tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50211559363640970852024-02-19T12:22:12.094+00:00The Mummy Game ...Natasha Farrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08024473756175434826noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021155936364097085.post-48854233357807324882012-04-18T14:23:00.000+01:002012-04-18T14:23:00.172+01:00What's been happenin' in da mummy-hoodHello again.<br />
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Yes, I know, I'm sorry I have been pants recently. I have been trying to write blog posts then getting really frustrated with the giant bloggers block which decided to make itself at home in my brain! I have been getting really anxious that what I am writing is utter rubbish and people will turn around and say <i>Oi, you! ... you're shit!</i> then I thought you know what, screw you hypothetical people! It's my blog and if I want to write poop then so be it.<br />
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So I have a fair bit going on at the moment. The main bugger is mice. MICE! in MY home! The little buggers appeared about a week ago. I don't know how long they have been nesting in our house for but, to my horror, they decided to make an appearance last week. They are <span style="font-size: large;">everywhere. </span><br />
I am freaking the hell out.<br />
The stupid thing is, I didn't think I had a problem with mice. I had a hamster. I ruddy loved my hamster! (RIP Tiggy) I think my problem is that there are so many of the little critters carrying god knows what diseases and the thought of one crawling over my face in my sleep makes me shudder to my core. Bleuuuugh.<br />
We have been setting traps, putting down poison and blocking holes with wire wool but they have somehow been managing to steal the food from the traps, avoid the poison and push the wire wool out of the holes no matter how tight we pack it.<br />
Little bastards.<br />
We have now contacted our landlord who is sending out the pest control guys. They couldn't come soon enough if you ask me! Mya thinks it's hilarious every time I think I see a mouse and I jump into the air like my arse is on fire. I have been so jumpy, I even flipped out today when my hair moved across my shoulder.<br />
On a brighter note, my house is beautifully clean and tidy! I have become some super obsessive cleaning lady. I actually laughed at myself earlier eating a cookie over the sink! Cough cough - loser.<br />
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Apart from the invasion of mice in my home I have been freaking out about this coming weekend. On Saturday Mya is going to be 2 years old. Two, <span style="font-size: large;">Two</span>!<br />
How the badger did that happen?<br />
I'll tell you, bloody quickly, that's how.<br />
I say I'm freaking out about her turning two but I am actually kind of excited. I love the stage she is at. She is such a nutter and makes me laugh every day with her total mental-ness. Yeah, she drives me crazy with her incessant whining and squawking but she's also my best friend. Is that sad? OK that is a little bit sad.<br />
What can I say? At least someone laughs at my rubbish jokes!<br />
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We are having a birthday party for her at Chris's work. She had her first party there and had a wicked time so hopefully she will have a fab time this time too. Either that or she will hate it and be like 'Mum, you suck' and I will cry and die a little inside. Ahem. Lets hope she like it!<br />
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Oh yeah, I am pretty sure you will have noticed from the total obsessiveness of my picture taking that I have discovered Instagram! Oh how I loves it. I am already addicted. Here are a few pics I have taken through Instagram that I heart.<br />
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So that's what's been happenin' in da mummy-hood. Hope everyone is alrighty and will catch up with you soon to update you with the details of Mya's descent into the depths of the <i>Terrible Two's. </i><br />
*Cue the music from The Exorcist*<br />
Ha ha I am sure it's not that bad, is it? ... <span style="font-size: large;">Is it?</span><br />
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Shit.<br />
<br />Natasha Farrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08024473756175434826noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021155936364097085.post-3741613046474687052012-04-08T10:11:00.001+01:002012-04-08T16:54:59.891+01:00Silent Sunday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We woke this morning in search of a little Easter fun! </div>
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We had hoped to go to the Easter fair at Over Farm but unfortunately for us it was raining.</div>
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But we thought <i>screw it</i> and went anyway.</div>
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Needless to say, we all got very wet! </div>
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The majority of the rides were large inflatables intended for dry weather. </div>
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The girls didn't seem to care and had a blast.</div>
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If you have clicked onto this page expecting That's the baby game then I am sorry for the shock! I have been thinking about changing it for a while and when today blogger decided to cock up and delete all of my images I thought why not use the opportunity to have a blog makeover.<br />
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I decided to change the name of the blog because, well, Miss Moo turns 2 next month and it was starting to feel a little inappropriate having the word 'baby' in the title of my blog. As much as I loved the name That's the baby game, I felt it had come to a point where it needed updating.<br />
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Farewell That's the baby game. You were loved!</div>
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I don't often get an opportunity to get very close without her running away or trying to steal my camera. </div>
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I don't know about you but I am looooving this sunshine we are getting!</div>
