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When Others Criticize Our Parenting – Guest Post By Lisa At Hopeful Mama

So many of you related to Kamsin’s post last week, including me, thanks for all your supportive comments.  This week we have another hot topic and some great advice from Lisa at Hopeful Mama.  I’ll…

Posted in Guest Blogger, My Mountain - Our Parenting Challenges 23 Comments June 3, 2016June 7, 2016 by Laura

Six Reasons To Love Working Part Time

I always imagined I’d love being a stay-at-home-mum. My friends and I used to joke about all the coffee mornings we’d have watching This Morning, eating doughnuts and generally chilling out (Just…wow. Sometimes I really…

Posted in Motherhood 37 Comments June 1, 2016June 9, 2016 by Laura

Things That Stay At Home Mums Can Do To Be Happy And Self Confident

I’m privileged this week to be sharing a guest post from Zara Lewis.  Regular readers will know that I’m a part-time working mum and I have enormous admiration for full-time SAHMs.  Zara is sharing some brilliant tips for…

Posted in Guest Blogger 3 Comments May 5, 2016May 4, 2016 by Laura

Book Review: Whoosh! The Little Book For Birth Companions by Katie Brooke

You may know from reading my PND posts that I did not have a good birth experience with Caterpillar. Twelve hours of labour eventually led to an epidural and then an emergency c-section when Caterpillar’s…

Posted in Butterfly Book Club, Reviews 3 Comments March 27, 2016March 29, 2016 by

Luxury Facial At Home with Pinks Boutique

I am an enormous believer in the importance of self-care.  I strongly believe that just because you’re a mum it doesn’t mean you should sacrifice your identity or taking care of your needs.  Obviously you simply…

Posted in Reviews 42 Comments March 12, 2016 by

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