- Posts Tagged ‘Christmas’

So, it’s Christmas Eve and hopefully I am all ready for the big day tomorrow.  Munchkin is very excited and luckily for us nursery sent home the letter to Father Christmas requesting two specific books which she wanted. They would have remained unbought had the clever nursery staff not sent the letter to us to forward to the big FC ...

Does a glass of wine once the children are in bed affect the way you parent? Alcohol, the festive season and parenting. There is always an increase in awareness campaigns around alcohol in the run up to Christmas and this year is no different. This year, however, a campaign in Scotland is said to be aimed at parents.  Are we the worst ...

This week the Mothers' Union urged parents to ditch the Christmas list as we approach the most commercialised time of year.  With growing financial pressures on families, Mother's Union have launched their 'Labelled for Life' guide which aims to help parents deal with the commercial influences on family life. To mark the launch, Mothers’ Union commissioned a survey into Christmas pressures ...

Well, I don't know about you, but I have one excited Munchkin this year.  Christmas is coming, and we are definitely aware that that's a good thing!  Last year when asked what she wanted for Christmas, Munchkin (whose life was still measured in months, rather than years!) simply requested cake!  This year we wrote to Father Christmas and asked for face ...

Firstly I would like to apologise to Not Just a Mummy for our tardiness in addressing this very worthwhile post.  The idea of this post is to list the things that you'd like for Christmas, that money can't buy and it's a tough one to do without sounding trite or hackneyed, but here is my attempt. 1) Smiles.  The thing that I am ...

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 ...