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This week I have mostly been in my garden, soaking up the rays. </div>
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Today I am chillin' in the sun in a lovely pink smock top from Next. </div>
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I love this top. It is pink and floaty and swishes spectacularly when I skip! </div>
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The heart shape sunglasses, again from Primark, were a total bargain at £1 and are decorated with a really sweet strawberry print. </div>
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The past 8 months I have been coming off Citalopram. If you haven't been following my progress then you can read about it here: <a href="http://themummygame.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/coming-off-citalopram.html" target="_blank">Coming off Citalopram</a>.<br />
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This is my last Coming off Citalopram post!<br />
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I can hear cheering in my head as I write this.<br />
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After I wrote the last post I took my last dose of 5mg and bit the bullet. The withdrawal was not as bad as I had expected. I think the weaning definitely made a huge difference as I still had the normal symptoms of coming off the pills but they were diluted. It wasn't pleasant by any stretch of the imagination and I felt like a total zombie for about a week but I pushed through and kept telling myself that it would get better. And it did, the symptoms just gradually faded away.<br />
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I had hoped that I could stay off anti depressants completely.<br />
As I mentioned in the last post, I had Fluoxetine as a back up if the depression was still there. I felt fine for a couple of weeks and was pretty optimistic but unfortunately the depression hit again.<br />
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I started on Fluoxetine. I am currently taking 20mg as and when feel I need it. At the moment it is once every three days. I initially started taking them every day but found they made me too dizzy. I find by taking them last thing before I go to bed the dizziness isn't quite as strong by the time I get up the next day.<br />
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Although I am disappointed that I am still needing medication, I am so delighted that I am no longer addicted to Citalopram. So long suckers!<br />
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I just want to say a massive thank you to every one who has supported me along the way and to give hope to those who are still struggling to come off them. Stay strong, take it slow and don't beat yourself up if you take a step backwards. You will get there.<br />
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Here you can see me totally rocking a dungaree dress. A lovely little number from H&M, handed down to me by my best friend Bella (Cheers mate!). Underneath I am wearing a super cute fairy top and grey tights, both from Gap. The boots are a bargain from Sainsburys although they won't for for long 'cause mum only went and bought them in the size I'm growing out of! Duh mum .. totally duh! </div>
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Long time no speakio.<br />
I must apologise for this, my schedule has been jam packed (Mmmm, Jam!) with important toddler affairs. People to see, furniture to lick, you know the deal.<br />
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I thought, today, I would join in with <span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://katetakes5.blogspot.com/2012/02/listography-top-5-things-that-make-me.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">Kate takes 5</span></a>'s</span> Listography. This week is all about things that make you happy. I will just jump right in. Here we goo ...<br />
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1. <b>Monkey.</b> He's like totally my best mate. Monkey - I loves you squishy dude!<br />
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3. <b style="text-align: left;">My Ma 'n' Pa. </b><strike style="text-align: left;">All jokes aside</strike><span style="text-align: left;">, good old Baldy and Tubbs are pretty cool. If not a little weird ..</span><br />
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4. <b>Food. </b>All food. And if it's your food it tastes even better! </div>
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5. <b style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Dancin'. </b><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">There's nothing quite like a good old boogie I say! Get those endolphin thingys swimming around ya!</span> </div>
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Well I failed the <a href="http://thatsthebabygame.blogspot.com/2011/11/coming-off-citalopram-part-2.html" target="_blank">last attempt</a> to come off Citalopram and actually went backwards and started taking them every day again for a while.<br />
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As I explained in a previous <a href="http://thatsthebabygame.blogspot.com/2012/01/finding-me-again.html" target="_blank">post</a>, I sort of lost myself after we moved house. It was almost as though I had left myself at the old place. In order to get a house we could afford at the size we needed we had to downgrade to a less desirable area. Now I don't like to think of myself as a snob but I found it very difficult to adjust to being associated with this area.<br />
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My anxiety kicked in ten fold and I wouldn't leave the house. I even found it difficult to open the door when someone knocked. In retrospect it is actually quite funny picturing me cowering behind my front door, peering through the peep hole, sheepishly asking "who is it please?" through the letterbox like a scared, little old lady! It got pretty bad. I felt so guilty for Mya keeping her trapped inside the house with her mother too terrified to even step outside her front door to put the rubbish bags out. I went to see my GP and they prescribed beta blockers along with my Citalopram. The beta blockers have worked wonders. They take away the feelings of fear, racing heart, shaking and sweating, leaving just the irrational thoughts which I can deal with separately.<br />
