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My top 10 villains in children’s literature

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Would I rather be eaten by Shere Khan or fed to the crocodiles by Captain Hook? Would I rather be snatched by The Child…

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I’ll never forget the gloomy weeks surrounding m

I’ll never forget the gloomy weeks surrounding my first miscarriage. I was on bed rest for a week, in the hope that my twins might make it but they didn’t. Thankfully I had a compassionate boss, and I stayed at home to recover for a few days. Even so, when I returned to the office the following week I was a wreck. I could just about hold it together in front of my colleagues but the sense of loss was still so raw. It was all I could think about really. I felt let down by my body and struggled to think positively about the future. Great news from New Zealand, therefore, that mothers and their partners are being offered bereavement leave. Labour MP Ginny Andersen, who presented the bill, said it would allow parents to come to terms with their loss without being forced to use up their sick leave entitlements. “The grief that comes with miscarriage is not a sickness; it is a loss,” she said. “That loss takes time – time to recover physically and time to recover mentally; time to recover with a partner.” #miscarriage #miscarriageawareness #miscarriagesupport

Last year, while expecting her third baby, @rochel

Last year, while expecting her third baby, @rochellehumes first heard the shocking statistic that a black woman is five times more likely to die during pregnancy, childbirth or the postpartum period than a white woman. Her amazing documentary, The Black Maternity Scandal: Dispatches, is on Channel 4 💫 N O W 💫

Easter 🐣 baking plans? We’ve stocked up on in

Easter 🐣 baking plans? We’ve stocked up on ingredients for these 🐓 cupcakes from Cupcake Magic (you can find the book on Amazon... it’s by Kate Shirazi). Can’t promise ours will look anything like this 🤞. #easterbaking #eastercupcakes #easterchick

👶🏼 loves this purée.
Steam a large carrot 🥕 , a sweet potato 🍠 and 3 baby 🍅 until soft, then blend together with 2 teaspoons of cream cheese and a few basil 🌿 leaves.

Morning workout ... Edgar is owning the yoga mat @

Morning workout ... Edgar is owning the yoga mat @mutusystem

The greatest gift we can give our children is to t

The greatest gift we can give our children is to teach them and show them that ALL their emotions are normal, and that they are all okay.

It is normal to have feelings. 👍

It is good to talk about feelings.👍

It is important to share feelings.👍

Everyone expresses their feelings in their own special way.👍

Imagine how our relationships would be different if we’d grown up receiving the message:

“Off course you feel that way, you are human.”

Like many people I know, I grew up thinking there were three emotions: happy, angry and sad.

Angry wasn’t acceptable, can you calm down please or go to your room until you’ve settled down?

Sad was met with a tissue. (Please wipe the tears away and wash your face).

The goal was always to always be HAPPY!

Unpleasant feelings are a part of living a valuable life but it’s what we do with those difficult feelings and how we learn to regulate them that is key to living with all the ups and downs of our emotional lives.

One thing that has helped me become more emotionally literate has been to develop a more nuanced emotional vocabulary to describe the way I’m actually feeling.
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You’re not sure what day of the week it is but i

You’re not sure what day of the week it is but it doesn’t matter because all the days are the same. 💤 There is work and school and meals and laundry, always laundry. There is nothing to do at weekends, no holidays to look forward to, just going to the common for the 40,000th time.
How to escape the tedium of our lives being in constant pause???
According to author Ilona Bannister, it’s all about escaping to our old selves, our old lives, the ones we took for granted. Eg Wearing your fav lipstick 💄 not because it will make you look better but when you see the lipstick mark on your coffee cup you will see a glimpse of yourself from before. Click #linkinbio to find out more 🤔❤️ Lipstick by
@hermes btw

Peter from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, P

Peter from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Peter from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and Peter from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe #worldbookday 📚 📖 🦁 🧙‍♀️

Took some time out from homeschooling madness to c

Took some time out from homeschooling madness to chat to debut author Ilona Bannister about writing, lockdown parenting, PND, motherhood, careers, all sorts really. It was so nice to speak to another adult!! (And such an interesting one). Please listen to the P O D C A S T (#linkinbio) and read her amazing book, #wheniranaway @ilona.bannister

Newborn baby list ideas 💡 from @palomafaith - o

Newborn baby list ideas 💡 from @palomafaith - on the site today ❤️ #linkinbio

I think we all need a wool armchair rocker like th

I think we all need a wool armchair rocker like this. I’m going to be so sad when he grows out of it. As baby #4, Edgar has a bouncy chair in each room and this is definitely the one that sends him off to sleep the fastest! @wearemokee

🚲 I was shocked to learn that a child requires

🚲 I was shocked to learn that a child requires around FIVE bikes before they can afford to buy their own. That’s a big investment in bikes for us! Which is why I was v interested to hear more about @jointhebikeclub - a subscription service for kids bikes. Read all about it on the site today 🚲

A Valentine’s letter from his teacher made his d

A Valentine’s letter from his teacher made his day♥️ She wrote to each of her pupils congratulating them on their homeschooling work ... for their perseverance, confidence, kindness and independence. Inside the envelope was a sachet of hot chocolate, too 😍 God he’s lucky. She deserves something so much stronger than a hot chocolate for everything she’s done for the class this term. My love and admiration of teachers reaches new levels each day at the moment ❤️

The Complete Guide To Sleep Regression is now on M

Romantic Valentine’s night in? ♥️ If, like m

Romantic Valentine’s night in? ♥️ If, like me, you can’t stand the thought of even thinking what to cook, let alone cooking another meal in your kitchen, here’s an idea... I tried a menu box from @chefs_farms and it was AMAZING .... hot smoked chalk stream trout with Sussex quails eggs 🥚 venison Wellington with celeriac purée 🥚 chocolate fondants .... it was easy, delicious, and so fresh, completely recommend for Valentine’s Day if you’re doing that kind of thing ♥️♥️♥️

Need a good snowsuit in this weather ⛄️ And so

Need a good snowsuit in this weather ⛄️ And some cream for the chapped, winter cheeks. It’s great to get out walking, though, and show him the world 👶🏼 🌎

What kind of parent orders pick & mix in the post?

What kind of parent orders pick & mix in the post? 🤯 But yesterday Alfred had a zoom lecture with the modern day Willy Wonka behind @pick_n_mix_london and twisted my arm. The 🍬 arrived less than 24 hours later and must now be locked in the safe. Still, a great birthday present for his brother who is 5 today 🎁

When your neighbour makes you sourdough and your f

When your neighbour makes you sourdough and your father makes marmalade from Lucy Deedes’ amazing Marmalade book (recommended by @sophiamcoutts) and you’ve just plugged in the new Nespresso. I know, I know, #lockdowncliches

When your friend sends you motivational 🍫 to ge

When your friend sends you motivational 🍫 to get you through homeschooling ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ Thank you @theflutterbee for brightening my day. It’s so nice to get a present! Ps: I’ve recently discovered the Royal Mail’s new parcel collection service ... it’s amazing, you don’t have to queue at the post office, the postman comes to your door and takes the parcel from you!

👶🏼 🍼 Meet the lockdown babies 👶🏼 🍼 How it feels to bring a child into the world during a pandemic 😷 @annatyzack @telegraph

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