Mama Still Got It by Louise Boyce

Author:Louise Boyce
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2023-04-04T10:56:42+00:00

I used to feel really guilty about screen time but at the end of the day, if the kids are happy then I am happy. And when it’s January being happy has to be a priority. There are more mental health issues in January than any other month in the year, so in all honesty, do whatever works for you.

February

(Anyone else need to spell out ‘February’ in your mind before you type it out? Or sing the alphabet to figure out what letter comes after J? Good, glad it’s not just me. Anyhoo …)

Half-term – again

Feb – ru – ary is here and oh, look at that, it’s half-term. Again.

I’m still getting over the stress of Christmas and yet here we are again, with kids off school for a week. Whether you take time off work (if you work) or not, you still have to find activities for your children to do that don’t consist of hours on the iPad or cost a fortune. Which, let’s face it, is nigh-on impossible these days when even just a simple outing to the cinema will put you back £40.

And it’s not just the expense of said cinema trip. There is the stress of my toddler not sitting still at all but instead wanting to ride the escalator up and down and up and down and up and down outside in the foyer, whilst my boys keep running out of the cinema to see if I am still there. We all leave the film with anxiety and stress levels at an all-time high, and I wonder why I just didn’t make my own popcorn at home and throw on Netflix.

What I’ve learnt is, generally, when your children are small, what you imagine will be a lovely day out with them actually won’t be plain sailing, rainbows and butterflies, but more like a car crash, and can’t wait to get home from your museum day out in London and wonder why you thought your kids would be interested in the toys that you played with in the eighties. (It was great nostalgia for me, but what on earth was I thinking?)

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