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Happy Birthday Oliver-How Can You Be 4?!

January 10, 2014
My darling little man is 4 today ( I know what you're thinking/! I look too young right?! Why thank you) Ha! But seriously now 4? 4 feels insanely grown up for a tiny little baby I had in arms, well, 4 short years ago.
Oliver-kind

Today at the Supermarket, Something Unexpected Happened

January 9, 2014
...So today at the supermarket, something truly lovely happened. And just when you've got to thinking that we live in a tough old cynical world...
Alexander in his Winnie the Pooh coat

A Day out at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park

January 6, 2014
Always on the hunt to visit new child friendly places in Yorkshire, we discovered the Yorkshire Wildlife Park before Christmas for a walk through adventure like no other. Look how happy my little people are..despite the cold! I can only imagine we will be living here come the summer!
boys

Limiting Sugar and Becoming a Healthier Family

January 5, 2014
A new year, a new start and despite being a fairly healthy family eating a diet comprised mainly of fresh, seasonal food and leading an outdoorsy life with long country walks, bike rides and running...

My Daughter Is Getting Married. What Do I Wear? 

January 4, 2014
A useful post to my older readership!
The boys

My Hopes for 2014

December 31, 2013
So what are my hopes for 2014?....I've been mulling over this post for a while now and in fact have started implementing a lot of things I want to change in 2014, even within the last few days.
family shot

Our Very Merry Christmas!

December 29, 2013
I appear to have drifted into a festive themed blissful retreat filled with quality family time, delicious, Christmas food (Greek, English, French) and sunny, invigorating winter walks: wow, what a week. I feel like a new girl: relaxed, renewed and ready for the New Year. Cheers!
Miffy

Happy Christmas!

December 24, 2013
Hey lovely readers, just a little message to say a HUGE BIG thank you to every one of you who takes the time to read my blog and comment on my posts, it really means so much to me! Mwah and mwah! (I'm continental so both cheeks!)
LA girls

A Girls’ Weekend in London

December 23, 2013
One of my oldest, closest (and most gorgeous) friends Emma is in London from LA over Christmas so this weekend was all about quality time together, catching up face to face (Skype can never compare but helps since she moved Stateside), Christmas shopping and of course partying in sparkly London town!
poster Father Christmas

It’s Chico Time…I Mean Panto & Theatre Time…

December 20, 2013
It's Chico Time...I mean panto & theatre time... filled with former XFactor stars and smoke, fake snow strewn stages... It must be Christmas folks!
Oliver

Oliver’s Christmas List…it includes Shower Gel (?!)

December 19, 2013
Agh little Oliver, nearly 4, never fails to make me laugh and chatting to Daddy last night, he compiled a list of what he would like for Christmas. Noticing we've run out of shower gel, that made the list.
Isley Lynn

Interview with Isley Lynn, Playwright & Poet

December 18, 2013
Isley Lynn is an American-born, London-based playwright and poet. Her work has been produced and supported by the National Theatre Studio and Cottesloe Theatre, Nabokov, Lyric Hammersmith, the Tricycle, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Ovalhouse, the Arcola, Apples and Snakes, Battersea Arts Centre and Literary Death Match.
creative plan

Making A Creative Plan

December 18, 2013
It's funny how things happen right when you need them most.
Alexander

A Night in A&E

December 12, 2013
Last night saw us rushing to A&E as Alexander, aged 14 months experienced episodes where he was struggling for breath. As you can imagine, it was an alarming, stressful time for my husband and I. Alexander had already been seen twice by the GP yesterday, once in the morning with a 39.9 degree temperature and then at 5pm with worsening flu like symptoms.
Nonabox

NonaBox-Review

December 9, 2013
We were lucky to be gifted a 3 month subscription to the luxury baby gift service, Nonabox, a brand new service for parents to be and new mums, for children up to the age of 2. Working with many of...
Liverpool

A Christmassy Weekend in Liverpool

December 8, 2013
Last Saturday we got up early at 6am (what's new) and set off to the former European Capital of Culture (2008), the utterly beautiful Liverpool for bustling chestnut smelling- Christmas markets and Ice Festival fun in the centre.
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Vicki Psarias/ Vicki Broadbent/ Honest Mum

Hi! I’m Vicki, mum to a teen, tween and 3 year old! I’m an award-winning filmmaker, content creator and author working across print, digital and TV.