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About a week or two ago, I finally 'found myself' again.<br />
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Since then I have been leaving the house, visiting friends and doing simple tasks like popping to the shops to get bread and milk without suffering panic attacks.<br />
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I went back to the doctors for a follow up on the beta blockers and asked if I could change anti-depressants as I was unhappy with Citalopram and was reluctant to increase the dosage again. They prescribed Fluoxetine but told me I had to stop Citalopram completely for a week before starting the new ones.<br />
I was like 'you frickin' kidding me??' How was I supposed to do that when I had taken so long just to cut down the dosages!<br />
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Well, I did it.<br />
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Do not ask me how. I don't know. And it has only been a few days but so far so good. I haven't taken any Citalopram and am hoping if I manage to stay off them for the rest of the week that I will not go onto the Fluoxetine either. It feels bizarre even writing it, especially as it is so soon, but for the first time in a long, long time, I feel free. I feel happy. And I would just love it to last a little while.<br />
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Just a little while to enjoy being me - Citalopram free.<br />
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Read <a href="http://themummygame.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/coming-off-citalopram.html" target="_blank">Coming off Citalopram - Part 1</a><br />
Read <a href="http://themummygame.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/coming-off-citalopram-part-2.html" target="_blank">Coming off Citalopram - Part 2</a><br />
Read <a href="http://themummygame.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/coming-off-citalopram-part-4.html" target="_blank">Coming off Citalopram - Part 4</a><br />
<br />Natasha Farrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08024473756175434826noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021155936364097085.post-53179102871401925902012-02-04T17:52:00.000+00:002012-03-29T15:44:11.967+01:00Mya's first snowMya missed out on the snow last year. <br />
We lived in a flat without a garden and she was a little too small to take out for long in the cold. <br />
I have never much liked snow myself. It's cold, wet and has the amazing ability to throw me onto my arse ... every time! <br />
But there is something about it. No matter how much I want to hate it, I find it so captivating.<br />
I looked outside the windows of my flat at all of the small children playing in the snow and couldn't wait for the time that I could to show it to Mya.<br />
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It started snowing today when Mya was in bed for her nap. <br />
When she woke up, one of the first things she spotted was the snow falling. Her face lit up and she looked at me with her little face full of excitement and curiosity.<br />
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<em>Look, it's snow! </em>I said.<br />
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Running up to the window she clambered up the sofa to get a closer look at the garden sprinkled with white dust.<br />
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<em>Snow, snow!</em> she exclaimed. <br />
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She couldn't get dressed fast enough when we asked her if she would like to go outside. Throwing on the most random choice of clothes she bounced with anticipation.<br />
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<em>Owside, owside!</em><br />
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She wandered outside into the white unknown holding on tight to her daddy.<br />
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I snapped away with my camera and this is the face I captured.<br />
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A face full of wonder.<br />
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She threw herself around in the snow, running and slipping onto her bum countless times.<br />
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She threw snowballs and tried sweeping it up with a dustpan and brush. <br />
She didn't even seem to notice the cold biting at her cheeks and nipping at her tiny fingers. <br />
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She loved it.<br />
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There really is nothing more amazing and beautiful than watching your child discovering something new. <br />
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Mya has decided that whenever I am on the computer that she must be sat on my lap.<br />
She thinks it is a hilarious game pressing buttons and watching my reaction when pages disappear and the screen turns sideways.<br />
Today is no exception and even now typing this I am pushing away chubby little moo hands!<br />
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No Mya, NO!<br />
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It has been a while! <br />
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I haven't really blogged since before I moved house just before Christmas. <br />
It feels weird to be back. <br />
To be honest, I didn't know if I would be back. <br />
I loved blogging but after I moved, I fell into a bit of a depression. I was thrown into this new house, in a new area and I felt as though I had moved all of my belongings but left 'me' behind. <br />
Finally, I feel now, after lots of tears, a packet of Beta Blockers and a shed load of junk food, like I am starting to adjust. <br />
It took a while. To let go of the old place. To find 'me' again.<br />
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You may have noticed the blog looks different! <br />
Well I have celebrated finding 'me' again with a blog makeover! <br />
A new look for a new start!<br />
