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24/09/201322/02/2015
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Hallowe’en

by mentalparentals, in category Family, Lifestyle

with Hallowe’en fast-approaching, it got me thinking about what Hallowe’en traditions we would like to pass on to O. i have some awesome memories of Hallowe’en growing up.  my dad would carve Jack O’ Lanterns from swedes.  my brother & i dressing up as ghouls, witches or vampires, using clothes we already had, face paints… Read More

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23/09/201322/02/2015
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Off with his head!!

by mentalparentals, in category Family

**warning – this post contains scenes of a distressing nature.  if you are easily offended or upset, please close your browser now** this normal Monday, I put O down for his after lunch nap at 12pm. 12:15 came and he was still not sleeping… this is unlike O, but we’ll go with it and give… Read More

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22/09/201331/01/2016
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Birth Story – Daddy’s account – Return of the Jedi (part 3)

by mentalparentals, in category Family

a long time ago, in a maternity ward far, far away….. S and A decide that it was a fantastic idea to move house on the baby’s due date…… A, S and S’s mum arrived at the near empty maternity/labour ward with status of 0.5cm dilated….. A discovered the fun of matching shapes to everyday… Read More

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22/09/201322/02/2015
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Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees

by mentalparentals, in category Family, Lifestyle

our O is only a tot.  2 years old to be exact. but after finding the www.thinkmoney.co.uk website, i’m wondering how we can teach him about money in the next few years.   although it shouldn’t be, money is so important in modern day life.  there are things you can do for free, obviously, but they are… Read More

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22/09/201322/02/2015
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Birth Story – Mummy’s account

by mentalparentals, in category Family

hi there, S here.  after reading many blogs via the medium of twitter, i sincerely loved reading other ladies’ birth stories. even when pregnant, i enjoyed scaring the shiz out of myself but crying with happiness and overwhelming joy for other’s and their gorgeous babies. so i thought our first proper post should be my… Read More

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22/09/201331/01/2016
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We’ve been nominated for a Leibster award!

by mentalparentals, in category Blogging

We have been nominated for a Leibster award!! Donna over at What The Redhead Said kindly nominated us as an “up and coming” blog.  Very pleased! The Liebster award is a kind of peer to peer recognition; a way of finding new and up coming bloggers with blogs currently registering 200 followers or under. The blogger who… Read More

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22/09/201322/02/2015
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What’s Going on with Kids Programmes?!

by mentalparentals, in category Lifestyle

so the first three posts on this blog have been written by my other half S. apparently, i have got to have a go now. but what to write about? what major parenting issue should i wax lyrical about? co-sleeping? breast-feeding? baby-led weaning? actually no, i will blog about an issue so controversial that i… Read More

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21/09/201331/01/2016
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After the Event… Postnatal Care at an NHS Hospital…

by mentalparentals, in category Family, Lifestyle

although I can’t remember a lot of the actual labour and birth of O, I do remember a lot of the time spent recovering in the hospital. as described in my account of the birth story, which you can read here, i laboured for 18 hours in an NHS hospital before finally giving birth to our… Read More

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19/09/201331/01/2016
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Birth Story – Daddy’s account – Part 2

by mentalparentals, in category Family

last time in the birth story – daddy’s account…. S and A decide that it was a fantastic idea to move house on the baby’s due date…… A alienates all female readers by thinking that it was a good idea to paint a bedroom ceiling whilst S S was in early labour….. S had an “awkward… Read More

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17/09/201322/02/2015
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I’m Bored…

by mentalparentals, in category Lifestyle

i’m bored… i’m borrrrrreddddddd… anyone else remember repeatedly saying/shouting/whining this at their parents when they were young? i certainly do!! although, now i am a mum of a 2 year old who is full of energy and wife of A.  but who would’ve thought it would be A, not O, that regularly hounds me with… Read More

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