My Instagram handle reaches 20m views a month on average with highs of 50m. I’ve been a regular contributor on ITV’s Good Morning Britain for almost a decade and often feature on BBC Breakfast and 5 Live.

If you would like to work with me, please email me at mum@honestmum.com.
You can read more about me here.
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Buy My Debut Children’s Book

You can order my bestelling and critically acclaimed Children’s book, Greek Myths, Folktales & Legends for 8-12 year olds. Published by Scholastic UK and available on Amazon.

Greek Myths, Folktales & Legends for 9-12 year olds Published by Scholastic. Available on Amazon

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Writer, broadcaster; internet bestie.Contributor @bbcbreakfast @gmb @bbc5live. ‘Greek Myths’ recommended in @sundaytimes. MA with distinction at 21 🙌

POV: you’ve already heard ‘I’m bored’ followed by POV: you’ve already heard ‘I’m bored’ followed by ‘I’m hungry’ 579072 x a day since the summer holidays started and have until September to contend with this 💩🤯 #kardashians #motherhood #meme #relatable #fyp
The days and nights are long, the years are short. The days and nights are long, the years are short. The sweetest 4 years : my shadow, my best friend, my little girl ❤️❤️❤️❤️ #motherhood #capcut #transition #waitforit #fyp
New data from financial services company SunLife s New data from financial services company SunLife suggests 43% of UK grandparents look after their grandkids in the holidays and on school inset days, giving up around 18 hours a week. 

With the average nanny costing just under £12 per hour, SunLife reveals UK grandparents are saving families £18bn in holiday costs every year, £7.7bn of which is saved during the summer break. Not everyone is as lucky as I am though. We need more robust infrastructure for working parents: flexible working as the norm where possible, more childcare providers, and at a lower cost for parents and for practitioners to be paid more. The juggle is hard-for grandparents as much as parents! How are you managing childcare? #childcare #juggle #working #flexibleworking #fyp
Core memories are being made #summer #schoolholida Core memories are being made #summer #schoolholidays #fyp #memes #viral
Only 3 per cent of those with polycystic ovary syn Only 3 per cent of those with polycystic ovary syndrome reach perimenopause by the age of 46, which may allow them to conceive when older. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) known now as Polycystic Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome is notorious for disrupting hormones and fertility, but it may have some surprising benefits after the age of 40. Ageing seems to naturally reshape the affected ovaries, often making periods more regular, delaying perimenopause and increasing fertility.

“Over the years, we’ve had so many women with PCOS telling us how they thought they would never be able to get pregnant without ART [assisted reproductive technology] and then they were so surprised because it happened in their 40s,” says Terhi Piltonen at Oulu University Hospital in Finland. “We call these children who they never thought they would have ‘evening stars’.”

Piltonen and her colleagues studied how PCOS influences the menopausal transition using data from 1849 women who were born in Finland in 1966 and had had regular health checks ever since as part of the Northern Finland Birth Cohort study.

Read more here: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2525632-pcos-postpones-perimenopause-and-allows-pregnancies-at-older-ages/ #pcos #fertility #reproduction #viral #research
A mother’s genetics determines how clever her chil A mother’s genetics determines how clever her children are, according to researchers.
Women are more likely to transmit intelligence genes to their children because they are carried on the X chromosome and women have two of these, while men only have one.

