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Robyn

Feb 15, 20203 min read

TO BUMSHUFFLE OR TO CRAWL?

A critical question for an almost one year old. The answer in this instance is to shuffle her wee butt around with daily increasing...

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Robyn

Aug 4, 20193 min read

REMEMBER THE MOMENTS

Because there were some beautiful ones. But holidays with three small children, they're hard work. This was not a holiday that's going...

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Robyn

Jun 21, 20193 min read

THE FAMILY BASKET

Time to put the moses basket back in the loft. I wonder when it'll come down again. When I was pregnant with Sally, mum asked if I...

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Robyn

Jun 5, 20194 min read

BABY GEEK

That would be me - not the actual baby. Although this is a picture of the baby being geeked which I know is off topic, but she's so...

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Robyn

May 2, 20193 min read

BATTLES WITH PLASTIC: NEW STUFF

I got some goodies from Klean Kanteen Pip needed a drinks bottle and the Lifeventure flask I bought about five years ago has lost part of...

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Robyn

Apr 27, 20193 min read

ITS REAL NAPPY WEEK!

What good timing with all the climate change activism happening at the moment. I've written about why I like cloth nappies a couple of...

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Robyn

Apr 18, 20193 min read

TWO POUND ADVENTURES

Woodland trails at Basildon Park. Three pounds, a map for a route around a field and a Cadbury's Easter Egg at the end? No thank you. ...

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Robyn

Apr 17, 20192 min read

EASTER BISCUITING

Seriously, how long are these holidays? These are some of the things that happened when I decided to make biscuits with the small people....

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Robyn

Apr 12, 20195 min read

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TOES

This morning Sally asked me if I would paint her toe nails, I had no particular reason to refuse and it seemed a suitable carrot to hold...

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Robyn

Apr 6, 20194 min read

BATTLES WITH PLASTIC

CHEEKY WIPES - These ought to be mandated for all new parents. These arrived in the post this week. They are the best. They are also...

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Robyn

Apr 2, 20194 min read

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

On Wednesday morning this week, Pip pulled one of his socks off and told me he had crayon on his toes. He was half right, I suspected it...

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Robyn

Mar 23, 20194 min read

BAKING MADNESS

No, the other way around. Baking to keep me sane. I fall in and out of being a regular baker. I've been rather better at it over the...

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Robyn

Mar 22, 20193 min read

A FORTNIGHT OF FIRST

And a few lasts too. This having a new number three baby is an odd thing. It wasn't until I had Pip that I realised that I really liked...

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Robyn

Mar 6, 20193 min read

A NEW NORMAL

As I write this wind is lashing at the window and the sky is the gloomiest early March can muster. This time last week, it was the last...

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Robyn

Feb 16, 20193 min read

TO MY HUSBAND

Sometimes I forget to tell my husband how excellent he is. Well, actually, I tell him quite a lot, but to draw a comparison from the last...

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Robyn

Feb 1, 20193 min read

BEST LAID PLANS AND ALL THAT JAZZ.

Last week I was trying to do to much. Now I'm supposed to be doing nothing at all. You think you know what you're doing. You think...

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Robyn

Jan 20, 20194 min read

BIG BOY BED AND MUSICAL FURNITURE

New beds have arrived and I'm starting to freak out about the arrival of baby three. Things always happen in an awkward order and there...

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Robyn

Dec 30, 20183 min read

DEAR MELISSA AND DOUG

We love you; why don't you like us enough to give us lids? I really don't get it. The boxes are nice and wooden and contain all manner...

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LESS NASTY IN THE BATHROOM - THE CHILDREN

Robyn

Dec 29, 20183 min read

LESS NASTY IN THE BATHROOM - THE CHILDREN

It doesn't get me any points in the battles against plastic, but it is a tick in the smaller, nicer companies column - Childs Farm sell...

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Robyn

Dec 21, 20184 min read

A COUPLE OF BOOKS

Penelope Lively - again - How it all Began & Roald Dahl's My Uncle Oswald Sometimes there are days that are just a bit less hard. ...

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