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Top five ridiculous things people have said to me about my children

I generally like to keep things positive here at emhawkerblog. Tales of my children, the renovation, odes to chocolate, and the occasional song rewrite. But I'm running on empty at the moment. Short on sleep, short of temper, and short on tales of ...

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Toddlers don’t speak logic

We all know that toddlers can throw tantrums sometimes.Tantrums about big things. Tantrums about little things.Tantrums about nothing. Absolutely nothing. No warning, no reasoning; just kicking and screaming on the floor for seventy ...

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The hardest part of the morning routine is…

You wake up. It's 6.00am.You can't hear your baby crying. He's still asleep.You can't hear your toddler playing. She's still asleep.You can hear your husband breathing regularly. Inhale, exhale. He's still asleep.You think you should get up and have ...

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You shouldn’t procrastinate because it’s (finish this title later)

You shouldn’t procrastinate because it’s (finish this title later)

Last week was a week of to-do lists.A week of writing them.Not a week of completing items on them.I seemed to forget that simply writing down what I need to do isn't the same as doing them. It's not even getting halfway there.It's just yet ...

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Kids can be adorable

Kids can be adorable

I can read your minds. "Another post about Ashleigh being cute. ENOUGH ALREADY!"But don't sigh. Don't groan. Ashleigh may appear in this one, but the star of today's little recap is someone I don't even know. I met him at the train station this ...

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I am a stay-at-home mum

This isn't something new I've learnt today, but is something that was driven home when I became disproportionately excited about something I purchased recently.Which inspired me to create this list.10 signs you're a stay-at-home mum:You're excited by ...

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Hi! I’m Emily

I parent. I write. I blog. I play with words and numbers in my head. Constantly. It's crowded in there.

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