Despite taking into account several factors, from the participants education to their socio-economic status and beyond, the team still found the best predictor of intelligence was the IQ of the mother. #study #research #dad #iq #intelligence
What a special morning I’ve had @langham_london fo What a special morning I’ve had @langham_london for brunch with a preview of Together @hollywilloughbytogether, @hollywilloughby’s new @youtube lifestyle show bursting with celebrity interviews (hello @stanleytucci), real life stories, food, fashion and more. Her warmth, grace and two decades of TV experience made for a brilliantly funny and engaging trailer. Holly is such a resilient, multi-faceted, talented mum of three, who deserves all the continued success in the world! I can’t wait to tune in! Thanks for having me. I absolutely loved chatting to Holly, fellow creators and the press, as well as her good friend @shishib about the music and film world (film being my life before digital)! Now back home to my far less exciting mum life! From Downing Street to brunch with Holly in one week, it’s time to take on my role as family taxi driver and entertainer once more. I can’t possibly be this boujee all of the time 😂! Out on July 28th! #brunch #hollywilloughby #youtube #fyp #tv mums
Your reminder to have that third baby at 40+ you’v Your reminder to have that third baby at 40+ you’ve been considering because they will light up your life and make even a trip to M&S the highlight of your day. A 
world of fun and feeling young af awaits you 🩷 #pov #reminder #pregnancy #over40 #viral
My 4 year old’s reminder to you to stop saving thi My 4 year old’s reminder to you to stop saving things for best. Here she is scooting her way to M&S for picky bits in sparkles and sequins 🙌 #pov #relatable #kidsofinstagram #motherhood #fyp viral girl mom mom life M&S
I attended a farewell leaving party for the Prime I attended a farewell leaving party for the Prime Minister @keirstarmer , on Tuesday the 14th of July, in the gardens of @10downingstreet . It was a privilege to firstly be invited (after an on-going collaboration since last October highlighting the government’s policies helping lift children out of poverty) and secondly, to be present to listen to speeches from those Starmer has helped and supported, firstly in his role as an MP for Holborn and St Pancras and prior to his entry into politics, as Director of Public Prosecutions.
A few things of many he’s achieved in 2 years: 
The social media ban for under-16s, workers and renters’ rights, upgrading sick pay and parental leave and ending no-fault evictions and fixed term tenancies in England.
He also raised the National Living Wage to £12.71 and settled multiple public sector strikes early in his premiership. He established Great British Energy, launched landmark overhauls of the SEND education system, and scrapped single-headline Ofsted grades in schools.
The NHS waiting list is down by 400,000 with ambulance response times quicker and 200 more GPs in the sector.
There are also 5 million extra NHS appointments, and 4500 more secondary, FE and special school teachers in schools. Knife crime down by 10%. 500,000 more children are eligible for free school meals and 500 more free breakfast clubs open, a subject I interviewed the PM about. 
..It was a joy to finally meet @deborahmeaden who has championed my work since I first interviewed her for this blog in 2018. We both said we felt we already knew one another and couldn’t believe this was the first time we were meeting in person. I really value our dms on Instagram and the support and advice Deborah has given me. Super to meet @phunphonics_and_magicmaths and her 5 week old!
I also discussed football with superstar @officialdavidseaman (I used to work for Talk Sport and am slightly football-obsessed) who shared that he still supports Leeds United as he started his career there. What a champ! He predicted England would beat Argentina but it wasn’t to be. 
What a memorable day and memorable premiership.

#keirstarmer #primeminister #number10 #davidseaman #worldcup
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Writer, broadcaster; internet bestie.Contributor @bbcbreakfast @gmb @bbc5live. ‘Greek Myths’ recommended in @sundaytimes. MA with distinction at 21 🙌

POV: you’ve already heard ‘I’m bored’ followed by POV: you’ve already heard ‘I’m bored’ followed by ‘I’m hungry’ 579072 x a day since the summer holidays started and have until September to contend with this 💩🤯 #kardashians #motherhood #meme #relatable #fyp
The days and nights are long, the years are short. The days and nights are long, the years are short. The sweetest 4 years : my shadow, my best friend, my little girl ❤️❤️❤️❤️ #motherhood #capcut #transition #waitforit #fyp
New data from financial services company SunLife s New data from financial services company SunLife suggests 43% of UK grandparents look after their grandkids in the holidays and on school inset days, giving up around 18 hours a week. 

With the average nanny costing just under £12 per hour, SunLife reveals UK grandparents are saving families £18bn in holiday costs every year, £7.7bn of which is saved during the summer break. Not everyone is as lucky as I am though. We need more robust infrastructure for working parents: flexible working as the norm where possible, more childcare providers, and at a lower cost for parents and for practitioners to be paid more. The juggle is hard-for grandparents as much as parents! How are you managing childcare? #childcare #juggle #working #flexibleworking #fyp
Core memories are being made #summer #schoolholida Core memories are being made #summer #schoolholidays #fyp #memes #viral
Only 3 per cent of those with polycystic ovary syn Only 3 per cent of those with polycystic ovary syndrome reach perimenopause by the age of 46, which may allow them to conceive when older. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) known now as Polycystic Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome is notorious for disrupting hormones and fertility, but it may have some surprising benefits after the age of 40. Ageing seems to naturally reshape the affected ovaries, often making periods more regular, delaying perimenopause and increasing fertility.

