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Do You Have Working Mum Guilt? – Guest Post by Beautiful Bundle Of Chaos

Welcome back to the My Mountain series – where guest bloggers share their biggest parenting challenges and how they face them.  Today I’m sharing a post from Chloe who blogs at Beautiful Bundle Of Chaos on a topic…

Posted in Guest Blogger, Motherhood, My Mountain - Our Parenting Challenges 0 comments June 8, 2018July 4, 2018 by Laura

Our Favourite Christmas Gifts With One4All Gift Cards

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas?  As the final installment of my collaboration with One4All Gift Cards I wanted to share with you three of our favourite gifts from this year, all of…

Posted in Brand/Sponsored, Lifestyle, Reviews 0 comments December 28, 2017January 2, 2018 by Laura

The Perfect Self-Care Night In With One4All Gift Cards

Pre-Christmas family mania is in full swing this week as we take a sleigh ride towards the big day but I’ve happily put some plans in place to indulge in some self-care during what I call…

Posted in Brand/Sponsored, Holidays/days out, Home, Lifestyle, Motherhood, Reviews, Self-care 0 comments December 20, 2017 by Laura

Five Ways To Treat Yourself With One4All Gift Cards

Regular readers know I’m a big advocate of self-care, especially for parents and especially during the stressful, festive season.  You can’t pour from an empty cup, as they say, so it’s really important we take…

Posted in Brand/Sponsored, Holidays/days out, Home, Lifestyle, Motherhood, Reviews, Self-care 29 Comments December 16, 2017December 16, 2017 by Laura

The Mixed-up Identity Of Modern Mums

I wrote this post back in 2015 about how our identities change when we become parents and how this can been an unsettling and sometimes shocking experience. I’ll never know how much of the emotional difficulty…

Posted in Anxiety, Learning, Lifestyle, Motherhood 8 Comments October 18, 2017October 27, 2017 by Laura

Champagne & Tissues

A few weeks ago my son came home from nursery with a graduation certificate.  Pre-parenthood we may have scoffed at such a silly thing but the mother in me completely welled up. Confused, he asked me…

Posted in Anxiety, Birth & Miscarriage, Learning, Motherhood, Relationships 14 Comments August 3, 2017August 4, 2017 by Laura

Creative Kids: Peek-A-Boo Family Apple Tree (Plus Free Printable!)

Such a fun, adorable idea from this week’s Creative Kids guest blogger, Lauren from Sophie’s Nursery.   This super “Peek-A-Boo Family Tree” is a delightful game for young children who are learning their family & friends names…

Posted in Creative Kids, Guest Blogger, Lifestyle, Motherhood 0 comments April 4, 2017April 3, 2017 by Laura

Creative Kids: Waste Not! – How To Turn Your Child’s Mess into a Masterpiece

This week’s Creative Kids guest blogger is the incredibly gifted Tanya Mariadross. Kids. Messy little blighters, aren’t they? I feel like I spend about 95% of my time cleaning up after my 10 month and 2…

Posted in Creative Kids, Guest Blogger, Lifestyle, Motherhood 3 Comments February 28, 2017February 27, 2017 by Laura

Guest Blogging Opportunity – Parenting Challenges

Following the fantastic contributors last year I’m now re-opening the My Mountain series – a guest blogging feature where I invite other parents to share the biggest challenges they’ve faced since deciding to start a…

Posted in Blogging, Guest Blogger, My Mountain - Our Parenting Challenges 117 Comments January 21, 2017January 22, 2017 by Laura

Advent Activity Jar

Since Caterpillar and I enjoy crafty things and baking I’ve decided to bite the bullet this year and do an advent activity jar.  I admit, I may live to regret this even by day five…

Posted in Caterpillar Corner, Lifestyle, Motherhood 5 Comments November 23, 2016November 22, 2016 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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