If someone asked you where to find real life advice, tips and tales about parenthood today, you’d be forgiven for suggesting Instagram, Tiktok and YouTube as the first ports of call. But look back 15, even 10 years, and the online parenting world was a very different place. Mum bloggers ruled the roost, using WordPress and Facebook (the mother of…
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Ah trolls. They really are a special breed of bully. Keyboard warriors of the worst kind, who hide behind the anonymity of their computer screens, posting hateful comments to complete strangers for nothing more than their own amusement. Until recently, I’ve been lucky enough to avoid the trolls’ gaze on the most part. And yet, the amount of abuse I…
View PostExactly two years ago today, I published my first ever blog post as YOU THE DADDY. It wasn’t anything special. Just a marker in the sand, talking about how excited/terrified I was at the prospect of becoming a father. As I said, it really was nothing special. But it was a start. We’d found out we were expecting our first…
View PostFor this latest instalment of my new interview series with some of my favourite Insta pals, I’m pumped to share with you my recent ramble chat with the brilliant Anna Whitehouse and Matt Farquharson; affectionately known to us all as the ultimate parenting tag team, Mother Pukka and Papa Pukka. These two, who are nowadays the veritable King and Queen…
View PostFor the second instalment of my new interview series with some of my favourite Insta chums, I’m excited to share with you my recent ramble chat with the one and only Sarah Turner – affectionately known and loved the world over as The Unmumsy Mum – giving her first exclusive interview since announcing that she’s pregnant for the third (“and…
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