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Jon's Blog: Change is here to stay

It wasn't quite a New Year's resolution as I don't tend to go in for those (why not try to tweak things as you go along?).  But I had thought to myself that I should try and be usefu... Read More

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Jonathan's blog: Prem - part II

Trigger warning: premature birth  Life with a pretermer baby was hard enough. When our baby daughter Isabella arrived at an exceptionally early 24 weeks, as I described in my previous blo... Read More

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Dan's blog: Baffled by boxes

Christmas is a magical time of year for children, when the Big Man in Red wriggles down the chimney to deliver presents to good little boys and girls. I have fond memories of shooting downstairs on C... Read More

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Addy's blog: The power of three

My life seems to be made up of “threes” recently.   Most of you probably know my personal story to date from a previous blog, I’ve got cancer and so far have had 5.5 weeks... Read More

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Paula's blog: Does she still believe?

And the Christmas clock is ticking. This year, I find myself feeling incredibly disorganised. The in- and out-of-school commitments seem to multiply as the kids get older – Christmas production... Read More

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Barbara's blog: Have yourself a merry little Christmas…

Is anybody else buckling under the pressure of Christmas expectations? A flurry of demands that start to simmer around October, when the days get shorter and colder and the shops are poised on the st... Read More

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Caroline's blog: Seasonal countdowns

Hey ho, hey ho, it’s into Advent we go! The Christmas countdown is certainly apace. We’ve started scanning Amazon for present ideas and refining our story ahead of the annual inquisition ... Read More

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Ana's blog: The menopause.... please keep reading!

I know it’s an uncomfortable topic which is not often talked about – that’s why I want to write about it. I attended an event hosted by Aviva last week (thank you) and realised how ... Read More

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Freddy's blog: Make the most of it

A new phase of family life will begin in a couple of weeks when my wife goes back to work part-time after maternity leave. With over 13 months off, she’s made the most of it (a line from Elmer ... Read More

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Lucy's blog: Clown Day

I check my phone and see an email from school. The sort of email every working parent dreads. “Sorry for the short notice..” it begins, and things don’t get better from there. It is... Read More

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Jonathan's blog: Prem

When your wife is pregnant, as a prospective father there are million and one things rushing through your anxiety ridden brain. A preterm baby is not one of them. Dealing with this level of trauma wh... Read More

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Angel's blog: Back to work – Stop the worry.

  I recently returned to the city after a wonderful one year of maternity leave. This was my second maternity leave but for some reason, this time around the nervous feeling before the retu... Read More

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Dolly's blog: Power

August hadn’t gone well. In fact life in general seemed to have taken a distinct turn for the worse. The work/life scales were heavily overloaded on both sides and frankly it was taking its tol... Read More

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Linda's blog: Back to school

Like many of us with school age children, we have started the autumn term and come back to earth with a bit of a bump. Although we didn't go away this summer we went out on various day trips, saw... Read More

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Jon's Blog: Happy Part-timeiversary

Last August, I decided to go part-time, dropping down to a four-day week.  A number of the females in our team have being doing that for some time now, and our team leader is very supportive, so... Read More

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Kemi's blog: Flexible working

Since becoming a parent, I was very thankful when my younger son stopped breastfeeding at 11 months and moved into his own room, I was thankful when my older son got accepted into his first school ch... Read More

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Dan's blog: Routine

I’m sure that many of you reading this have some kind of routine established with your children – set times of day when you get them up, have food, get them ready for school (or similar),... Read More

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Addy's blog: The "C" word

Trigger warning: serious illness  Most people hate hearing the “C” word, and get very angry and upset when it’s said. But I'm going to say it, here on this blog. I h... Read More

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Michael's blog: “Are you going to have a second?”

It’s a balmy summer evening and I’m lying on my acupuncturist’s couch in leafy suburban London. I’ve got needles stuck in me and tears running down my face. We’ve just h... Read More

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Katie’s blog: Anyone else with children starting Reception t...

I have been chuckling at the assumption that life gets ‘easier’ when children start school and that juggling home and work becomes simpler. My juggling skills seem to have reached another... Read More

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Peace's blog: Summer of gluttony

"Mummy, there's nothing in the house!" As some parents may be able to relate to, sometimes it feels as though children's appetites grow exponentially at certain times of the ye... Read More

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Freddy's blog: Sunscreen

Ladies and gentlemen of the class of ‘19 - that’s the preschool class - if I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. We’re in the south of France, w... Read More

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Dolly's blog: It’s another kids’ party and I’ll cry if I wan...

I am so over kids’ parties.    Even when I was a kid they caused me trauma.   Not being invited confirmed my gnawing fear that I didn’t fit in, but being invited was e... Read More

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Caroline's blog: Learning the hard way

They say that if you can’t be a good example, then you’ll just have to be a horrible warning. Sadly, it was into this second category that our recent au-pair experience fell. Whilst we ca... Read More

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Addy's blog: The little things in life....

I recently went to a WorkLife Central lunchtime seminar on Stress and Burnout and realised that I was very stressed and running dangerously close to burning out. One thing that really resonated with ... Read More

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Hayley's blog: Holidays: Social media v reality

With summer holiday season almost upon us, I have found an unpublished blog I wrote last summer after returning from holidays (I hope you don’t mind the recycling!)  I had just finish... Read More

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Rosie's blog: Demob happy?

The youngest son breaks up for school at the beginning of July for a full 8 weeks of kicking back and doing nothing (at least in his opinion). Think of the fortnights of Fortnite and other incredible... Read More

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James' blog: Moving in-house

For a number of reasons, it became apparent last year that I wasn’t going to progress in my then-current role.  When I had originally applied for the position my employer had been sceptica... Read More

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Marva's blog: Only the Brave (or Stupid!)

Three months ago, I decided to take the semi-calculated risk of leaving my current employer, without having a job-offer in place for another position.  For a single parent, with ever-increa... Read More

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Peace's blog: Have you been pwned?

At a recent parent teacher information session, the Headteacher discussed the importance of online safety and safe guarding procedures that have been put in place for the pupils. I found that the ses... Read More

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