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