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Christmas: How to cope when it isn’t your turn to have the kids

December 30, 2017 By Ellen

I wrote this a couple of Christmases ago and I was reminded of it when I saw another mum chum going through similar this year.  Every other year Boys One and Two spend Christmas with their dad. We’ve been doing it this way for 15 years now. So that’s around seven December 25ths I’ve spent […]

Filed Under: boys, children, Christmas, divorce, family, family blended family, modern life, other things I have learned, planning, separation Tagged With: Christmas, divorce, family, festive, mum, single parent

The parenting milestones no one tells you about

December 18, 2017 By Ellen

It’s possible that before you conceive your first child, milestones are just those old things beside the road or on the set of a panto. Somewhere that Mr Whittington does his turning. You know? But that doesn’t last long. Soon everything is measured out and ticked off – compared to the average, or to her […]

Filed Under: boys, family, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: boys, children, family, humour, in my life, milestones, mum, My Life, parenthood, things I've learned

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