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I must admit I thought I had a bit more time on this one so I was taken  back when my sister informed that Bear Cub had asked her, ‘Aunty, why doesn’t my daddy live with me?’ He has a very close relationship with my sister and will often ask her ‘life questions’.   At three and a half we are ...

So I see myself as a pretty strong-minded, independent single-mum. Definitely one that can holiday on her own and even look forward to it.  Well it seems I was WRONG!  I have not long come back from a week in Cornwall with Bear Cub - only our second ever holiday just the two of us.  To say it was a ...

On the women’s show at the radio station where I work today I heard a really interesting debate.  It was sparked from a small article in today’s Metro (free commuter newspaper) on 24 hour childcare.  According to the article parents could soon drop-off their children at 24-hour crèches because of increasingly antisocial work hours.  Apparently, the idea follows the growing ...

Have you heard of model, Arizona Muse? Well I hadn’t until this week and I usually don’t have too much time for models but this is one lady who in my opinion is a great ‘role’ model for mums and firmly ticks our ‘More than a Mum’ boxes. Not only is Arizona a mum to three year old son, Nikko, but ...

      We've been tagged in A Mother’s Work Meme by Musings from a Mum. The Meme was established by Mother. Wife. Me and Pret-A-Mummy to discuss whether or not society values and supports mothers. It's right up our street so we were more than happy to take part.  Loretta blogged on a similar theme recently on the soaring costs of childcare so ...

When the big news story this week was about parents being priced out of childcare by soaring fees - I knew I had to blog about it. Figures published by the Daycare Trust show families with a child under two are being charged more than £100 for part-time care every week. The total rises to almost £130 in London and the ...

Ooh we do love a good meme here at MTAM and this week we were tagged by the lovely ‘Mummy of many talents’ (Claire Sarcone aka @clairelouise82) So here are Claire’s 11 questions that I’m (Loretta) to answer: 1)    If you had the power to make one thing better, what would it be? Ok so I’m going to sound a bit like a ...

[caption id="attachment_141" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Not scared in the slightest!!!!!!"][/caption] One of the constant dilemmas I face as a single-mum to my 2 year-old bear-cub is how much negative emotion to try to ‘hide’ from him.  The other day we found a huge spider in his bedroom and I tried to calmly explain that we needed to take him outside so he ...