parenting Archives - Who's the Mummy?

Catching the Bus: 5 Tips to Make Kids Confident

by Sally | Nov 21, 2017 | Parenting | 2 |

Flea is 12 now and I’m fully aware it’s time to start helping her become more...

7 Things that will Definitely Happen in Year 7

by Sally | Aug 29, 2017 | Parenting | 7 |

So your precious baby is about to start Year 7, and secondary school? Get ready. I say get ready...

How Secondary School Changed my Daughter

by Sally | May 4, 2017 | Parenting | 9 |

Sometimes in parenting, there are moments that make you stop in your tracks. “Holy Hell, how...

A Mum in a Million

by Sally | Mar 13, 2017 | Product Reviews | 6 |

On Mother’s Day, there’s a story I love to tell our family about my Mum. I was...

Looking after a Sick Child

by Sally | Jan 5, 2017 | Parenting | 12 |

We were just arriving home from a day out, and a quick visit to my brother’s house yesterday...

What Not to say to Single Parents

by Sally | Nov 20, 2016 | Rants and Rambles | 23 |

Every once in a while, one of my married friends will tell me that they are “single...

How to Help Girls Prepare for Their First Period

by Sally | Oct 7, 2016 | Parenting | 6 |

Are you staring down the barrel of your daughter’s first period? My last year of primary...

The Year of Lasts.

by Sally | Mar 24, 2016 | Parenting, Rants and Rambles | 13 |

We were driving to school this morning when it occurred to me. This is the last school run...

The Half Term That Wasn’t

by Sally | Feb 21, 2016 | Parenting | 10 |

It’s been a long week. Life took an unexpected turn, as it does, and I ended up flat...

Already?

by Sally | Oct 13, 2010 | Parenting | 21 |

Flea’s growing up. It’s rather inconvenient, not least because we had to trawl into the school uniform shop today when I realised she couldn’t bend over in her school pinafore without showing the world her Buzz Lightyear...

Magical Moments of Parenting #101: Bedtime

by Sally | Sep 21, 2009 | Parenting | 10 |

I was just lowering the blind in Flea’s room last night after her bath and bedtime story, when Flea quietly says “Excuse me, Mummy…”I look down on her, all snuggled up in her duvet, hair smelling of Johnson’s shampoo,...

Pirate swords and burglars’ hats: that’s what little girls are made of

by Sally | Sep 17, 2009 | Parenting | 16 |

When I found out I was expecting a girl, I was dreading the idea of having one of those little girls who likes princesses and glitter and sparkles. I’m just not sure how I’d relate to that child, frankly. I’ve only worn a dress...