Goodbye screen time guilt, Hello Kidlo!

I am - for the most part a walking, talking Mum stereotype. I exist mainly on diet of coffee and biscuits, I could turn moaning about housework into an Olympic sport and I rely on the faithful old iPad to entertain the kids often enough that it causes me guilt. But you know what, I'm…

Teenager Problems: Does she really need to grow up?

How essential is this? Couldn't she just stay as she is forever? Actually you know what, I couldn't handle that, but everything seems to have got a bit real, pretty bloody fast! I feel like adulthood is hurtling towards her at top speed, I can't stop it and I don't like it. She's not ready!…

Wanted: Enthusiasm of any kind…

Because my lack of it is getting a bit much now! 2018 has been a year that's been set in my mind for a while. The year that all my children will be in full time education, the year that things should become easier, the year I'll have a chance of being me again (and…

The hand me down kids..

Kids, they're pretty bloody expensive considering how small they are! Surely one of the perks of having more than one child of the same gender has got to be that a lot of stuff can be passed down? My first and second daughter's were a bit too far apart to share much, there was the odd…

Teenager Problems: Secondary School

Secondary school is a huge change to any child/parents life, for years you have been in a cosy Infant/Primary School bubble and you’re used to how everything goes. It doesn’t matter how prepared you are or how excited they are, it’s still a shock to the system - and I’m not just talking about the…

Oh shit! It’s Elf time!

I think by now we are all familiar with the creepy little bastard that is, Elf on the Shelf! This year it seems to have come around quicker than ever, few of us seem prepared and most of us seem to be wondering why the fuck we joined in on this tradition in the first…

Teenager Problems: Oh, Hi hormones!

Ahhhhh hormones, the element of having a teenager that was most anticipated and yet I still feel I completely unprepared in dealing with! I think I actually once uttered the words, “I've been dealing with my own hormones my whole life, how bad can a teenagers hormones even be?”...... Oh Sheree, you foolish woman. SO…

Teenager Problems: Internet Friends

I've decided to do a series of posts on the problems I've faced with the teenager, or rather the things that have caused me the most stress since I acquired one. I'm lucky that for the most part she's a well behaved kid that doesn't give me too much grief, but she's only just getting…

She’s girly, and it’s ok!

There is the most fantastic rumble of change right now, and for those of us with daughters in particular it is fantastic. The way women are treated and thought of is being challenged and our girls are more actively encouraged to dream big and break stereotypes. I have always strived to raise kind but strong minded…

“She’s let herself go….”

It's a phrase that gets thrown around A LOT. But what is letting yourself go anyway?! What absolute arse decided this was a thing and that it was negative?! To me 'letting myself go' means I make less effort with my appearance than I once did. A lot less, like no effort whatsoever.... I'd rather…