Is it possible to get out on the wrong side of bed? Is laughter really contagious? Can you control positivity and negativity? Annie Ridout explores these ideas, using her daughter as a guinea pig (kind of)…
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“Our approach to home education is very relaxed whereas some of our friends follow a more formal approach,” says Francesca. She talks us through their decision to homeschool, how they make it work and what friends and family think…
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At six months old, Ivy started having seizures. Tests revealed she had epilepsy and lissencephaly; a life-limiting neurological condition. Her mother, Emma Pelstead, tells us about the insensitively delivered diagnosis, and how life (particularly nights) are impacted…
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Until you have a baby in your arms, it is hard to know how you will take to motherhood. But one thing is for sure: you will need support – and lots of it. Here, Annie Ridout discusses the fact that it really does take a village to raise a child…
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“Art was not considered to be of much practical use in India when I was growing up,” says Pragya Agarwal. But inspired by her creative mother and arts-focused private school, she pursued a career as an architect and printmaker. She has three daughters (including one-year-old twins)…
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“Soren’s birth was an incredible experience – both empowering and terrifying – and it totally changed my perspective on childbirth.” We hear from Scottish mum-of-four and writer Ali Millar about being a single mum, remarrying and the different stages of motherhood…
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“My kids mainly wear dresses. The longer and frillier, the better! I love collecting special pieces for them.” Mum of two girls Rebecca O’Brien (house_of_douglas on Instagram) talks family life with The Early Hour…
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“Our vintage little people town and play kitchen are high on the boys’ lists of favorites. I try to sit back and watch their imagination wander,” says full time mum-of-two and blogger Lindsey Badenhop (lindseybadenhop on Instagram)…
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“I found the birth exhilarating. Exhausting. But at the same time, it filled me with complete amazement and pride at the strength that my wife showed during the labour and at the sight of an actual human emerging from her lady parts.” Dad-of-one Giles Alexander on fatherhood…
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“I have a very complicated birth story. I had a brain haemorrhage at 30 weeks so I had to have an elective caesarean at 35 weeks. I feel no shame in having had a caesarean… I don’t feel any less like a women.” Kelly Ekardt, founder of girlstalktoboys, shares her motherhood truths…