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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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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
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
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
Experiencing an Emergency C-Section – A Mum’s Point of View Read More »
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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This story is part of our birthday series for children aged 5-7 years. December and January birthdays can be tricky for children. With Christmas and their birthday being so closely packed together, the wait for the next special day can feel endless. Children can be full of birthday celebration ideas that don’t suit the time
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This story is part of our birthday series for children aged 5-7 years. December and January birthdays can be tricky for parents, especially if you’re already planning and organising a big event like Christmas (or possibly two, if you separate out Christmas and New Year). Then the weather is not always on your side (we
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Sleep deprivation, parent fatigue, tiredness, exhaustion – all parents have experienced them in some shape or form in their lives. They are often associated with the ‘baby stage’ but parental fatigue is present in every season of your parenting journey – it will change shape, intensity and frequency – but it is relentless. This is
We’ve all got ‘one’ somewhere in the family and if you haven’t it’s because you are the ‘one’. The early bird, the lark, the morning person. Those who have the ability to launch themselves into the day with enthusiasm and joy. They have boundless energy from the second their eyes open. And then there are
