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There’s no denying that pregnancy and childbirth has the potential to change your body – but it shouldn’t be seen as a negative (Picture: Rosemary Calvert) As a society, we are very aware of the changes a woman’s body goes through during pregnancy – however, less is said about what comes after. It’s inevitable that…
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Every night, we’d giggle away as we arranged him into different situations (Picture: Alamy Stock Photo) ‘Look at what your elves have brought you!’ I gasped to my two children, Theo, five, and Immy, three. They’d just got out of the bath on Christmas Eve last year and, as is our tradition, there was a new pair…
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‘Ah Zach, my favourite child,’ the 33-year-old mum-of-four was recorded saying (Picture: Joe Maher/Getty Images for The Peanut App) I’d pick running over swimming any day of the week, I prefer wearing dresses to jeans and I’m partial to pasta rather than pizza. All my friends know I’d go for tea over coffee, I’d choose…
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It’s snowing. (Picture: Metro.co.uk) It’s freezing. And while kids may have got a snow day (slackers), the news certainly hasn’t. And how could it? With Harry and Meghan finally getting to enjoy their private lives on Netflix and every single sector of British infrastructure going on strike, there’s been loads to write about. Of course,…
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We created something truly unique (Picture: Getty Images) As my fellow founder and I opened the doors of our new co-working nursery, I felt like my dreams were coming true. Watching our first customers arrive, pushing prams laden with laptops, nappy bags and little children, I had no idea at that moment that we would…
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By the time her children come home from school, Lisa Clarke’s stomach is rumbling madly. She often feels sick and faint from hunger. Even so, the mum-of-two tries to resist opening the fridge or food cupboard. If she does need to eat she’ll choose toast. ‘It’s just a bit of bread and butter,’ she explains….
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Would you be happy to swap? (Picture: TikTok @annalyncook) When it comes to plane seats do you swap or not swap? The debate has fiercely divided the internet, but one mum thinks she had cracked the code. Typically the plane seat debate centres around mothers or families with young children who ask people to swap…
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As I quickly found out, double the babies meant double the work (Picture: Sarah Whiteley) With their multi-millions, private planes and lavish houses, feeling sorry for one of the Kardashian klan wasn’t something I ever imagined myself doing. But when Kylie opened up to her sister Kendall on a recent episode of The Kardashians saying…
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As someone who still can’t believe I can now walk into a local high street beauty store and buy more than one foundation colour, and that we’re getting a Black Doctor Who, I understand why people might think that things have changed for Black people in the UK since I was a child. Growing up, Stephen…
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A sleep schedule is important for children’s return back to school (Picture: Getty) When your children are in their school routine, everything feels settled and flowing. Add a couple of half terms to the mix and the Christmas holidays and suddenly there seems to be a spanner in the works at bedtime; their sleep routine….
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