- Archive for November, 2011

At least once a week a report is published, and taken out of context by the media, on parenting, child birth or children that really annoys me.  Last week it was championing Ceasareans rejoicing in the fact that all women should be able to have one if they ‘want’ one – obviously they have not spoken to any women who ...

This photo manipulating thing is so much fun!  If you haven't had a go yet, may I recommend popping to fivegoblogging for an explanation and to see more of us Picnik-a-holics! For this weeks entry I took a photo in the grounds of Clare College, Cambridge. Here it is pre-treatment: ...and here it is once I had given it the Picnik treatment: Well, that was ...

Daddy took munchkin to Richmond park and these are his photos.   I know you all know this, but kids LOVE the outdoors and it is brilliant to get them running, jumping and exploring outside as often as possible. That is why I have joined us up to Country Kids again this week.  It is such a great reminder to us all that it ...

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OK, so the last time I got properly ranty on More Than A Mum was about breastfeeding and people’s, frankly bloody silly attitude towards breastfeeding in public. Well, @plus2point4 just made me aware of Facebook’s removal of photos from Beautiful Breastfeeding’s page for being “sexually inappropriate” and I’ve just got to get ranty again. Sorry if I’m being repetitive. Beautiful Breastfeeding ...

So, I’ve been wondering what to write all day. What do More Than a Mum readers want to read on a Friday? Then, as I was cooking dinner, it came to me... Friday Night Curry. If you’re on a budget, the Friday night take away can be the first thing to go and if you want to eat a family meal ...

Is it too early to have a Christmas themed blog post? I hope not. I usually gage it by the Christmas lights being switched on in shopping centres so it seems to have officially started in some parts. I have an axe to grind, a bug to bear, a rant to rave…. Now when in my pre-parent ...

It's that time of the week again (at last...) SNAP SLAPPERS!  This time I've chosen a photo taken a few weeks ago at Kew Gardens.  A lovely autumnal shot from those lovely warm autumn days we had in early October.  Then I've messed with the colours.   ...and just so you know, this is what I started with:  

            Well, we are truly honoured to have been given 2 such a lovely awards and would like to thank our families, our agents... etc etc etc (cue Gwyneth style tears). We are pleased to have been called Versatile – think it may mean that there are many uses for our blog: read it, fall asleep to it, print in and use ...

So far here at more than a mum, we have focused on toddlers and Mums.  That is where Loretta and I are at with our own parenting.  Today, I want to discuss something for parents of older children: school parents’ evenings As you may know I (Ruth) am a secondary school teacher and recently when attending a Mums get together, I ...