“Oh dear how to battle this weight insecurity?” I thought to myself with tears dripping down my face. Hello, my name is Didi and I’m soon to become a mum… I don’t know how to feel only joy about this as a lot of women would and that’s because the person that got me pregnant […]
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MUMMY MAKE-UP by Tracy Nneka Osokolo Tracy Nneka Osokolo is the author of “Red Pepper and English Tea” and a resident writer at the London 2012 Olympics Festival at the Southbank Centre. Tracy will be writing a regular column for LagosMums! Working twenty hours a week, fifty kilometers away from home and being Fiona’s mum, has
When it comes to spending time with children, do you spend your time engaging them, entertaining them or doing a little of both? Before you can fully answer that question, you may need to explore the difference between the two. When caregivers engage children their time is spent being actively involved with the kids. Engaging
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Written by Adetola Adeolu-Balogun, a LagosMums Guest Blogger I always look forward to Sunday service, it’s a time to be refilled with The Word and enjoy God’s presence. This Sunday service was a blessing to me and it would be selfish of me not to share it with you, so sit back, relax and read
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A New Year brings an almost involuntary reaction to set some New Year resolutions and goals. A New Year comes with the idea of a fresh start and new beginnings. Chance to try something new, try something you were not able to achieve in the past year. While there are a lot of the more
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The Proverbs 31 Superwoman – could it be you in 2013? A new year brings with it a sense of renewal and the age-old tradition of new-year resolutions helps you to focus on making positive changes in various aspects of your life. Many people make new-year resolutions to exercise regularly and lose weight, maintain a
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DADDY’S DELIVERY GIRL by Tracy Nneka Osokolo Tracy Nneka Osokolo is the author of “Red Pepper and English Tea” – ANBUKRAFT Award Winner for Best New Fiction. She was a Resident Writer at the London 2012 Olympics Festival at the Southbank Centre. Tracy will be writing a regular column for LagosMums! Each evening when we sit
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Comfort in the Salon! I am finally at the salon putting braids in my hair! between having to answer questions from my toddlers about the true length of my hair, or them asking about my integrity aka why I am pretending that the weave-on is my hair when it is not, or them threatening to
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FIONA by Tracy Nneka Osokolo Tracy Nneka Osokolo is the author of “Red Pepper and English Tea” and a resident writer at the London 2012 Olympics Festival at the Southbank Centre. Tracy will be writing a regular column for LagosMums! I watched her skip around the dining table as I tried to work. I gave up
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Written by: Mayowa Ogundele (@Ohluwamayowa) As a young, unmarried and hopeless romantic; I cannot but continue in my quest to discover the ‘happily ever after’ world. I want Life to be a bed of ever-scenting roses that become fresher than they were the day before. No, I’m not talking about M-for-Marriage, at least not today.
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