One of my four year old twin girls, R, is definitely shows signs of OCD. I have been wondering if this is possibly hereditary because as a child right through to my teenage years and early twenties I suffered from this condition, although I’m not sure it was known as that in those days. I…
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Childhood Bedrooms
Read moreRecently I have been employed to re-decorate two bedrooms in a semi-detached house in the suburbs of the city that I live in. The job itself is relatively straight forward, but it was the background story that got me thinking and interested me. I will explain why. Growing up I never had a bedroom long…
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When do our Children Stop Seeing us as Their Superheroes?
Read moreBeing a parent you have to be absolutely everything to your child. The more children you have the bigger the juggling act becomes and the harder it is to keep all the balls in the air at the same time. As you can see my superhero name is Captain Bubblehead. The minute I see dirty…
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Kids Parcel Review.
Read moreI was recently approached by Kids Parcels to review one of their mystery boxes for kids. They’re designed for over 3’s so this was perfect for my four year old twin girls. There are five types of mystery boxes which are boys, girls, Disney, Star Wars and a kids box. They are all priced at…
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Talking openly with your children
Read moreI have been a parent a long time now and one of the most important lessons I have learnt is to have an open relationship with them all. To never to be frightened or worried about talking about any subject with them. What I have also learnt is that broaching certain topics which can often…
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My Sunday Photo.
Read moreChristmas is definitely coming. The girls started looking through the latest Smyths toy catalogue. Watching them I think we had better start saving our pennies! They circled nearly every toy in the catalogue that only you can do when you are four years old.
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Brilliant dad feature week 80
Read moreThis week our brilliant dad feature is James. He is from Reading in the UK. He’s married to Sarah and they have an awesome 2 year old son called Joshua. His blog is just somewhere that he can write about things that inspire him and that will hopefully give people a bit of a laugh…
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Brilliant Dad Feature week 79
Read moreThis week our brilliant dad is the awesome blogger, vlogger and absolutely fantastic photographer, Darren. He blogs at Photalife.com and also has a blog called LoveAllDads.co.uk. He is also the person that also runs the the truly brilliant linky called #MySundayPhoto. Thank you so much to Darren for taking part. 1. Have you always wanted to…
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How far will you go to keep your kids happy?
Read moreLast Saturday we went to a birthday party at a local soft play venue called Funtastic. R is very particular as a child, actually she is bordering OCD at the tender age of four. There are three things that must go with her everywhere. One is her Nike cap, one is her turtle sunglasses and this…
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My Daughter E Returns to University for her 2nd Year
Read moreLast Saturday I was up at 6am to take my daughter back to university to study for her second year. It was a very interesting start because I wasn’t entirely sure where she was staying, but she did text me an address of a friend where she said would most likely be staying overnight after…
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Do children need boundaries/rules?
Read moreOf course they do! It’s ridiculous to think or believe that they shouldn’t. One of my gripes is parents who say that they want their children to grow up free spirited. It’s madness! Even with a free spirt there has to be boundaries so that hopefully they will grow up to be well adjusted, polite,…
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Our Twin Girls are Really Changing
Read moreOur twin girls are nearly half way though the fourth year of their lives and they are a pleasure to be around. They are funny and now beginning to laugh with us and at us! Which actually is very amusing. They are very close to each other and are now playing games with each for…
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My Sunday Photo.
Read moreThis week’s photo is a moment,I captured on a visit to our local park during the week,as the girls big and small enjoy a log ride.
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When My Son Gives me a Blank Look.
Read moreWhen I’m talking about past things whether it be music, football etc I find it amusing that what I’m saying is falling on deaf ears and he will give me his blank face look as if to say dad what are you on about. At that moment I realise there is a generation between us…
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Children: OMG! The Cost!
Read moreRegular readers will know I’m a dad of five children. Yeah I know what idiot has five children? ME! Seriously though it’s the best thing that could have happened to me. Why? Well, I wanted to be poor all my life and OMG, did it work! I thought when they were babies it was expensive,…
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A Rare Moment With My Children
Read moreJust a few days ago,I had a rare moment in my life. It was Tuesday August 2nd and what made this day so special was not meant to be, but turned out that way and in a purely selfish way it was pure magic mainly because it has never happened before and is very unlikely…
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Drugs, Alcohol and My Children
Read moreHere’s a subject matter every parent will have to talk to their children to at some point in their lives and rightly so. It’s vital that our children are given the right knowledge and information to assess the dangers. There is no question that if alcohol was invented today it would be banned. Drugs and…
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Another Baby? No! Well, maybe!
Read moreThe other day I published a post called nursery is over lets have another baby. All this has got me to thinking. Do I want another baby really? Well, maybe! I have pro-recreated five times. That’s a lot in today’s world. In fact it’s double the average of 2.4 children per family so I have…
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My Sunday Photo.
Read moreThe twins have just three days left in nursery. Then it’s summer holidays and they go back to full time school. The last year has flown by, but their development has been rapid. I caught this moment where R is reading mummy a story. Times are changing.
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Danger and having no fear with children
Read moreFear and danger in small children are in my opinion so very closely linked. Our twin girls are four years old and over the last six months I have noticed that they are beginning to take risks albeit only small risks. Of course they have to start taking risks otherwise they will never learn anything…
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Feeling guilty as a parent never goes away
Read moreAs parents do we ever feel guilty that we are letting our children down in any way? I would have to say that I definitly feel guilty, but is it us or is it our children putting a guilt trip on us? Children are very clever at making us believe we are not doing a…
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