Big Mouth for Mummy

Big Mouth for Mummy: Goodbye dear readers

By Felicity Quigley, Sep 25, 2011

Well the time has come for me to bid you all adieu, my dear, anonymous readers. My darling Oscar is now officially a toddler, no longer a baby.

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Big Mouth for Mummy: Hit me baby, one more time

By Felicity Quigley, Aug 28, 2011

Sometimes my toddler comes at me, arms flailing, and for no apparent reason he'll start hitting me in the face with the flat of his hand

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Big Mouth for Mummy: The rise of the helicopter parent

By Felicity Quigley, Jul 31, 2011

Go on. Admit it. You're a helicopter parent aren't you? Not game to fess up? You're not the only one.

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Big Mouth for Mummy: When your toddler cuts new teeth

By Felicity Quigley, Jul 10, 2011

Oscar is teething. Properly this time, no messing. I had previously thought that red cheeks and a slight fever accompanied by lumpy gums and dribbling was a true sign of teething.

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Big Mouth for Mummy: How having a baby changes your friendships

By Felicity Quigley, Jun 26, 2011

I've recently lost a friend. Not in a sense that anyone has passed away of course, but it certainly feels that way.

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Big Mouth for Mummy: Should we try for another baby?

By Felicity Quigley, May 28, 2011

Alamy Six months ago, when I was asked the rather forward question about if we were planning to have another child, I ...

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Big Mouth for Mummy: The laws of distraction

By Felicity Quigley, May 15, 2011

PA It is a truth universally acknowledged that a pre-toddler in possession of natural curiosity and energy, must be in ...

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Big Mouth for Mummy: Dummy wars

By Felicity Quigley, Apr 9, 2011

Clatter! Roll...The unmistakable sound of a dummy hitting a wooden floor. He's done it again! Of course he has – ...

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Big Mouth for Mummy: When your baby wants to eat sand, gravel and worse

By Felicity Quigley, Mar 27, 2011

The other day, I caught Oscar trying to eat gravel. I'd left him on the soft, lush lawn and turned away for couple of ...

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Big Mouth for Mummy: Settling into a new routine

By Felicity Quigley, Mar 15, 2011

For several months now, I've been pretty tied to keeping Oscar in a fairly rigid routine of eating, sleeping and playing. ...

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Big Mouth for Mummy: Trying to make new mum friends

By Felicity Quigley, Feb 27, 2011

It's been three months, 13 days and oh, about eight hours since P, Oscar and I moved lock, stock and barrel back to my home ...

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Big Mouth for Mummy: Feeding baby solids

By Felicity Quigley, Feb 12, 2011

I was initially filled with excitement at the prospect of feeding Oscar his first solids and I simply couldn't wait to get ...

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