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The Doctor will tell you what is good for you…

One of the things that nobody warns you about when becoming a parent is the amount of times your child will get ill. The amount of times you will hold a thermometer to their skin, hold a sick bowl or …...

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Heart Healthy Meals This Valentines Day with Waitrose

When Waitrose asked me if I wanted to try out some of their recipes from their Healthy Heart Project I of course said yes! I really love that at a time of year when we are bombarded with adverts for …...

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Breastfeeding Take Two

I remember when I was preparing to breastfeed for the first time I kind of expected it to be easy. I soon found out it wasn’t and this time I went into it fully expecting it to be difficult and …...

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Lots To Look Forward To..

It’s been a while since I wrote on here about how I’m feeling. The past 18 months have been very up and down and unfortunately at times a lot more down than up. BUT finally I’m starting to feel as …...

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Testing Times

Everything’s not always rosy. Having just returned from a family break to a fantastic festival with a hundred smiling photos of us all you would be forgiven for thinking all is happy and well with my...

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Making A Healthy Start With The Green Smoothie Club

Last week a few people that I follow on Twitter were chatting about something called the Green Smoothie Club it was a challenge they were taking part in which involved having a green smoothie each day...

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Nine Months Later..

It’s been over 9 months since I gave birth to our daughter Chloe. It’s a bit of a cliche I know but it really has flown by. Aside from the updates and developments which I will share with you as …...

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The C Word

The C word. I hate it. I hate to hear it in sentences from people I love or to overhear it in coffee shops or pubs. I hate to see it online affecting people. Changing lives. Six letters which can …...

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Crushed Fruit Pouch Review

We have recently been sampling some fruit pouches from Crushed. Crushed UK is the brainchild of two mums: This is what they have to say: “As busy working mums, our families are always on the go....

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Check Out Your Boobies

Boobies, boobs, breasts… Whatever you want to call them. It’s Breast Cancer Awareness month and I only actually remembered to check mine for the first time in a few months yesterday. My mum had breast...

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Depression Is An Illness

A few days ago on Facebook somebody shared this quote which appeared on my timeline: Some people would love your bad days. Now I can understand why some people would like this quote and it doesn’t...

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It’s All About The Food

I spend a large portion of each day thinking about food. Mostly it’s not about eating it luckily but about what I’m going to cook later that day or what I would be rustling up in the kitchen if I had a...

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Warm Spinach, Kale & Bacon Salad

After all the indulgences and heavy meals we have had this winter something it’s nice to enjoy a lighter meal and when I saw the spinach,bacon and pine nut salad from the Jamie Oliver Comfort Book I...

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Are You Getting Enough?

Fruit and Veg that is. Most of us have had it instilled in us over the years that we should be having our five a day but did you know some countries recommend seven a day, ten a day? Japan even...

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Love Soup

There are lots of variations of Love Soup floating about online or in recipe books. The Jack Monroe version is one of my favourites. This is my version of Love Soup ready for Valentines Day next month....

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Thank You For The Day

I am in the midst of depression, post natal depression, severe depression, post traumatic stress..whatever you want call it or label it. It’s astonishing how an illness can totally encompass you. How...

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Things You Need To Know About Depression

Depression…or any mental health issue is still something we try to hide. Whether it’s from the whole world or just the school yard mums or the taxi driver who doesn’t understand why a few harsh words...

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Starting From Scratch – Living With Multiple Allergies

I’ve only really touched on this briefly on the blog so far but Chloe appears to have multiple allergies. At the moment we are Dairy, Gluten, Egg and Soya Free.. We think there could also be more....

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Allergy Friendly Truffle Style Sweets

I made a batch of these rather tasty muffins for Chloe a few days ago and after filling 6 muffin cases there was about a tablespoon of mixture leftover. I could have just eaten it as raw mixture but I...

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Sleep Tips For Adults

Everywhere you look you see guides for how to get your newborn to sleep through the night, or top tips for getting toddlers to stay in bed past 5am. BUT you don’t see that much about adults who...

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