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frankly frankensteined out
Filed Under faces & places, judgy mummy | October 31, 2010
So this weekend (in addition to Halloween) we threw our daughter a Halloween-themed seventh birthday soiree. She’d been inspired by The Little Monsters Cookbook and chosen a selection of spookily themed food from the book for the party’s menu. And here’s my guilty admission, we say we test everything we write about before we cover [...]
fear vs. play
Filed Under faces & places, guest bloggers, judgy mummy | July 9, 2010
There are innumerable things parents begin to fear once two becomes three (or four, or, five, or, well, you’re downright brave.) Fear of them hurting themselves, fear of someone hurting them, fear of them shoving something up their nose, fear of. . .playing? It’s summertime and while the sun is just starting to show it, [...]
it’s all swings and roundabouts
Filed Under faces & places, guest bloggers, judgy mummy | August 20, 2009
Today’s post comes from Eleanor Nickerson, the brains (and mama) behind Swings and Roundabouts, a blog which she launched when her young son and her went on a mission to find the best playgrounds in their city of Victoria. Now Eleanor’s extended her mission all across BC, and she’s looking for other mothers (and fathers) [...]
judgement day
Filed Under judgy mummy, parenting | June 17, 2009
I’ve been guest blogging on Canadian Family Magazine’s Family Jewels Blog this week. I took the opportunity of having a different forum to explore a topic I’ve been thinking a lot about lately – the whole judgy mummy syndrome. If you’re a mama, or you’ve ever judged a mama, you know exactly what I’m talking [...]
