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Coming Clean

The strange thing about the internet, and particularly blogging, is that it’s often easier to disclose your deepest, darkest feelings to a world wide web full of strangers than to the people you’ve known all…

Posted in About me, Anxiety, Depression, Peer Support 41 Comments February 18, 2016May 6, 2018 by Laura

Baby-led Weaning: First Foods & Favourites

Following my last Caterpillar Corner post – Six Reasons To Love Baby-led Weaning – today I wanted to share some of our favourite recipe ideas and on-the-go snacks, and review Gill Rapley & Tracey Murkett’s…

Posted in Butterfly Book Club, Caterpillar Corner, Reviews 37 Comments February 17, 2016 by

Book Review: A Monster Ate My Mum by Jen Faulkner

I’m reviewing another picture book for this week’s Butterfly Book Club but this one is a little different – and incredibly special.  On the surface, A Monster Ate My Mum seems like a fairly ordinary story about a…

Posted in Butterfly Book Club, Reviews 35 Comments February 14, 2016 by

How I Cope As The Mum Of A Picky Eater – Guest Post by Mandy at Sneaky Veg

Thanks for all the kind words and support you’ve shown last week’s guest blogger – and huge thanks to you Josie for contributing on such an important topic.  This week I’m really excited to have…

Posted in My Mountain - Our Parenting Challenges 39 Comments February 12, 2016 by

The Evolution of the Post Baby Relationship

There are so many things I’ve struggled to adjust to since becoming a parent – managing my frustration, dealing with tiredness, learning some patience (disclaimer: I haven’t cracked any of these yet!) and riding the…

Posted in Motherhood, Relationships 42 Comments February 10, 2016 by

Book Review: Supermarket Gremlins

Caterpillar loves the supermarket. I can get away with calling a trip to Asda a ‘treat’.  So when I saw that this book involved supermarkets and gremlins I knew instantly it would be a hit. He also…

Posted in Butterfly Book Club, Reviews 35 Comments February 7, 2016 by

Parenting with Anxiety – Guest Post by Josephine Ruggieri

I couldn’t be happier with the response to this series so far, thanks so much for everyone who read and commented on Min’s post last week. We have lots of really wonderful writers lined up…

Posted in Anxiety, Depression, My Mountain - Our Parenting Challenges, Peer Support 48 Comments February 5, 2016 by

Six Reasons to Love Baby-led Weaning

Inspired by my best friend’s success with Baby-Led Weaning this is the method I chose when Caterpillar was six months old. Gill Rapley and Tracey Murkett are the go-to experts on the technique and their books helped…

Posted in Caterpillar Corner, Reviews 50 Comments February 3, 2016 by

Book Review: Cat’s Colours by Airlie Anderson

Many of you seemed to really enjoy my recent post Favourite Books for Toddlers, and since both Caterpillar and I love reading so much I’ve decided to start a regular book review feature.  This week we’ve…

Posted in Butterfly Book Club, Reviews 22 Comments January 31, 2016 by

A Very Big Parenting Challenge – Guest Post by Single Mum Speaks

Thank you so much to Elizabeth for kicking off the My Mountain series last week, and thanks to all of you for reading and for your lovely, supportive comments.  This week we have Min from Single…

Posted in Caterpillar Corner, Motherhood, My Mountain - Our Parenting Challenges 39 Comments January 29, 2016 by

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I'm a PND & Anxiety survivor and self-confessed "good enough" mum to two hilarious & challenging kids aged 10 & 4. Here you can find 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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