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How to Survive the First Trimester (While Your Toddler Uses Your Sanity as a Climbing Frame)
Life update: baby number 2 is cooking away! If you’re along for this journey, too, welcome! Now here you are: pregnant with baby number two. Congratulations! And also… what were we thinking? The first trimester is a wild ride of exhaustion, nausea, and sudden sobbing fits over burnt toast. Now toss a full-throttle toddler into the mix and, well, welcome to level two of the parenting game — where sleep is a myth, snacks are sacred, and your body is growing a human while you chase another one around the living room with half a breadstick hanging out of your bra. Here’s how to survive (ish). 1. Lower the Bar…
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The Car Seat Every Mum Needs to Know About – Meet the Turn2Me Grow i-Size R129 Car Seat
Car seat and travel safety are high on my list of priorities when it comes to parenting. It’s a controversial subject, and my recent Instagram poll had people sending me angry messages and votes of support. But why is it such a divisive subject?! We all just want to keep our little ones safe, right? I know it’s super overwhelming to know what’s a must and what’s not, so I’ve done my own research to help you. Introducing the Turn2Me Grow i-Size R129 Car seat – a total game-changer for safe, stylish, stress-free travel.
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Emma’s Diary Feature: Reasons why our routine just *works*
Partnering with Emma’s Diary has helped me reach so many prospective parents, newborn mums and toddler handlers – I love hearing your feedback and support, thank you! Working with this platform is one of my proudest writing achievements and I love having the opportunity to tackle controversial subjects. Today’s blog post is all about how, for us, having a routine just works. Thank you Emma’s Diary for giving me this platform to share my innermost thoughts. Now we’re in November, we’re just over two and a half years into this journey as parents to our wonderful son Jack. Time has flown and those scary newborn days feel like a distant memory. But routine is one thing we’ve…
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Emma’s Diary: 2 years into motherhood, how have I changed?
Partnering with Emma’s Diary has helped me reach so many prospective parents, newborn mums and toddler handlers – I love hearing your feedback and support, thank you! Working with this platform is one of my proudest writing achievements and I love having the opportunity to tackle controversial subjects. Today I’m reflecting on how I’ve changed – for better and for worse, two years into my parenting journey. Thank you Emma’s Diary for giving me this platform to share my innermost thoughts. Wow, where did that 2 years go? I feel as if I’ve blinked and I’ve now got a two-year-old toddler on my hands. People were right when they told me to make the…
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Emma’s Diary Feature: Re-addressing the parent-life balance
Partnering with Emma’s Diary has helped me reach so many prospective parents, newborn mums and toddler handlers – I love hearing your feedback and support, thank you! Working with this platform is one of my proudest writing achievements and I love having the opportunity to tackle controversial subjects. Something that I’m constantly asked is: how do we possibly juggle it all? I hope today’s post will give you an insight into how I do it (successfully and unsuccessfully)… Hello, if you don’t know me, I’d like to reintroduce myself: I’m Rosie, I’m Mum to Jack (almost 2), I am married and I work part-time from home. We do not have any childcare in place…
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