Parent Gossip

The government is blaming parents for everything at the moment, I recently saw an article about how everything was ok in the 1950’s but now bad parenting has caused an increase in crime, anti social behaviour, they are even blaming parents for the credit crunch; either spending money on credit cards to buy things for [...]

The first dose of whooping cough vaccination is given at two months old, and recently two young children have died at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh, presumed to have contracted it from their siblings or parents but they were too young to have had the vaccine yet.
Experts have now said that parents [...]

What a great day for losing baby weight!
I had my usual porridge for breakfast, competing with The Witchlings for the last drops of milk!
Lunch was a jacket potato with heaps of baked beans and NO butter!
Dinner was Quorn fillets and pasta in a mushroom sauce. Tres yum!
I even had a banana chopped into low fat [...]

This week is anti-bullying week. Schools around the country are taking part in numerous fun activities to raise awareness of bullying and to ultimately bring a stop to it.  The theme for this year’s anti-bullying week is being different but belonging together.
In many ways this sentiment sums up family. Each of us is different. We [...]

Dear weight loss diary…
I have been trying to lose the baby weight I put on during and after the adoption of the Witchlings for a whole week now and I am thrilled to report that I have lost 1.5lb!!!
I have to admit that this is a bit of a miracle, as we went away for [...]

Day 2 and I am starting to get the hang of this. Losing the ‘baby weight’ that I have put on since adopting the Witchlings might not be so tough after all! Although admittedly it is early days!
Thought for the day… I have now put on a stone for every year I have had The [...]

Imagine waking up in the middle of the night, responding almost on auto pilot to your baby’s crying. It’s 2.30am and it’s your turn to get up. You quickly and stealthily make your way out of your nice warm bed to avoid waking your partner, and make your sleepy way to the crib where your [...]

OK, so my extra tonnage isn’t exactly as a result of being pregnant, but I am carrying an extra 6 stone since adopting The Witchlings. I am calling this my baby weight. I am also keeping this journal to keep a record of how I am going about shedding it.  I hope my Losing Baby [...]

Losing baby weight is a daunting challenge for any new parent. New mums in the media, such as Katie Holmes and Angelina Jolie seem to spring back to their lithe former figures as though nothing ever happened! For the rest of us mere mortals it is an uphill struggle to fit back into those beloved [...]

So I finally bit the bullet and took the Witchlings to go and see High School Musical 3. So now I am sitting here tapping my foot to annoyingly catchy songs that are still in my head (which apparently, I have to get in the game) about to write a Mums At The Movies review [...]