A Mother’s Instinct
Dear Triage Nurse, I knew it wasn’t right. My daughter has had gastroenteritis before and it had never presented itself like that. You looked at me in the eye as I mentioned the order of the symptoms,...
View ArticleCompetitive Parenting
I think I’m missing a special gene or something. The gene that tells you that a 5-year-old child should be over achieving and focussing solely on maths and English and little else. I don’t know why I...
View ArticleTaking the Plunge
Well, not literally. I suppose it’s just as well we have no cliffs in London because the last few weeks at work would have certainly made the thought of it very appealing. The trouble with having a...
View ArticleNHS Direct – where are you?
When Pickle had those early signs of appendicitis and I was supicious that that was what it was, I reached for the phone at 11pm at night. It had only been 4 years earlier when I had been a regular...
View ArticleConfidence
When I was a girl (both little and big) I had very little confidence. There were a lot of incidences where I was dumstruck in social situations and had no idea how to handle them. On one occasion me...
View ArticleSense of Entitlement
I started following someone on Twitter. To be fair, their bio said they were grumpy but they liked a bit of a gardening and I like that, so I thought I’d give it a go. Within 3 tweets I’d already...
View ArticleChoosing a Primary School – A Warning
As October arrives, parents of children who are turning 4 between September 2013 and July 2014 will start thinking about researching, visiting and choosing a school for their child to start in...
View ArticleBridget’s Jones’s Diary – The Death of Mark Darcy
A TERRIBLE end to September 132lbs, alcohol units 0 (I’ve been unwell), Cigarettes 0 (I quit 14 years ago), Calories around 2000 (I really can’t be doing with calorie counting. Life is too short and...
View ArticleDisciplining Children
I had an interesting conversation on twitter on the weekend. It was about discipline. It started with a few tweets about the banning of THE BOOK. I won’t go into it here, but you can find out about it...
View ArticleThe 12 Days of (Competitive Christmas)
New to parenting at Christmas Time? Want to know what is required of you in order to give the children their BEST Christmas ever? Read on for my top 12 tips for a competitive Christmas. These are the...
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