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Five Ways To Bond With Your Five Year Old

I’ve written at length about my struggles during Caterpillar’s early days and what I found useful when it came to bonding with him as a small baby.  Today I want to share more about our…

Posted in Learning & Play, Motherhood, Relationships, Tips 4 Comments June 5, 2018 by Laura

Five Favourite Toys For 4-5 Year Olds

Following my son’s 5th birthday last month I’m continuing my tradition of sharing our favourite toys, games & activities, this time for 4 year olds.  Please share your own favourites in the comments below. Lego…

Posted in Learning & Play, Motherhood, Reviews 17 Comments May 11, 2018May 11, 2018 by Laura

Creative Kids: Kids Home Made Easter Card Craft

Welcome back to Creative Kids – where I share guest bloggers and the art, craft & messy play activities they get up to with their kids.  This week we have a lovely Easter activity from Rachael at Lukeosaurus…

Posted in Creative Kids, Guest Blogger, Learning & Play, Motherhood 1 Comment March 20, 2018March 19, 2018 by Laura

Baseline Testing – Should Our Four Year Olds Be Sitting Exams?

The UK government wants to introduce baseline testing; an initiative that requires children to take a formal test at the very start of their school careers, as they join Reception, to establish their academic ability…

Posted in Learning & Play, Motherhood, Politics 15 Comments March 7, 2018 by Laura

Creative Kids: My Toddler’s Favourite Things To Do

Welcome back to Creative Kids – where I share guest bloggers and their favourite arty & crafty activities.  This week Kerry at Mummy Thomas Blog is sharing her daughter’s favourites… She loves playing with her Disney princesses. I…

Posted in Creative Kids, Guest Blogger, Learning, Learning & Play, Motherhood, Tips 3 Comments March 6, 2018March 6, 2018 by Laura

Unexpected Questions By Gemma Hall at Mummy’s Waisted

You may recall Gemma Hall at Mummy’s Waisted last week shared her dinosaur crafts for our Creative Kids series.  I’m delighted she is back this week to share one of her trickiest parenting challenges for My…

Posted in Guest Blogger, Motherhood, My Mountain - Our Parenting Challenges 0 comments February 16, 2018February 16, 2018 by Laura

Creative Kids: Dinosaur Crafts

Welcome back to our Creative Kids feature!  Every week I share a new post from a guest blogger relating to how we can get creative, arty or messy with our little ones.  This week I’m really pleased to be…

Posted in Creative Kids, Guest Blogger, Learning, Learning & Play, Motherhood, Tips 0 comments February 6, 2018February 5, 2018 by Laura

Creativity With Special Needs Kids

Welcome back to our Creative Kids feature!  Every week I share a new post from a guest blogger relating to how we can get creative, arty or messy with our little ones.  This week I’m really pleased to be…

Posted in Creative Kids, Guest Blogger, Learning, Learning & Play, Motherhood 0 comments January 23, 2018January 22, 2018 by Laura

Creative Kids: Is Creativity Beneficial For Children?

Welcome to the first Creative Kids post of 2018!  Regular readers will know I’m a huge advocate for the benefits of creativity for both children and adults alike so today I’m really happy to be sharing this fab…

Posted in Creative Kids, Guest Blogger, Learning, Learning & Play, Motherhood 0 comments January 9, 2018January 8, 2018 by Laura

Creative Kids: How Messy Play can Benefit Toddlers’ Language

Welcome to the final Creative Kids post of 2017!  Caterpillar and I have been big messy plans since he was tiny so I’m really to share this post from Jenny at Rabbit Ideas.   ‘Messy play’- this phrase seems to…

Posted in Creative Kids, Guest Blogger, Learning, Learning & Play 0 comments December 12, 2017 by Laura

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I'm a PND & Anxiety survivor and self-confessed "good enough" mum to a hilarious but challenging 5-year-old, with a second baby due in May 2019 (eeek!). I share lots of Anxiety Management techniques as well as tips & self-care ideas for keeping mentally and emotionally well as a parent.

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