The Best of the British Mummy (and Daddy) Bloggers Carnival

• (Not so) Single Mum speaks very honestly about the trial and tribulation of single motherhood in ‘Being a Single Parent‘.

• What’s your ‘Job Description‘? Sandy at Baby Baby shares hers, thankfully there’s a huge pay off!

• On planning her first post birth night out Young Mummy writes a very funny and sweet memo to her twins in ‘Important Memo – Please Read‘

• Kathryn at Crystal Jigsaw speaks movingly and beautifully about the age gap between her and her husband and the possibility of growing old alone in ‘The Age of the Soul Mate‘.

• Very Bored in Catalunya wonders where the heck the last 20 years have gone and ponders the pitfalls of wearing mini skirts in ‘The Passing Hands of Time….‘

• How do you spend your winter Sundays? The Noble Savage describes hers beautifully in ‘Sunday Mothering‘.

• Emily over at Babyrambles recently became a mum again bringing her brood up to three. She’s pondering, ‘Middle Child Syndrome – Does it exist?‘. What are your thoughts?

• Heavy on the ‘totally adorable’ factor, Jo Beaufoix delivers a dose of cuteness in ‘Proud, Yet Slightly Disturbed Mummy‘.

• With vlogging on the rise and marshmallow stuffing the game du jour Karin at Café Bébé dons her sparkly tiara in her second vlog ‘Smore Chubby Bunnies Please‘.

• Heather at Notes from Lapland takes a wry look at the lengths women go to to feel, well, womanly, in her post ‘Faulty Women‘.

• What kind of attention span does your child have? Tim at Bringing Up Charlie discusses his theories in ‘Pay Attention!‘

• Snafflesmummy talks about her feelings on self validation and confidence in her post ‘Those People‘.

• Do your ‘real life’ friends understand social media like Twitter and blogging? Sian at Mummytips is met with blank, stony silence in a workshop in ‘The one where the public made me feel like a blogging tweeting freak…‘

• Carol at New Mummy shares her feelings on struggling to find balance in her life in her post ‘Just Not Enough‘.

• Linda from You’ve Got Your Hands Full recently chose to leave the Tots 100 Index and shares her feelings about moving forward in ‘It’s not goodbye…Why I opted out of the Tots 100 parenting blogs index‘.

• A post not to miss; Deer Baby shares her deeply moving experience of grief, rebellion and being second best in her beautifully eloquent post ‘Dead Girl Walking‘.

• How does it feel when your child prefers your partner to you? Muddling Along Mummy knows only too well in ‘Being the less loved parent‘.

• You know those parenting moment where your heart bursts with pride? Emma at Me, the man and the Baby had one of those recently which she shares in ‘Milestone‘.

• Kelly at A Place of My Own is longing for a bit of well deserved ‘me’ time in her post ‘Who comes first?‘

• We may moan about the over exuberance of the Heath and Safety laws in the UK, but Fraught Mummy at Brits in Bosnia wishes it were better in her neck of the woods in her post ‘There are toys and then there are toys‘.

• More than Just a Mother is feeling a little under pressure and would much prefer a bit of spontaneity when it comes to ‘Anniversary Sex‘.

• If there was a possibility you had inherited a genetic condition would you want to find out? Geriatric Mummy talks openly about her fears in ‘Hereditary Dementia – Would You Want to Know?‘

• A case of Baby 1 – Mummy 0. ‘Baby you can drive my car’ tells of a very funny experience over at Carrot in Mum’s Hair.

• Ever dreamt of meeting 007 in real life? Letti at A country Girl’s Life did just that in ‘My almost Mr. Wonderful‘.

• Catharine at Withenay Wanders blogs about her son’s 9th birthday party and his decision to invite girls in her post ‘True love never runs smooth‘.

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• Everyone love a bit of people watching and Amy at And One More Means Four is no exception. In ‘Crazy People Things‘ she shares some cringemakingly funny observations, and all in a day’s work!

• Ever noticed that your children have a very handy knack of embarrassing you in public (in the funniest of ways) without even trying. Magic Mummy at The Diary of a Frugal Family was recently left ‘Mortified‘ by one such occasion.

• Over at It’s a Mummy’s Life they are reminiscing about good times past with the aid of an unlikely 80’s icon in ‘Why Bonnie Still Rocks My World‘.

• Cathy at Nurturestore is sharing tips on ‘How to celebrate Chinese New Year with your children.‘

• Vegemitevix shares some powerful childhood memories in her post ‘American Pie on the South Pacific‘.

• Dan, at All that comes with it, recently celebrated his 4th blogoversary and dedicated his post to his on going efforts to raise funds for the Joseph Salmon Trust. Read ‘Blogging: 4 years, 1071 posts, and the chance to make a difference‘ to see how you can help.

• Missing someone? Claire at The Good, The Bad and The Ugly wishes her and her fiance could be ‘Together‘.

• MuddyNoSugar openly speaks of her feelings and answers questions on being an adopted child in her post ‘She’ll do.‘

• Ever though about the psychology of apologising? Hayley at Single Motherhood Challenges delves into it in ‘Sorry seems to be the hardest word.’

• A child’s imagination can be a wonderful thing as Mum at a Mum’s Survival Guide found out recently in her post ‘Imagination‘.

• Bumbling Along shares a lovely poem about hearing the everyday goings on downstairs while she lay ill in bed in ‘I lie alone‘.

• Diney at Older Mums are Fun has discovered that blogging can become a little all consuming in her post ‘The trouble with blogging is I don’t have a life‘.

• Claire Lancaster diarises her first few weeks with her newborn after being asked by her best friend, ‘Babies cry but….Is it harder to love a baby that cries alot?‘

• At Angels and Urchins read about a heart warmimg scene on the London Underground in ‘Novel Experience on the Tube ‘.

• Cartside at Mummy Do That ponders the question ‘How flexible are flexible working hours for parents really?’

• Bride-to-be Lax Mummy over at Lax Parenting has an uplifting (ahem) experience in her post ‘The bra fitter with the wrestling moves‘.

• And finally, I’m ‘Facing the Dreaded Return to Work.‘