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Single First Time Buyers’ Mortgage Guide 2024: Free Planner Included
Lydia shares her insights and tips for first-time solo homebuyers, drawn from her experience as a single mother. She emphasises the importance of understanding your motivation for homeownership, organising your finances meticulously, boosting your credit score, saving strategically, and seeking professional advice. She offers practical advice for each step, from reducing expenses and increasing income…
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A Journey Through Entrepreneurship as a Single Mum
Embarking on the rollercoaster of motherhood brought unexpected challenges, notably postpartum hair loss. Amidst my quest for solutions, a chance meeting at a YSYS start-up weekend birthed The Good Hair Co. Navigating the complexities of entrepreneurship, from research to building the business, was daunting. Balancing this journey with full-time work and motherhood led to burnout,…
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Life Update: Co-parenting, Entrepreneurship & Home Buying *
After a four-year hiatus, Lydia resumes blogging to share her journey of overcoming the challenges of co-parenting, solo homeownership, and building her own business. She recounts managing family dynamics during the lockdown, starting a haircare business to address postpartum hair loss issues, and her dream of becoming a homeowner by the age of 30, which…
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Feeding a 6-9 Month Old as a First Time Mum
“A baby’s motivation to put food in his mouth is curiosity and copying – not hunger “ ― Gill Rapley I headed down to my local supermarket to get some of the ready-made baby food on the shelves and Matthew absolutely hated every single one of them. Now what?
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Is There a Lack of Representation for Black Mum Bloggers in the UK?
“It is more substantial to represent a purpose, rather than just a title.” ― T.F. Hodge Over the last few months of 2019 I’ve slowly started embracing the world of mummy blogging (or mommy blogging for my US people) but it’s not been easy as a black single mum.
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Life Update | What Happened In May?
“How you feel about home after holiday says a lot about home.” ― Joyce Rachelle Having some me time is so important, especially as a mother. Single or not, being a mother requires so much of yourself that it’s easy to lose yourself in the midst of it all.
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Life Update | What Happened In April?
“A mother continues to labor long after the baby is born.” – Lisa Jo Baker. April has come and gone and it brought a lot of exciting and not so exciting things. I learned a lot about myself and those around me and realised just how important a change of environment can be.
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A Millennials View on Motherhood as a First-time Mum
“Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had, and dealing with fears you didn’t know existed.” — Linda Woote I had a rough couple of weeks this month were the only response to the question “How does it feel to be a mum” was “sh*t”.
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Life Update | What Happened In March?
“Taking a break can lead to breakthroughs.” ― Russell Eric Dobda Lots of big and small things are happening in my life right now and not enough time to write it all down. So I though why not end the month with a little round up of what’s been going on.
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Lydia’s Lazy Lunch – Creamy Bacon & Vegetable Pasta Recipe
If cooking becomes an art form rather than a means of providing a reasonable diet, then something is clearly wrong. – Tom Jaine Having a baby is hard work and trying to find the time to cook as well as eat is even harder when you have to clean, feed, entertain and soothe a 5…
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