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Thoughts from a new old mum
Today’s guest blog is from mum and author Karen Louise Hollis. Karen had her first four children in her twenties. She became pregnant with her fifth baby at age 41 and realised that this time round...
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Blog of the Week – The summer holidays in a nutshell
Today’s guest blog is from the ever brilliant EehBahMum, who never fails to get us giggling here at Netmums. This week she tells it like it is about what the summer holidays are really like and gives...
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Team Netmums – Help we’re turning into our mothers!
This week Team Netmums have been pondering over whether we are turning into our parents. Our recent survey revealed that this happens to most of us by the tender age of 32. Surely not? It can’t be...
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Tackling the laundry mountain – win a year’s supply of Persil small and mighty
Somebody once said: ‘Behind every successful woman… is a basket of dirty laundry’ And the thing is it’s not just the heaped basket, but the stuff on the line, the next load whirling its way round the...
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Team Netmums – The time has come to say Goodnight
This week Team Netmums have been chatting about what would happen if (as has been mooted this week) CBeebies and Cbbc were to air later than 7pm....
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How to keep the spark alive – even if you have small kids
Who was it that once said that having a baby is like chucking a hand grenade into a relationship? Once a baby or babies come long it can be all too easy to let the romance slide as you get caught up...
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Blog of the Week: When I grow up
It’s Wednesday again, which of course means that it’s Blog of the Week time again here on the Netmums Blog. We are delighted to bring you this wonderful post by I know, I need to stop talking. There...
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Blog of the Week: I can’t go back to yesterday, I was a different person then
Our Blog of the Week this week comes from Alice who blogs at My Life, My Son, My Way. Here she talks about her journey from young fragile mum of a baby with Down Syndrome to an slightly older but much...
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Why mums need a Well Being Plan
Today’s guest blog is from Emma Laing a midwife at the charity Tommy’s. To mark the launch of the ground-breaking new report on Mums Maternal Mental health she talks about how we need to raise...
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PND Awareness Week – The unwanted visitor
All week we have asked bloggers to share their experiences of post natal depression with us to raise awareness of how many mums are affected and the impact it has on women and their families. Do check...
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PND Awareness Week – My story
Today’s blog post is from Penny Snowball. She describes the traumatic events leading up to the birth of her baby and how hard she found it and how long it took her to ask for help when PND took hold....
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PND Week: Pinkoddy’s story.
Today’s post for Post Natal Depression Week comes from blogger Pinkoddy who suffered with PND after the birth of her second of four boys. Here she talks candidly about the specific way in which it...
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Blog of the Week: What I have learnt from 18 years of parenting.
Our Blog of the Week this week comes from Stressy Mummy who shares all the parenting lessons she has learnt over the past 18 years. We think you may be familiar with some of them! Are there any other...
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Guest post – Beating sugar cravings: How to encourage your children to eat...
This guest post is brought to you by the Natural Hydration Council. How many young children do you know who have happily eaten all the vegetables offered to them? How many shun sugary drinks and...
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Managing your Mother-in-Law
What sort of mother-in-law do you have? Is she a steamroller, an apologist or a dodgy gran? Whatever the case, you have to have a strategy, says Katy Rink author of a new book on the subject Managing...
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Blog of the Week: How NOT to p*ss off a toddler!
It’s Blog of the Week time again on Netmums and we thought you might find this advice by It’s Misty…Seriously useful. Here she tells us just what you need to do to keep that toddler happy, which as we...
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Blog of the Week: Elf on the Shelf – another win for Mother Guilt?
This week on Blog of the Week Molly from Mother’s Always Right asks us what we think of the new phenomenon ‘Elf on the Shelf’. Is it another win for Mother Guilt or is it just a bit of fun? Here’s what...
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Blog of the Week: In the middle of the night….
Our Blog of the Week this week comes from Mummy Daddy Me who takes a moment, in the middle of the night, to stop and appreciate all that she has. It’s a great lesson for us all – turning a negative...
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Blog of the Week: What ‘they’ don’t tell you
Blog of the Week time again! Here we share some wonderful insights by Ojo’s World on some things that ‘they’ may have failed to tell you about having kids… Sound familiar to anyone? Thought so....
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New mums – keep calm! – The New Mum’s Manual book giveaway
Babies don’t come with an instruction manual – but you can be sure there is a whole load of conflicting and confusing information for new mums on line, much of which is contradictory and...
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