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The only negative for me is that I feel isolated as a stay at home mum. As a family we are limited to what we can do with my partner struggling to walk and my oldest has a lot of bad behaviour problems – Says Shona I’m Shona, I’m 20 and I live in Barnsley, [...]
When should you introduce your children to the world of Apps and the Internet? Wow! Talk about a controversial question. This is one of the most talked about topics in today’s circle of moms. Whether they are gathering for coffee at the club, watching their children on the playground in the park or waiting [...]
I love being a stay at home mum and even though I’m young I’m very old fashioned in the sense that I believe men should be at work and women at home – Says Alys I live with my partner and our 2 sons, James who is 4 and Harry who is only 2 months [...]
Stay at home mums don’t have spare time as others would like to believe. I had thought that once I was a stay at home mom I would have so much more time to see my friends. But in reality they still work and even if I do manage to catch up with them what do [...]
I think a lot of people underestimate stay at home mums. Some have one child or two but it’s a whole new ball game balancing five, it’s a skill and others brush it off or make you feel less than worthy if you struggle sometimes – Says Shell I’m Shell; I’m 34 and live in [...]
People say I’m selfish, that I should go out to work but I don’t want my kids brought up by someone else, being around strangers and having to miss out on the 1st things a baby does, not be there when they need a cuddle – Says Kimberley I’m Kimberley and I live with my [...]
Every family has strengths and weaknesses but do you know what yours are? When you stop and look at your family unit what do you see? Can you pinpoint the areas of strengths and the areas that could do with some improvements? Its so easy to think of all the negatives; You are always rushing [...]
I did go out to work when my little girl was 12 months old but then left 6 months later. I left because I hated leaving my daughter and they had also put my hours up to working every day. I love being a stay at home mum. I’m planning to get a job when [...]
If it wasn’t for the fact I am working from home I could never ever afford to work, many child-minders charge full time hours for part time work and nurseries aren’t cheap, plus all the current Government changes, they are making it even harder to work – Says Loretta I’m 27 and I’ve been a stay at home mum since I [...]
Am I the only one who thinks kids get too many school holidays? Roll on Monday I say when they go back to school after having 2 weeks off for Easter. Two whole bloody weeks because of Eggs, are they for real? My kids don’t need 2 weeks to eat chocolate eggs, your lucky if it takes them [...]
Others think being a stay at home mum is easy, that we sit drinking cups of tea all day. Despite what others think stay at home mums don’t watch Jeremy Kyle all day – Says Hannah My family consists of me, husband Terry and our 2 children. We have been together 6 years and [...]
I became a stay at home mum thanks to morning sickness, it was impossible to work as I couldn’t keep anything down. While many think stay at home mums have an easy life there are plenty of disadvantages of being a stay at home mum – says Katy. I live with my two sons and their [...]
In high schools around the country, when scheduling for the next academic year opens, a battle of wills between parents and students also opens. Parents know the importance of academically rigorous classes and the positive effect those classes can have on college entrance criteria. Students know the amount of work required to be successful in [...]
Go on a Date Despite the difficulties of trusting and paying a babysitter, it is always worth it to get a few hours together away from your child. The earlier this starts, the better. It is also true though, that the difficulty in managing this only gets worse as your child gets older–both because your [...]
The younger kids actually love helping with the household chores but the bigger kids take some motivating to help. I decided to make cleaning fun and started playing cleaning games which work like a treat, the kids have fun and I get a nice tidy house. As we mums know housework chores never end so [...]
I was around 6 weeks pregnant when I had a slight bleed; I did what I was told and rang the GP as I hadn’t seen the midwife yet. They gave me an emergency appointment for that afternoon, until that appointment I was on tender hooks preparing for the worst as I always do. The [...]
Its Easter time again so as I only have the 2 youngest home I thought we would get creative and do some arts and crafts. We then had great fun on our Easter Egg Hunt.
Do housework chores ever end? The husband has taken 3 of our children away for the Easter weekend, so that leaves me with 3, yes we have halved the kids. I had full intentions of doing a spot of Spring cleaning this weekend, so I made a start. Three hours later it does not look [...]
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