Happy new year! How are you doing? It feels a little silly saying that now, at the end of January ? but my daughter is saying it so why shouldn?t I? In fact, she?s not actually saying happy new year; she?s saying happy new ear! She says it to bin lorries, to shops, to dogs in the street. It?s adorable!
So how has your January been? I?ve been busy scouting around for the best posts by single parents? so let?s take a look at what I found!
I loved this post by Junesola about the joys of bed sharing. We share a bed in this house too so I can totally relate to what she?s saying ? not sure I could say it in such a witty manner though.
This post from Martyn at Inside Martyn?s Thoughts really bothered me. Martyn addresses the underlying prejudice against single dads ? why would he want a library card for his sons? Is he really a part of their family?
I absolutely love this post from Mel at Hypnotherapy Uxbridge about how she helped her son to feel more relaxed and comfortable at bed time. I love how she took a whole week about it as well!
Hannah from Hannah Spannah has written a great post sharing the highs of her son?s fourth birthday party, and the lows of ongoing co-parenting issues ? this describes what it?s like to be a single parent: organising birthday parties on your own, and dealing with absent parents when you?d rather be back at the birthday party.
With a complete change of pace, Bek from Dillydrops has been posting about how to get children ready for school in the morning. This one made me chuckle because it?s something we all struggle with, isn?t it? Or is it just me who always leaves the house 5 minutes before we were due at nursery?
I absolutely loved this post from Carla at Random Thoughts of a Twenty Something. It?s a lovely list of things she?ll cherish about 2015 ? but more importantly, it seems to be a realisation that although she went through a difficult time, she actually had a great year.
If you?re a single parent blogger and you would like to be included in one of these round-ups, please do get in touch with me ? I?m @singlemahoy on Twitter, or you can email [email protected].
The next single parent round-up will be compiled on February 25th so please get in contact by then!
About Vicky Charles
Vicky is a 34 year old single mother with a cheeky 3 year old. She lives in Wiltshire and works as a freelance writer and trainer in blogging and social media. She has been a single mother since her daughter was 2 weeks old, and started blogging to try and give voice to her feelings of ?lost-at-sea-ness? that all mothers get, but that single mothers often don?t have any company in. In her spare time, she usually develops addictions to dvd box sets and sometimes cleans the living room? but not often.