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‘Please don't cough at school’ - cautiously returning to routine

Routine returned to our house last week and never before have I taken such pleasure in packing a lunch, setting an alarm and rushing everyone out the door for 9am. I returned to the office in Carrick-on-Shannon, my eldest went back to school, my ...

12 Sept 2020 at 13:00

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Leitrim Mammy Diaries: This is not Armageddon - spend your time wisely

Two to three weeks off work, to be spent at home, with nothing to do - would have been celebrated as a holiday not so long ago. But now because it is imposed upon us it sounds like a nightmare. Strange how context changes everything. Schools in ...

18 Mar 2020 at 13:11

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Leitrim Mammy Diaries: Making special time for one-to-one with your child

Last week I took my five-year-old to London for a three day break - that statement alone can bring out a mix of emotions and opinions in parents, some good, some bad and some quite ugly. But I am here to tell you it was amazing, and it was the ...

06 Mar 2020 at 09:00

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Leitrim Mammy Diaries: Alexa, put the kids to bed and stick on the kettle

Alexa, can you read the bedtime book for the tenth time? Ok Google, remind the kids why we need to get our shoes on and be at school for 9am. Alexa, can you please teach my two-year old his colours. Ok Google, please decide who started the ...

14 Feb 2020 at 10:00

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Leitrim Mammy Diaries: New baby visiting restrictions at home

A number of babies have been born into my close family and friend circle recently, it really does feel like a baby boom with my house once again filled with tiny baby clothes tied up in ribbons of pink and blue (no gender fluid babies yet!...

26 Jan 2020 at 18:00

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Leitrim Mammy Diaries: Prepare for late night canvassers at your door

Explaining elections to a five-year-old is no mean task. But I think the hard work was worth the effort and I have designated her as the point of contact for all canvassers to our home. Like most family houses on a school night, when the ...

02 Feb 2020 at 11:23

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Go with the flow ... tips for flying with children

If you have a holiday abroad booked this year you might be concerned about how you will keep toddlers and young children entertained (realistically restrained) on the flight and during your foreign travels. While I am no expert on ...

08 May 2019 at 12:17

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Leitrim Mammy Diaries: Are you ready for school?

The Ballinamore Family Festival is over and so summer in Leitrim draws to a close. Autumn is here and so is school. Big school … first day at school. Our eldest is heading off to primary school. Is she ready? Are we prepared as a ...

23 Aug 2019 at 14:58

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Leitrim Mammy Diaries: All good things must come to an end, even naps

It's all fun and games until your toddler (still just a baby) decides to drop his precious two hour day-time nap. All good things must come to an end and it looks like July 2019 will be marked down in our family history as when ...

14 Jul 2019 at 08:00

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Leitrim Mammy Diaries: Re-discover Leitrim with the kids this summer

And just like that school holidays are here, routine is a bad word, lunch-boxes and school bags are buried into closets and ten weeks stretch out in front of us as we try to entertain the kids in unpredictable Irish weather. ...

28 Jun 2019 at 08:00

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Leitrim Mammy Diaries: Kids bed time Vs Parent bed time

The bed-time battle, the fight against the clock and the nightly bed hopping duel is an ever changing game in our house, and these bright nights don't help. Sleep is King, it rules above all else and is held in the highest ...

24 Jul 2019 at 12:59

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Leitrim Mammy Diaries: Children should be seen, but not heard ... or even eat in public

We all know the ridiculous saying “Children should be seen but not heard,” well like all strange whimsical notions it has not evolved to include a new addendum - eating in public. Discussions online recently spilled into ...

11 Aug 2019 at 08:00

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