Welcome to the Share With Me Linky. I want to thank all of you who link every week, it is very much appreciated. Lots of you follow the rules, linking, adding the badge or a link, commenting on the HOST post and commenting on each others. There are also quite a few people who don’t […]
When you can’t put your baby down
Baby arrives When we have a baby many of us are so in love, so happy, so content, so grateful, and so damn proud of ourselves that we don’t want to put our babies down. Many babies are in such utter shock that they’ve now landed in this strange world where sounds are no longer […]
The value of a photograph
How much value do you place on a photograph? How frequently do you take photos and how many of those do you share with the world? Taking photos and the way we share the images with our friends and family has changed so much over the years. Even just in the last 20 years, things […]
Parents! Need an eyewitness on the road?
Have you heard of a dash cam? I hadn’t until very recently, but I was quite intrigued by them and the more I read, I realised that actually they are quite popular. Do you have a dash cam or know anyone who does? So what is a dash cam? A dash cam or dashboard camera […]
5 tips for helping a child with a fever
A child with a fever can be a really frightening thing for parents to deal with. Normally, a temperature higher than 37.5°C (99.5°F) is considered to be a fever. You will learn what your child’s ‘normal’ temperature is and therefore you’ll also know when they are hotter than normal. If your little one is sick and […]
The tech-savvy way to plan a sleepover
Sleepovers are one of childhood’s great pastimes: a bunch of friends get to hang out, eat pizza, watch movies and gossip about…whatever it is kids gossip about nowadays. It’s also a great way to get to know all of your child’s friends. Planning a sleepover, however, can be a big hassle. There are so many […]
Early Moments Matter
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! I hope you are all reminding each other how much you love each other today. Clearly we should do that every day but today is another good reminder. For Valentine’s Day, UNICEF is releasing a beautiful new video paying tribute to the one of the greatest loves of all – the […]
Money saving tips for large families
I never personally feel as a family of six that we are especially ‘large’ in size, but certainly when I get asked how many children I have and I tell people four, they normally take a sharp intake of breath, followed by “four…really?” It does seem to be the perception of others that we have […]