I saw a little quote on Facebook the other day that went something like ‘Halloween is over, and from the stroke of midnight all you will hear is Christmas carols.’ Although it made me chuckle, there is an element of truth in that – I bet loads of you nodded…
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Back in the summer holidays we went up to a local forest park to complete the Gruffalo Trail. This trail has now been replaced with the Gruffalo’s Child trail, and so over half term we decided to head back up there and see if we could find anything! The weather…
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Welcome to part 2 of my Birth Stories blog series. This week we meet Amanda from Life with ASD and me as she tells us the story of her induction, and Cody’s arrival into the world. When I found out I was expecting for the 4th time I already knew the…
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I read this article today, about how a third child brings no extra joy. Apparently research has shown that happiness levels increase for both men and women before and after the birth of a first and second child but by the third child this effect is ‘negligible’ Needless to say, it…
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I blinked, and Christmas seems to have sneaked up on me. It doesn’t seem like 5 minutes ago that we were celebrating Max’s first Christmas, and now that time of year is almost here again. I can’t wait – it’s such a happy, family time. The one downside of Christmas…
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