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    Kate Kirk

    Kate lives on the border of London and Essex surrounded by the chaos caused by her two daughters, cat and partner. When she can distract her toddler for long enough she blogs at www.countingtoten.co.uk about honest parenting. As a co-parenting, non-dairy eating, occasionally depressed and often shouty mother of girls who love toys, books, going out and mess she covers a bit of everything and is often covered in everything. You can find her chatting away on Twitter (EssexKate), Instagram (EssexKate) and Facebook (CountingToTenBlog) when she should probably be tidying the house.

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    Mums & Tots: How to help children when a loved one dies

    01 October 2020 by Kate Kirk

    It’s an inevitable part of life that at some point we will lose people we love. It’s hard enough for …

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    My new year’s resolution: Stop being a Shouty Mum

    20 December 2019 by Kate Kirk

    Kate Kirk at Counting to Ten blog reflects on her self-confessed biggest shortcoming when it comes …

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    Parenting: 6 things we swore we’d never do but do

    19 November 2019 by Kate Kirk

    Becoming a parent is a life-changing event that nothing really prepares you for. BritMums’ …

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    Mums & Tots: Going to playgroup

    20 September 2019 by Kate Kirk

    How do you feel about playgroups? With a baby it is pretty essential to meet up with other parents …

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    Mums & Tots: Life With A Threenager

    17 July 2019 by Kate Kirk

    I have a 3 year old who isn’t behaving quite like herself. With her older sister I blamed the …

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    Mums & Tots: Managing bedtime with two children

    29 June 2019 by Kate Kirk

    However easily (or not) your first child goes to bed it all gets more challenging when you add …

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    Mums & Tots: The countdown to starting school

    21 May 2019 by Kate Kirk

    Did you recently find out which school your child will be going to in September? If it’s your first …

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    Mums & Tots: Helping around the house

    16 April 2019 by Kate Kirk

    Whether you have 1 child or 6 keeping on top of the housework can seem like a never ending task. …

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    How to use social media more efficiently

    17 August 2018 by Kate Kirk

    Blogging and social media go hand in hand, but how do you limit the time you spend while making it …

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