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Meltdowns, milkshakes and an egg sneeze: how we spoiled Mum on Mother’s Day morning!

Meltdowns, milkshakes and an egg sneeze: how we spoiled Mum on Mother’s Day morning!

Today is Mother’s Day! Although to be honest we have no idea what that means because we are 2…and we can’t understand, but this morning Daddy told us to give Mummy a kiss when we got into their bed because it’s Mother’s Day. Harry just wanted to watch Paw Patrol and sit on Mummy’s tummy when she needed to pee and Hunter cried because he didn’t want to be in bed, he wanted a drink of milk.

We…

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Parenting takes: To catch a pee...

Parenting takes: To catch a pee…

I knew there would be many challenges faced in becoming a parent. And I knew there would be unexpected challenges. Ones I just wasn’t prepared for. Those ones that no one tells you about, that just pop up and you are left thinking ‘Watf!’

But this week I was thrown a challenge that left me thinking how do I actually get through this?

This week was toddler urine test! Yup pee sample time!!

It…

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Parent who say ‘my kid eats everything’, I envy you...

Parent who say ‘my kid eats everything’, I envy you…

God I hate meal times!

I really envy those parents I meet who smugly say ‘gosh blah blah is a great eater’ because you have no idea how lucky you are until you have a non-eater.

First thing most people will say to you is you’re not doing it right, you need to push through. Don’t give into them. Here’s the thing my non-eater will starve himself to the point of weight loss if he has it his way…he…

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Makeup+toddlers don't mix - operation clean up!

Makeup+toddlers don’t mix – operation clean up!

I’m pretty sure that when you read page one of chapter one of any parenting book it probably starts with observations like:

‘Don’t leave child unattended’ or ‘don’t leave child around water or in a car’ or maybe even ‘remove any hazards from child’. I wouldn’t quite know because upon finding out I was having twins I threw the idea of referring to a rule book out the window!

In hindsight that…

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Kids parties are an endurance sport...

Kids parties are an endurance sport…

Holy crap I feel like I have just stumbled home from 4 days at a day/night festival where I quite clearly have not slept, have drunk way too much and been dancing like it’s 1999! Having said that I’ve never been to any kind of rave party so I don’t really know but I kinda think this is how I’d feel!

However, instead of partying my head off like I’m 20, I’m simply 72 hours post 2nd birthday party…

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Sometimes getting out isn't the best idea!

Sometimes getting out isn’t the best idea!

There are a couple of things that I have learnt since becoming a twin mum. The first is that the simplest of every day tasks can become an almost impossibility. The second without fail something will go wrong! Simply put that is why this year I have found myself replicating a turtle cross snail and very rarely leaving the comfort zone of my house!

So when you do manage to get out of the house and…

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