New posts 28th April - 4th May 2013

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1.30 in the afternoon and no one else has posted yet. What am I missing? Here's my post on a new campfire campsite in North Somerset - nothing witty about it just good, straight forward information for anyone who enjoys camping!

How Much Sleep Does Your Child Get? Is It Enough?

Why thank you fcknits . Chuffed that you like it.
Good idea too on your post!

Hello fellow bloggers.

This week i'm blogging all about my son being 11 weeks old already; www.mrsshilts.co.uk/2013/04/11-weeks-on/

Why do they grow up so quickly?

Feel kind of bad blogging this one but hey, it's all true! Parenting Fail at The National Trust sigh, I'm never going to be one of those bloggers people aspire to be at this rate!!

The second part of my interview with an adoptive mother describes some hard hitting challenges, and how they were faced. Any prospective adopter should take note.

TWO posts from me-a recent one on spring cleaning and one from yesterday with a product review

I stewed the shit out of some Rhubarb the other day- it was good!

rhubarb stewbarb

This month on fancy dress and a consideration of the public reaction to 'Nutellaing-up' a child

As a busy mum I often feel I'm short of time. Anyone else feel the same?

My blog this week takes a look at four ways we can manage our time better and reclaim some elusive hours. bit.ly/103SH7P

Reasons why I never had sex with Keanu Reeves in the nineties

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A new blog post about our morning:

Spring on The Southbank: Tate Modern and Borough Market with babies and toddlers

How many eggs are in our nestbox?

An Auction to Remember - Charity auction in memory of Matilda Mae and in support of The Lullaby Trust - amummysview.com/2013/05/02/an-auction-to-remember/

Meningitis: Keep Watching - amummysview.com/2013/05/01/meningitis-keep-watching/

Stokke BeSafe Izi Go Car Seat Review - amummysview.com/2013/04/29/stokke-besafe-izi-go-car-seat-review/

The local council has just applied for city of culture status, however I've discovered that we already have a new type of city status here, [http://craftsonsea.co.uk/?p=1258 cardboard city status]]

Argh, stupid me http://craftsonsea.co.uk/?p=1258 getting cardboard city status

Oh for gods sake it's to early for this, must preview!!! link here take pity on me, yeah??!

Some thoughts on saving money from me - Here

Third post of the week is a list of ideas to help people with an adoptive child moving in - I hope it will help some people - click here

Facy a bit of culture? Here's the lowdown on the Pompeii exhibition at the British Museum

Something that struck me on hearing an interview about Stuart Hall herbsandhags.blogspot.co.uk/

Interactive board books for babies

Hoping to have a decent summer, drinking lovely drinks in the garden...

My recipe for Lavender and Elderflower lemonade.

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Looking for a non messy craft

The latest in a series of blog posts about my Easter tour of Luxembourg by camper van - a post in praise of Luxembourg's own language (yes, it HAS got one, and very lovely it is too!)

Luxembourg's crowning glory

And like the previous post, further evidence of my bitterness at UK education system not doing enough to teach our children the joy of learning foreign languages!

I found a solution for displaying the girls' copious amounts of 'art', and I just love it:
Kitchen corner