The challenges of being an ex-pat parent

Parenting is parenting regardless of where you are in the world, however, when you are parenting in a place that has different values, different parenting styles and different languages it can add to the everyday stress. Not to mention the challenges of immigration rules and visa applications (anyone who has done this knows it can…

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Self-care as a parent

Why your mummy friends are the BEST people to help you.  A while ago I wrote a post about why your mummy friends aren’t the best people to give you parenting advice (if you haven’t read it yet, take a read here!). Whilst this is true, when I was chatting to a friend about it…

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Do We Really Need To Read To Our Children? 

And my personal favourite children’s books! The list of things we ‘should’ be doing with our children is endless. Between the regular meals, snacks, changing clothes, wiping bums and changing nappies, general love and affection, we also have to play with, read to, and generally entertain them 24/7 (not to mention the list of things…

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Guest blog : The Great May Getaway – Travelling with friends.

I’m excited to welcome a guest blog post this week from the team at Tested By Tots. Like many, the past few years’ travel plans have been a total write-off, and like most of us, this year is the opportunity to be let out and start exploring again. The countdown to eating my weight in…

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