motherhood - Polly Jemima

Admitting you can’t do it all – when you feel like you’re failing

As I’m writing this, it’s Saturday night. My husband is at work, the littlest two asleep, the bigger two in their beds reading. I’ve been busy all day, ‘Autumn Cleaning’...

Summer Reading Challenge

We’re a family of book lovers. G and I have always loved to read, and I’m so glad we’ve passed that love on to our kiddos. People who visit our...

Summer Bucket List {and free printable}

Summer is finally here, we’re wrapping up a few homeschool projects and the like before we head fully into summer mode. While obviously we’re not tied to school holidays, we...

Top tips for taking babies/toddlers to a festival

We’re gearing up for festival season here. First up is Camp Bestival – and we can’t wait {well…. I’m not looking forward to the long drive there!} This will be Beastie’s...

5 tips for entertaining a toddler on a long train journey

As I don’t drive, we’re pretty used to traveling by train. I’ve been taking the girls down to Kent to my sisters since Baya was a baby, and if we...

5 ideas for ‘Mummy-Daughter Time’

Mummy-daughter time – is it something that you schedule in? I’m lucky to have four children, four fab children that I get to spend all day every day with. While...

25 Rainy Day Activities

Living in Wales we’re used to lots of rainy days. While sometimes we don’t have a choice but to go out and about, and some days we don’t mind going...

10 ways to keep a toddler busy

If you have a toddler in the house you’ll know just how active they are! They love to keep you on your toes morning, noon and night. While Vega has...

20 things that go through my mind during nightfeeds

He’s so cute…. I love these quiet times at night when it’s just me and him Awake again?! He can’t seriously be hungry already.. I’m never going to get a...

Things I never thought I’d do before I was a Mama

First off, I always said I’d never be a Mama, but now that I am {four times over} there are many things that I thought I’d never do that I...

Babies, sleep and stressed out Mama’s!

Ah! Sleep… it’s one of those things that you don’t know how much you love until suddenly it vanishes! Whoever said ‘sleeping like a baby’ had obviously not met too...

6 Ideas to fill Treasure Baskets to keep your little one entertained

Creating treasure baskets for babies and 6 ideas of what to fill them with

I do have a little bit {or maybe a lot} of love for baskets! Really, though – in a house full of children, baskets are a life-saver. In the playroom...

My Top Indoor Activities for a Rainy Day with the Kids

Here in not-always-so-sunny North Wales, I try to get the kids outside as often as possible. Enjoying the great outdoors is a big part of learning about the world, so...

Bedtime routines in our house

Someone asked me the other day what time our kiddos went to bed, and seemed surprised that they went so late. Right now, the three girls ‘go’ to bed around...

The mother’s guide to essential oils

Many people are turning to alternative medicine for techniques to use alongside conventional medicine, especially for aches and pains. The use of essential oils is one such example. Essential oils...

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