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. How is it possible for your children to have a life different from yours? I mean, […]
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Just like having kids, when you first start out with a blog you are lost. It is just a fact of life. Unless you have had a blog before you have little to no idea of what you are really doing. In fact you can read as many blogs as you want to before you
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Diary Adventures of LagosMums: DALM | The case of the tooth fairy Where did the tooth fairy originate? Have you ever thought about it? We had a case of our first tooth loss and immediately after Tam asked when the tooth fairy will come by and put some money under her pillow. I suddenly realized that I
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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. Hoping that it wouldn’t come too soon, I’m now experiencing that section of the rules book
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by Tosin Akingbulu I remember tagging along behind my mum as we went shopping every last Saturday of the month. I drew one heavy step after another because this was my least favourite chore – grocery shopping. The market was always messy and when we passed the butchers’, oh, that stench! Whew! And I always wondered
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One of the benefits of living in Nigeria is that labour is cheap. So for working Mums (and those who can) having a nanny is a great advantage. But can you find a good nanny? Welcome to the nanny trap. Abiola Okubanjo, Director of Tiger Lily Children’s Wear shares her views on finding that rare
by Nimi Akinkugbe Shakespeare’s Polonius offers the sage advice to his son Laertes in Hamlet “Neither a borrower nor a lender be, for loan oft loses both itself and friend.” Consider this scenario: A friend calls you and needs to see you urgently. It can’t be discussed on the telephone; she must visit you personally.
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It is always a good idea to plan ahead for the long summer holiday and what and how you will occupy your children. Yes they should rest but too much idleness is probably not ideal. Some of the things to consider while planning for summer in Lagos are – Staying home You can create a
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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. Okay Mums, help me out here…but how do you ever do “it” with the kids in
I watched a video by this guy on Youtube that is titled “Beyonce Exposed| Prosthetic Breast| Fake butt| bleached skin| fake pregnancy | without makeup” The presentation was full of various pictures of Beyonce at different times to show that all the different parts of her body have been enhanced in some form. Including supposed
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