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If you have followed me for a while now, you will know that Jake started school last September and that the transition has been somewhat difficult for both of us. The daily school runs, the intensity of school work, the extra intensity of homework, the tiredness, the endless stuff coming through on parentmail… Urgh, it’s been overwhelming. Once the Christmas holidays hit we were most definitely all done in. Continue reading “Using Mindfulness To Achieve Some Zen After School” →

I Don’t Agree With Primary School Homework And Here’s Why

blackboard with the words homework written on it

I've not had any experience with Primary Schools since I was in one myself which, er, is a while back Read more

Why We Are Taking Our Child Out Of School To Go On Holiday

mum and child in the sea at sunset on holiday

Ok, so as you know by now we are off to Florida in March. What I haven't mentioned is the Read more

What To Really Expect When Your Child Starts School

Ok, we have survived a term and school is now back after the Christmas break. So, after going through what Read more

Everybody Told Me To Prepare My Child For School… But Nobody Prepared Me!

School. It was something I was dreading. The main reason being because I knew I was going to miss my Read more

Just the other day my sister said to me, ‘You’re not as stressy as you were the first time around’ and she is completely right. I’m not. It is very different when you have the second child. Yes, I am exhausted, yes I still lose my shit but I don’t get worked up in the same way as I did as a first time Mum and I certainly don’t over the same things. You see, I have learnt a very important lesson in the (almost) last 5 years, that sometimes you just need to let it go. Continue reading “Why It’s Not as Stressy Having the Second Child” →