“Over the years, we’ve had so many women with PCOS telling us how they thought they would never be able to get pregnant without ART [assisted reproductive technology] and then they were so surprised because it happened in their 40s,” says Terhi Piltonen at Oulu University Hospital in Finland. “We call these children who they never thought they would have ‘evening stars’.”

Piltonen and her colleagues studied how PCOS influences the menopausal transition using data from 1849 women who were born in Finland in 1966 and had had regular health checks ever since as part of the Northern Finland Birth Cohort study.

Read more here: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2525632-pcos-postpones-perimenopause-and-allows-pregnancies-at-older-ages/ #pcos #fertility #reproduction #viral #research
A mother’s genetics determines how clever her chil A mother’s genetics determines how clever her children are, according to researchers.
Women are more likely to transmit intelligence genes to their children because they are carried on the X chromosome and women have two of these, while men only have one.

Despite taking into account several factors, from the participants education to their socio-economic status and beyond, the team still found the best predictor of intelligence was the IQ of the mother. #study #research #dad #iq #intelligence
What a special morning I’ve had @langham_london fo What a special morning I’ve had @langham_london for brunch with a preview of Together @hollywilloughbytogether, @hollywilloughby’s new @youtube lifestyle show bursting with celebrity interviews (hello @stanleytucci), real life stories, food, fashion and more. Her warmth, grace and two decades of TV experience made for a brilliantly funny and engaging trailer. Holly is such a resilient, multi-faceted, talented mum of three, who deserves all the continued success in the world! I can’t wait to tune in! Thanks for having me. I absolutely loved chatting to Holly, fellow creators and the press, as well as her good friend @shishib about the music and film world (film being my life before digital)! Now back home to my far less exciting mum life! From Downing Street to brunch with Holly in one week, it’s time to take on my role as family taxi driver and entertainer once more. I can’t possibly be this boujee all of the time 😂! Out on July 28th! #brunch #hollywilloughby #youtube #fyp #tv mums
Your reminder to have that third baby at 40+ you’v Your reminder to have that third baby at 40+ you’ve been considering because they will light up your life and make even a trip to M&S the highlight of your day. A 
world of fun and feeling young af awaits you 🩷 #pov #reminder #pregnancy #over40 #viral
My 4 year old’s reminder to you to stop saving thi My 4 year old’s reminder to you to stop saving things for best. Here she is scooting her way to M&S for picky bits in sparkles and sequins 🙌 #pov #relatable #kidsofinstagram #motherhood #fyp viral girl mom mom life M&S
I attended a farewell leaving party for the Prime I attended a farewell leaving party for the Prime Minister @keirstarmer , on Tuesday the 14th of July, in the gardens of @10downingstreet . It was a privilege to firstly be invited (after an on-going collaboration since last October highlighting the government’s policies helping lift children out of poverty) and secondly, to be present to listen to speeches from those Starmer has helped and supported, firstly in his role as an MP for Holborn and St Pancras and prior to his entry into politics, as Director of Public Prosecutions.
A few things of many he’s achieved in 2 years: 
The social media ban for under-16s, workers and renters’ rights, upgrading sick pay and parental leave and ending no-fault evictions and fixed term tenancies in England.
He also raised the National Living Wage to £12.71 and settled multiple public sector strikes early in his premiership. He established Great British Energy, launched landmark overhauls of the SEND education system, and scrapped single-headline Ofsted grades in schools.
The NHS waiting list is down by 400,000 with ambulance response times quicker and 200 more GPs in the sector.
There are also 5 million extra NHS appointments, and 4500 more secondary, FE and special school teachers in schools. Knife crime down by 10%. 500,000 more children are eligible for free school meals and 500 more free breakfast clubs open, a subject I interviewed the PM about. 
..It was a joy to finally meet @deborahmeaden who has championed my work since I first interviewed her for this blog in 2018. We both said we felt we already knew one another and couldn’t believe this was the first time we were meeting in person. I really value our dms on Instagram and the support and advice Deborah has given me. Super to meet @phunphonics_and_magicmaths and her 5 week old!
I also discussed football with superstar @officialdavidseaman (I used to work for Talk Sport and am slightly football-obsessed) who shared that he still supports Leeds United as he started his career there. What a champ! He predicted England would beat Argentina but it wasn’t to be. 
What a memorable day and memorable premiership.

#keirstarmer #primeminister #number10 #davidseaman #worldcup
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