SEEWHATMUMMYSAYS
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Issue 90 2020 Credit: Memories 2 Treasure
See What Mummy Says When we saw that the topic this month was parenting, we couldn’t believe our luck! How easy was it going to be to come up with a piece for a subject that we fill an entire blog with?! Well… it was surprisingly difficult! Eventually, we decided that with all the worries and stresses in the world at the moment, we would share with you a few of our favourite things about being parents. Children are honest. There is no escaping it, and it will creep up on you when you least expect it, or rather when you least want it to. A recent outburst of “They’re not two metres away from me!” reminded us of this.
It’s also very reassuring to know that feedback is something your children will have readily available for you. One of my favourites has to be when our daughter declared “You’re not very good at running are you Daddy?!” No… no I’m not. I didn’t realise it was quite so obvious to everybody else though. Being called “Daddy” is by far one of the best things I’ve ever been called… and as a retail manager, I’ve been called a fair few different things throughout my career. Daddy can be said in a variety of different ways… It comes in, but not exclusive to, the following forms: Happy you’re home, sad you’ve got to go, I’ve asked Mummy but now I’m going to ask you, angry you’ve agreed with Mummy, I’ve just had a nightmare, I’ve just broken something and
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