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When My Kids Don’t Sleep

May 1, 2014

When the kids don't sleep it's AWFUL, horrendous, mood altering-ly exhausting and with two kids aged 4 and 18 months respectively, this is not what I bargained for. When will they sleep?! When will I sleep through for a full night-please don't say when they're 18 *screams!?

Urgh Sleep Deprivation & Things That Help Me

February 3, 2014

I'm not a doctor but I sure am (sadly) an expert on sleep deprivation. Give or take 4 flipping whole years of it. Don't be fooled by the picture above, they nodded off together but were soon moved to their own beds and both woke up at least twice that night. Le yawn!

Hi! I’m Vicki, mum to a teen, tween and a toddler! I’m an award-winning filmmaker, content creator and author working across print, digital, TV and film. I’m also a regular parenting expert for Bored Panda (reaching 121 million views a month). My Instagram handle reaches 8m 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 5 Live, where I even guest-edited a radio show.

I wrote the bestselling book Mumboss-The Honest Mum’s Guide To Surviving and Thriving at Work and at Home in 2018, with a 2nd edition released in 2020 and the US and Canadian version titled The Working Mom was published in 2021.

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