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Maternity & Motherhood

8 Phrases You Need To Stop Saying To Parents

April 16, 2018

Good advice is great.  Who doesn’t appreciate advice at some point in their life?  Sound advice comes in many forms; expert opinion from professionals like your GP, or wise words coming from experienced family and friends who’ve been there before, offering invaluable knowledge to get […]

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Maternity & Motherhood, Mental Health

10 Realities I Never Expected As A Newly Made Mum

July 18, 2017

When you imagine what something may be like, you can generally guess and have a good idea of the experience.  Like having a baby.  Labour will be somewhat painful, baby will pop out one way or another, and you’ll go home – right?  Let’s just say when it came […]

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Maternity & Motherhood

Post Pregnancy Body Confidence | Loving, Not Loathing, The Lumps

June 17, 2017

We women aren’t so good with being kind to ourselves and body confidence isn’t something we’re that comfortable with.  I’m guilty of it:  I’ve lost count of the times I’ve moaned about my legs looking nasty, and the cellulite jiggle on my thighs.  Feeling good about […]

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Maternity & Motherhood

10 Reasons Why I Miss Being Pregnant

April 23, 2017

When I first became pregnant I couldn’t wait to grow a bump.  Giving birth to a real baby was a far off destination and I was worry-free and excited for the future.  But it seemed that once the journey got into full swing, pregnancy started […]

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Health, Maternal Health, Maternity & Motherhood

Group B Strep And The Strepelle DIY Test Kit

February 8, 2017

If pregnancy doesn’t come with enough reasons to worry the whole nine months long, it turns out there’s another one to add to the list.  Your midwife has probably never mentioned it, the NHS doesn’t routinely test you for it, but it’s one of the […]

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Lingerie, Maternity & Motherhood

The Maternity Bra: The Pregnancy Purchase Your Boobs Will Thank You For

January 12, 2017

Pregnancy changes things, your breasts being one (or two) of them.  While everything’s focussed on the little life inside you, there’s just as much going on in the bra department.  In fact, even before your bump has begun surfacing, most likely your boobs are already looking different, […]

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Health, Mental Health

Inferiority-Popularity Complex | Blogger Problems

November 12, 2015

I wrote this piece about a month ago, that I later decided I wouldn’t post.  This is what I’m like: writing is my therapy.  I go through phases of emotions and big life questioning that I’ll get over and may or may not revisit.  I call it ‘life lethargy’. […]

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Lingerie

The Full Bust Market : Is It Big Enough?

May 19, 2015

In recent times, the full bust market has really come into its own.  Big bra shopping is no longer the realm of the specialist mail order company and it’s pretty normal to pick up a G cup with your grocery shop.  But while buying lingerie for the larger bust […]

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Lingerie

Are Large Cups Losing Out to Sexy Smalls?

February 15, 2015

The full bust market today is a far cry from the era when big bras meant granny chic.  Its easy to forget how far we’ve come; from specialist catalogues with their limited sizes where full cups meant large bands too, D+ lingerie is now commonplace in […]

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Health

Why Your New Year Resolutions Aren’t The Healthiest of To-Do Lists

January 4, 2015

When January comes around it’s a renewing feeling that everything starts afresh with the new year.  With its bracing mid Winter winds blowing the cobwebs and glitter away from the end of year festivities, it couldn’t come sooner. As satisfying as it is – snuggling down in blankets […]

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Christmas, Health, Mental Health

Lonely This Christmas And No Comfort & Joy

December 16, 2014

Christmas comes but once a year – and thank heavens for that. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a festive fanatic!  I love all the commercialism and ceremony that Christmas is; the music (I play too early), the baking (even earlier) and the mesmeric delight in driving […]

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Fashion, Health

10 Gripes Only A Blogger Will Understand

December 4, 2014

  Being a blogger is fantastic!  Your voice has its own platform to air your opinion on whatever matters in your world.  You get to share your passions and apathy for products and be part of an awesome community. But sometimes being a blogger is the […]

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Christmas lights switch on in Richmond on Friday n Christmas lights switch on in Richmond on Friday night marked a Christmassy weekend.  Even though the “big tree” was decorated a week ago, we decorated the house a bit more with garlands and paper chains and I’ve done a couple more little trees. Still not yet finished though! 

Hope everyone’s enjoying bringing the festivities into the home. 🎄 

#christmaslightswitchon #christmasdecorations🎄 #christmas2025
When you see the most amazing prop for your bunny When you see the most amazing prop for your bunny photoshoots 😅 Take 1 cardboard sleigh + 2 rabbits = carnage 🐰 🐰 Didn’t go as planned obvs. Daphne took up the whole sleigh. Gus was all “hell no girl”. Moulting fur everywhere. It was fun. 🤣

#houserabbits #christmaspets #houserabbitsofinstagram
After school yesterday we drove up to the MetroCen After school yesterday we drove up to the MetroCentre for one thing - Santa! 🎅 New this Christmas, Lego brought out an upscaled Santa mini fig, like the dude we got from Legoland in the summer.  A Lego shop exclusive, he’s been on back order for ages on the website so we rang the closest Lego shop to see if they had any. Luckily they did and reserved us our Santa. There were none on the shelves by the time we got there so just as well! Fab shop. Nice place to see plenty Lego sets you can’t get elsewhere and there’s even loose Lego to have a little play with while you’re there. I noticed back home though that my Lego Insiders card hadn’t scanned so I didn’t get my points which is poop. If you don’t know what that is, it’s a club to save points to redeem for Lego goodies and that’s a no brainer if you’re a brick head. 😄 

So here’s to the start of Christmas even though it’s still only November. Oh yeah and the Christmas tree’s up! 🎄 

#legochristmas #legoshop #legosanta
Lumiere 2025 was magical ✨💡 Durham is a stunn Lumiere 2025 was magical ✨💡 Durham is a stunning city and to see it lit with glowing art installations is a spectacular sight. It was cold and we walked for hours, but we were wrapped up warm and enjoyed every bit of the trail. My favourites were the silver wire fish and the flowers at the cathedral but the running man beside the river, which reminded me of Keith Haring’s art, was a fun one. 

Question is, was this the last Lumiere in Durham? 🤔 

#lumiere #lumieredurham #durhamcity #cathedralcity #lightinstallation #lightinstallations #festivaloflight #daysoutwithkids #familydaysout
Went up Sutton Bank to see the White Horse of Kilb Went up Sutton Bank to see the White Horse of Kilburn. Don’t know why I never thought of coming up here with Reuben before. It’s not like I spent my whole childhood being overlooked by this landmark. 😄  Think we picked the best day of the half term to go up too. Sunny, autumnal and a little bit brisk. Such amazing views too, you can see for miles around from up on the bank top, stunning Yorkshire scenery no less. 🍂 

#yorkshireviews #whitehorseofkilburn #suttonbank #whitehorse #halftermfun #yorkshirewalks #walkingboots #northyorkshire #autumntrees #autumncolour
I keep thinking it’s Wednesday already and I’v I keep thinking it’s Wednesday already and I’ve had a migraine and IBS sort of day. How’s your week going? 😆 

This pic is from yesterday when we popped in to see the new tavern at Beamish. 

#mumlifeuk #parentinguk #halftermfun #beamishmuseum #familydaysout
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