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It's good to be back!<br />
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I thought seeing as I have been gone so long that I would fill you in on some of the things you have missed.<br />
The thing is, that because of my anxiety and depression, you haven't missed a lot!<br />
So to save you a months worth of moaning and self pity, I will update you with some photos!<br />
They are mainly of Mya because, well, no one wants to see pictures of me in my pyjamas with my head buried inside a bag of Doritos, crying because my ass has fused to the sofa!<br />
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Where's my Zimmer?!</td></tr>
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In my first proper post of the year, I have chosen to share with you five of my most loved photos from 2011.<br />
Choosing only five photos from my monstrous collection of snaps proved to be a lot easier than expected. <br />
Thinking about how I could possibly choose only five brought me out in a cold sweat so I took the easy option. I simply scrolled through the photos and picked the top 5 which jumped out at me, evoking the most emotion.<br />
These were the five which made me all warm and gooey inside.<br />
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1. I chose this photo simply due to the fact that it is awesome. It is a very grainy, bad quality photo taken on my old Blackberry but I adore it. I love the beautiful mess, the glorious gummy grin and the glimmer of pure joy and a hint of mania in her eyes, having just discovered the existance of chocolate! </div>
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2. When Mya turned one, I felt sad. My baby was growing up too fast. But after realising that shaking my fist at the unfairness of <em><a href="http://thatsthebabygame.blogspot.com/2011/09/yesterday-today-tomorrow.html" target="_blank">time</a></em> was pointless and, in fact, wasting even more precious time, I took a look at my little girl and this is what I saw. The most beautiful little fairy princess, enjoying her very first birthday party. And I no longer felt sad. </div>
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3. Taken not long after the previous picture, this is one of the only photos of me and Mya where neither of us are pulling a silly face or grinning inanely. I have always loved natural photos where emotion isn't forced and this is a lovely, relaxed shot of us both enjoying the sun and watching the ducks on the pond. </div>
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4. I love this photo. This was Mya's first trip to the seaside. It was a wonderful, spur of the moment trip to the beach with my mum and Mya. Mya loved it. Her little legs couldn't carry her fast enough as she bounded into the waves. This photo reminds me of that day and Mya's first trip to <em>See the Sea!</em></div>
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5. And last but not least, I chose this snap, just because it makes me chuckle. My beautiful weirdo.</div>
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Everyone has gone mad! <br />
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Everyone is going on about <em>Crismiss</em>.<br />
What is this voodoo that has taken over the world?<br />
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It all started with a tree. <br />
I thought <em>Great, </em>I love a bit of nature in the home but then came the giant box of sparkles and lights and glittery balls which Mum and Dad told me I could chuck on the tree. I took the most literal translation and lobbed the glitter balls at it Olympic shot put style! <br />
But then the once lovely, green tree looked more like a survivor from an explosion at a glitter factory. <br />
Poor thing. <br />
I keep trying to steal the glitter balls when mum isn't looking so the poor tree can reclaim some dignity but Mum usually catches me and makes me put them back.<br />
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If the tree thing wasn't bad enough we went shopping the other day. <br />
I was well excited because mum kept saying we had to go buy presents! But we got to the shops and, I shiz you not, we were there for <strong>hours</strong> and I didn't get one present. Not one! Mum said we got them for other people for <em>Crismiss. </em><br />
Mum tried to console me with a biscuit.<br />
I threw it at her head.<br />
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Oh yeah, I want to ask you about this bloke. Santa? <br />
Yeah, well he is everywhere. On cards, posters, TV adverts and you know what, he was even on the Peppa Pig <em>Crismiss</em> special! Who is this dude? <br />
There was this guy in town dressed up like Santa (I could tell it wasn't the real Santa because beards generally stay on peoples faces when you yank them) and Mum went insane ...<br />
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<em>Look, Mya, LOOK!! It's Santa ... SANTA!! Do you see, Mya? IT'S SANTAAAAA!!!</em><br />
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Insane.<br />
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Seriously, who is he? <br />
He must be pretty awesome if everyone is dressing up like him.<br />
Mum even dressed ME up like him!<br />
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Everyone has gone mad with <em>Crismiss</em> cheer. People are singing songs about mistletoe <em>and</em> wine. There are small children in gangs singing in very high pitched voices about donkeys and babies and there are vandalised, pimped up trees everywhere! </div>
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So there I was with a screaming, writhing child in the middle of Primark's children's section. I only went in for a pack of vests for Mya. It wasn't even like I was being selfish going out on a shopping spree for myself but did Mya care? Erm ... no.</div>
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I could already feel myself going red in the face, anticipating the tantrum that was about to ensue when I tried to pick her up. I was nervously giggling and smiling at the other mums who were fleeing the area, shaking their heads as if to say <em>'Get out of here while you can ... She's gonna blow!!'</em></div>
