Who doesn’t love Easter Egg hunts? Hiding and finding Easter eggs, Easter bunnies, mini eggs, large eggs… It’s great for parents and children alike. Some might even call it fun. Here is our story… This story is part of our Special Occasions series. The Worst Easter Egg Hunt Ever! Tomos (Aged 8)… I love chocolate. I
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When our children suffer a big disappointment it can be heartbreaking for parents. We don’t like to see our children in pain and struggling with some big feelings. Our natural instinct is to immediately step in and try and fix it in any way we can. We want to make them feel better immediately. Disappointment
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It’s hard even as grown-ups to cope with disappointment. It’s a big feeling that can leave you feeling empty, agitated, unsettled and can even border on grief. And handling our children’s disappointment can be even harder. Here’s our story… This story is part of our big feelings series. You can read the first part of
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Excitement, disappointment, anxiety, anticipation – they are all big feelings for our little people to manage and cope with. They wash over them like waves, some crashing over them almost swallowing them up in their intensity. Others creep up slowly, without them realising and take them by surprise. And it’s our joy, privilege and challenge
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A magical childhood doesn’t need an endless pot of gold. You don’t need to find the end of the rainbow to create a magical moment. You can make childhood memories with your children at any moment – in the special occasions like birthdays or holidays; in the one-of-a-kind moments like losing a tooth or learning
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Creating magical childhood memories for your children doesn’t need to be complicated. Magical moments can happen at any time – and more often than not, they tend to happen when you least expect them – on a muddy walk, a quiet cuddle before bed or silly moments of play. And the magic happens when we
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Although the magic of childhood can feel elusive to parents, our children are primed and ready to see, feel and hear the wonder of the world around them. They are willing to believe in the amazing, the mystical, the unimaginable. They find the joy in messy places. They find laughter in the silly moments. They
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Giving birth can be a daunting prospect for a first-time mother. But the thought of an emergency c-section can turn mild anxiety into terror. And as the name suggests – EMERGENCY C-SECTION – when your birth becomes a Caesarean-section, there can be little time to prepare. Here are five things to remember about an emergency
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Emergency C-Sections are not easy. They are not planned. They are an unexpected challenge for your body and for your mind. The physical recovery runs into weeks and the mental recovery can often be glossed over. And after this unexpected, unplanned assault on your body, there is a newborn; an unknown newborn with their own
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Whenever birthdays come around it always makes me think about our boy’s births. The moment where the dream of a newborn becomes a very big reality. It’s impossible to know what our newborn babies are thinking when they are pulled from the womb during an emergency c-section, so I’ve taken a little bit of creative
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