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The Ciaos in the morning!

The ciaos in the morning with nursery runs and college is constantly a rush. My best advice is to prepare everything the night before getting everyone’s clothes all ready for the next morning it stops the panic in the morning.

My mornings when my classes are online feels so much easier at times as my son starts nursery an hour after my class starts. So, I try to get Zak ready before my class starts then during my class I drop Zak off at nursery either in a taxi or on the bus. I then come back and finish my class work off. During the day I get housework done and shopping if I get the spare time to but I don’t always get enough time every day to get everything done as I have class work to do as well.

My morning if I’m in college can be so stressful as I need to drop Zak off at my mums so she can drop Zak off at nursery for me at 10. We get up at 7 and get ready I then need to walk up to my mums with Zak then go get the bus into college for just after half 8. Not every morning goes to plan but I try my hardest to stick to my routine and plan but being a parent to a toddler doesn’t always go to plan. Some morning can be challenging and very stressful but that’s the joys of motherhood.

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Our summer!

Summer starts 2021, I couldn’t believe I actually achieved my level 5 events. I felt as if I couldn’t be anymore prouder and now I know I finally have made my gran proud. All I done the full summer was go on family days out and made the most of the time off college. We started off summer by going to local parks, trips to Baloch, M&Ds and enjoying the sun making the most of it.

We had a day out to M&Ds on one of the hottest days of the year. We decided to take the bus from Buchannan which took us to Motherwell and then had to get another bus. Which then followed by a 45-minute walk round Strathclyde park to finally reach the entrance to M&Ds. I was absolute knackered by this point pushing a pram in the heat is got to be the hardest thing to do! Zak absolute loved his day out on all the rides due to his height he couldn’t go on a lot but got the chance to go on the big swings if I sat next to him and he loved how high it was going. By the end of the day everyone was too tired to walk another 45 minutes for the bus so we had to wait nearly an hour on a taxi. All in the day was fun but very tiring so suggest not to go to M&Ds on public transport on one of the hottest days off the year.

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Lockdown

Life in lockdown where do I begin. What a stressful first few months it was ciaos the cues for shops. Everyone growling at you if you as much as coughed beside them. It was nothing I ever experienced before in my whole entire life. Me and Zak spent most of lockdown just baking cakes or having movie days he was 2-year-old at this point so I had no clue what to do with him as he was always bored! So, summer came and Zak finally got his placement at nursery ready I was ready more than ever to go back to college and stick to it for the sake of it’s the best thing for us and knowing this is what my gran really wants me to do I put the head down and started Level 5 Events.

Our life consisted of going to the nursery back to do zoom calls for college then doing nursery runs and staying in the rest of the night for dinners and baths for the next day but we got ourselves into a good routine and we eventually made it work.

My life isn’t what it meant to look like for a teenager but in my eyes, I wouldn’t change all the nappy changings or any part of being a mum to go back to my partying side of me again as this me is the best version of me and I wouldn’t have changed into this person if I didn’t have my son at 16. No matter what age you are anyone can be a good parent if you put your mind to it I have had so many people talking about me or looking at me different because I had a baby so young but I wouldn’t ever change it.

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Our first home x

During of the summer 2019 I officially moved into my new home. It felt amazing to call somewhere home for me and Zak. Our first few nights were spent unpacking and organising everything ready for me going back to college again I was finally starting to feel as if things were going into place.

College started and the first month or two felt as if it was running smoothly but due to stress and my mental health I had to take time off college again. I tried my hardest but being a single parent and doing everything on my own It again wasn’t my right time for college so I put my college on hold until I felt as if my mental health was in a better place.

During this time my gran finally got better chemo worked for a while and we got to spend so much time together in this time. But sadly, January 2020 a day after my sons 2nd birthday cancer took over and my gran sadly passed away. My life fell apart completely. Growing up with my gran then watching her the last few months of being alive completely destroyed me watching the woman that was the strongest person in my life just lying on hospital bed or in her own bed with not even enough strength to sit up really messed around with my mental health a lot at the time. Back when I done my events course in 2018 my gran told me to stick to it and she was so proud of me for finally doing something with my life so after I grieved during lockdown I finally decided the best thing for me to do is take her advice and apply for my events again and stick to it this time for her.

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My first Attempt at College 2018

August 2018 I finally started my dream course at college but I was also going through a lot of things in my family such as my gran starting her first chemo at the start of August but I tried my hardest anyways to try college the best I possibility could.

In this post I will be talking about what life was like when I was going through a lot and still tried every day for me and my son’s future no matter what we went through.

November 2018, I ended up kicked out my mums with a baby. The first night we had to stay at one of my friends due to the time and it being the best option for us. So, our second day I spent the full day in Easter house homeless centre trying my best to get an accommodation while having to take the day off college I was very clueless about everything at first but got a lot of help from my support workers. I was first house was in a flat in Maryhill which wasn’t the best place but we stayed for a week in a studio flat which was the tiniest house ever! I was then moved up to Royston and spent the rest of my homelessness there until I got my keys for my first house. Due to the stress of my gran being really poorly and my mental health I had to take time for myself off college and put my studying at a hold until I was in a better mindset. While in Royston my son took huge milestone steps and I was able to witness his first steps!!!

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All about Me

Hi there my names Mandy Campbell I am a 20-year-old student with a 3-year-old nearly 4-year-old called Zak. In my future posts I will be discussing my day to day life of having a toddler with the happy moments, the tantrums and the true struggles of trying to do what’s best for your family.

As many know it can be very challenging trying to juggle house work, a toddler, work/college and everything else life throughs at you on the way. I found out I was pregnant at 15-year-old days after I fell out with my son’s dad so I ended up a young single mum. Being a mum at 16 with a new born wasn’t easy and my plans to go back to school didn’t exactly go into plan due to feeling as if everyone would be looking at me and speaking about me for having a baby so young so with that in mind I decided to take January to August off to enjoy my sons first 6 month to spend the most time as I could with him watching him learn new stuff.

So in my next few posts I will discussing my life and the ups and downs of being a teen mum and talking about my college experience before and during Covid-19 pandemic.