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Charlotte (has) Baby Brain's avatar

I am elbow deep in this stage of parenting right now, thank you for letting me know this particular issue gets better 😂

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Fiona Gibson's avatar

It definitely does! Although my 24 yo daughter enjoys casting up my failures. I’ve suggested she writes them all down in a book x

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Charlotte (has) Baby Brain's avatar

Or on a Substack, perhaps? I have a feeling that would be very popular

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Fiona Gibson's avatar

Parental failings? Yes!

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Tara Smith's avatar

I took my 17 daughter on a college visit the day before Easter and we arrived home back home close to midnight. Husband was in charge of making Easter supper and we had agreed to skip church for the first time in years because, well just because. We - well I - also talked myself into skipping the Easter basket because, for the love of God, the child is 17. Damn if my daughter didn't wake up and say "Did the bunny come?" Then she spent the day showing me her friends' tik tok accounts of their "Easter hauls."

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Fiona Gibson's avatar

You know she’ll be casting this up at you for years to come! But weirdly the millions of parenting triumphs are instantly forgotten xx

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Sarah Honeyman's avatar

Hi! My daughter and I were just talking about this today! I’m not sure when Easter became a ‘thing’? My neighbour asked me if I was having a family meal on Sunday, errr, no! My eldest daughter’s in-laws have a big Easter event but they’re very religious which kind of explains that, but it still makes me feel a bit inadequate 😄. The best bit about Easter for me is putting half a chocolate egg over my face like a gorgeous oxygen mask. I have to buy the egg myself of course 🙄

Happy Easter! 🥰

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Fiona Gibson's avatar

Yes, there's been an explosion of Easter merchandise these past few years - shop windows filled with chicks and bunnies. I guess high street retailers are struggling so they LEAP on any occasion - Valentine's, Mother's Day, anything to buy a card/present/decorate your house for. I like the egg/mask idea! x

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