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Julie Jay

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Baby boy playing with stuufed toy at home.
Julie Jay: It’s a drag watching my baby try to crawl, but he’ll get there eventually
As he shuffles from A to B at a glacial pace, it turns out our one year old isn’t the only one embracing their sloth era

Tue, 13 Aug, 2024

Festival Love
Julie Jay: I can't imagine anything worse than bringing my kids to a festival
People debate whether or not festivals are the right place for children, but the truth is anything is enjoyable for kids once they feel safe and heard on what is a unique and truly enriching adventure

Tue, 06 Aug, 2024

Woman watering flowers.
Julie Jay: Even reading about families with eight children has me googling vasectomy clinics in Kerry
A recent newspaper interview with well-known influencer Hannah Neeleman has many people questioning the trad wife phenomenon and just how aspirational it really is

Tue, 30 Jul, 2024

Cute little boy sitting on the beach in sunset
Julie Jay: After dinner is the perfect time to enjoy an Irish beach with your kids
... convincing the kids it’s time to go home is also never a problem, because the sun going down signals the jig is up and that tomorrow is another day

Tue, 23 Jul, 2024

Children's drawing workshop, happy children make handprints with paint.
Julie Jay: Is it necessary for parents to bring out their child’s inner Don Conroy?
"My ‘suggested feed’ is a litany of crafty mammies going above and beyond to make sure their child doesn’t have to suffer one nano-second of boredom."

Tue, 16 Jul, 2024

Happy little kid boy jumping on rainy puddle in autumn on nature
Julie Jay: Irish holidays remind us that our job as parents is to make the best of it
When you’re a parent on holiday your job is to be optimistic to the point of full-on delusion

Tue, 09 Jul, 2024

Dirty dishes in the sink
I can’t tame the mess monster no matter how much cleaning I do
A chaotic individual is endearing, chaotic mammy is risking a call to the relevant authorities

Tue, 02 Jul, 2024

mother exercising together with her baby,woman doing postnatal workout cute isolated vector illustration scene
Julie Jay: Why pay to attend a gym class when I have a baby-sized kettlebell at home?
In an effort to encourage crawling, we have built a baby boot camp for Number Two, and no bad cops are allowed

Tue, 18 Jun, 2024

Baby elephant teething toy
Julie Jay: A random passerby commented on my baby's front teeth...
Our nine-month-old is teething and biting anyone and anything that stands there long enough, and I can’t say I blame him

Tue, 11 Jun, 2024

Vote black board
Julie Jay: Politicians and toddlers will say almost anything to get what they want
"They’ve broken our trust before, and they rarely see things through, but still, we say over and over again, this time it will be different."

Tue, 04 Jun, 2024

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