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But I had to do it. As much as I wanted to wait until the store closed and had emptied of customers to try and get Mya out, I couldn't. I had to face the inevitable.<br />
As soon as my hands tucked under her arms to pick her up her back arched, her eyes widened with a terrifying sheen of anger, her mouth opened wide enough to fit an entire melon and then it came.<br />
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The scream.<br />
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The scream that echoed through the entire floor of the shop. The scream that caused an old lady to stop and grab at her chest as if she was going to keel over and die right there in Primark. The scream that made me want to cry, scream back at her and run away all at the same time!<br />
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I attempted to put her in the pushchair but as I had expected I would have needed the strength of ten rugby players to pin her down long enough to get the straps on, so I made the decision to implement the Grab and Run technique.<br />
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Step one of this plan is to Grab. In order to get her to stop writhing out of my arms I had to tickle her into submission. It was one of the angriest laughs I have ever heard but I had hold of her. Step one complete. Now for Step two. Run.<br />
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We got to the lift and I said a little thank you to Jesus (and I am not religious...at all) for presenting me with an empty carriage to my escape! In the lift I tried once more in vain to get her strapped into the pushchair but to no avail. The doors pinged open and the queue of people waiting were presented with a panting, red faced, sweaty woman with hair in her mouth and a breast half hanging out of her top armed with a wriggling, growling toddler, foaming spit bubbles.<br />
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At that point I could see the exit.<br />
I took a deep breath and half jogged the last stretch of my escape, taking out about three rails of clothes with the pushchair and inadvertently punching an old man with an angry child.<br />
But I made it out. I was safe. I was free.<br />
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I quickly disappeared down a quiet alley, took a deep breath, looked Mya directly in the eyes and calmly asked her to sit in her pushchair. <br />
To which she happily obliged.<br />
Little bugger.<br />
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The Grab and Run technique treated me fairly well today. It was in no way glamourous and it didn't avoid embarrassment, however, the tantrum was pretty short lived and I did escape alive ... and most importantly, so did Mya!<br />
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This is my daughter, Mya. </div>
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A mother.</div>
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This month I was awarded the Liebster Blog Award by the lovely Lara at <a href="http://comfyslipperslittlenippers.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #4d469c;">comfyslippers&littlenippers</span></a>.</div>
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Okay so being fairly new to the universe of Blogging I am not entirely sure who has received this award or not so I am just going to throw some names out of some newer blogs that I like. And if you have received the award before, well, lucky you! Feel the love!<br />
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1. <a href="http://evewantedawardobe.blogspot.com/">http://evewantedawardobe.blogspot.com/</a> Okay, so Hannah, the creator of this awesome fashion blog, also happens to be my step-sister (which is kind of cheating) but I do love this blog. I struggle to even get out of my pyjamas some days and when I do get dressed my outfit is accessorised with decapitated Pom bears and smears of snot! I like the little window into the fashion world which I left behind. You can also watch her YouTube videos <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Hannindrome" target="_blank">here</a> ... <br />
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2. <a href="http://bloodsweatandtantrums.blogspot.com/">http://bloodsweatandtantrums.blogspot.com/</a> Jennifer is very new to the blogging world but I love her story of her little man, Taylor, starting with when she found out she was pregnant. It is a heartfelt, down to earth blog and and a lovely read.<br />
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3. <a href="http://www.jackandlils.com/">http://www.jackandlils.com/</a> Cathy is another new blogger but I was immediately drawn to her blog after she described having suffered with Post natal Anxiety. Having dealt with this myself, I liked (very selfishly) reading a story of someone else who has been through it too. Her blog is a lovely record of the ups and downs of raising young children.<br />
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4. <a href="http://www.amummytoo.co.uk/">http://www.amummytoo.co.uk/</a> Emily blogs about her experiences as a working mum. It is a beautifully laid out and well written blog and the fact that she manages to blog at all with a newborn and a 4 year old son is amazing! I salute you! Lovely blog.<br />
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5. <a href="http://www.1978rebecca.blogspot.com/">http://www.1978rebecca.blogspot.com/</a> Here Come the Girls is a funny and lighthearted account of life with three girls - One year old twins and a four year old. I particularly love the post <a href="http://1978rebecca.blogspot.com/2011/11/top-5-special-things-about-multiples.html" target="_blank">Top 5 special things about multiples</a>. This blog is a lovely insight into the world of twins!<br />
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So that's 5! Read them, love them and maybe do a little dance!</div>
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Once again, a big, fat thank you to Lara at <a href="http://comfyslipperslittlenippers.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #4d469c;">comfyslippers&littlenippers</span></a> for nominating me! <br />
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