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Anything that involves close parental supervision/extensive parental involvement.
The Holy Grail of gifts for kids is no mess, no noise, and no parent required. Bubble wands are a good example for kids old enough to use them.
Board games like chess, are not. Also, skipping ropes, marbles and lab kits. Ain’t no parent got time to be teaching and supervising their kids like that.
A lifelike remote controlled rodent.
THIS IS NOT FUNNY AND CAN BE TRIGGERING AND STOP YOU FROM GOING INTO THE KITCHEN FOR A WEEK AFTERWARDS.
Or so I’ve been told.
A baby doll that cries.
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Due to their commanding childhood performances, Hollywood and the music scene almost can’t contain the amount of youngest siblings that are stuffed up in there - Cara Delevingne, Hilary Duff, Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Lawrence, Zoe Saldana, Michael B. Jordan, Ariana Grande, Harry Styles, they’re all the last of their line and their style and flair show it.
The Quicky speaks to three siblings and an expert to uncover whether the order you are born really does influence your personality. Post continues below.
Younger siblings are also drawn to outdoor adventure and often make for great and sometimes even legendary athletes.
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It isn’t until our baby is seven months old that she will realise she and mummy are not actually the same person.
In the meantime, baby and I are definitely building our connection, but to her, the most secure place right now is with mummy.
So if baby settles better with mummy, that’s ok. If baby doesn’t want to be held by me, that’s normal. If I cannot meet my baby’s need, that makes perfect sense.
But it’s difficult. Of course it is. If you didn’t think you could feel the pang of rejection from someone so small, well you can, you do and you will.
House chores need to get done of course, but sometimes what I really need to do instead of guiltily and aggressively picking up socks, is have a nap, go for a run or sit on my bed and watch my current favourite show (
Younger on Stan btw) while eating a peanut butter sandwich.
I am getting better at recognising my own needs and letting go of the chores and errands that don’t always immediately need attending to, but I understand that for a lot of mums, especially time-poor mums of little kids, it can be hard.
Hard to remember what self-care means anymore, hard to feel a true sense of relaxation when there is so much guilt wrapped up in leaving the kids. Hard even just to fit self-care , whatever that is, into a busy family schedule.