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Jude x

A great place to start with the fine and gross motor skills is using shakers and maracas with your little ones. For example, getting them to follow directions – shaking to the left and right, copying a beat, starting and stopping are all simple ways to interact with the instruments.

 This time last year we were in the throws of thinking this new virus would blow over in a few weeks and things would be back to normal by summer at the latest (well that was my naïve take on things  anyway). Fast forward one whole year and here we still are, a little older, a little wiser (sort of), in our new routines and ready to spend another Mother’s Day at home. Last year, Micah was about 4 months old, so my wishlist was to get a shower and get dressed before midday.

Teething.

My least favourite time of mumming. It usually hits just when you think you’ve sorted everything else out – sleeping, eating, even nap times are going smoothly….then BOOM.

It’s that time of year again. The frantic last-minute rush for an outfit. Or questioning your crafting abilities as a WFH parent in between zoom calls. I read that one school isn’t wanting their students to dress up this year but rather decorate a potato as their favourite character…I’m not quite sure which seems more daunting.

First things first, I am no chef. Though, I'd secretly love to be a bit more Nigella with my Micro-wav-ay (if you know, you know) 

My recipe repertoire is pretty limited, my time is in short supply and my energy dwindles as we go through the week! So for our family, quick, easy and tasty is definitely the way to go!

I can’t lie – ok maybe I’ve told the odd fib to my toddler to get him to eat some dinner, or I may have said that the park was closed on more than one occasion – but I really can’t lie about how frustrated and sad I felt when the second lockdown was announced.

Those precious snuggles were incredible in the first few months but I soon realised that actually I needed to get a few things done for my own sanity.

If you read just one book at day to your child, they will have read 1825 books by their 5^th birthday! WOW!

Mama Loves...chalk! My top 3 ideas for using chalk to entertain your little folk! 

Chunky chalk for the win, with lots of ideas that can be rolled out really easily when you need a "go to" game!