In the UK, Mother’s Day is coming up soon – mark March 26th in your calendars, and if you have children yourself, then make sure you start hinting soon as to what you want for your special day, but even if you are a mother yourself, let’s step away from that for a moment, and […]
Backache? How to feel more comfortable after children
It isn’t always easy to feel comfortable in your own body. After you have children, your body changes forever – and although we’re proud of the changes because they demonstrate the incredible things that our bodies can do in order to reproduce, it can sometimes be hard to reconcile yourself to looking different from the […]
Feeding little people
Ten years ago I had a two month old baby, my first baby, and I had just about got the hang of breastfeeding. I was trying to navigate my way through early motherhood and trying to ensure I did the best for my baby at every stage. I’d spent the two weeks I went overdue […]
9 fun ideas if your children get bored
Are your children always complaining that they are bored? Or do you know you have some events coming up soon where they’re bound to complain about having nothing to do? These fun ideas should help you to entertain them, and maybe even teach them a thing or two! It’s not something I hear very often […]
Dear first time mummy-to-be
Hi there mummy-to-be, Firstly, many, many congratulations on your pregnancy! I hope it’s going well and that you are able to enjoy the fact that a tiny person is growing inside of you. I wanted to write to you as someone who has four amazing children to share with you some of the things you […]
The rise of the threenager
The run up to the recent third birthday in our house was pretty full on. Three, it seems is a rather special age, full of change, possibility, new skills and superpowers. Three is a big deal. Back at two and a half the planning began for being three, and it went a bit like this: […]
Creative children
All of the children love to craft, paint, draw, chalk and get involved in anything creative. They all enjoy it and have made all sorts over the years. However, one of the children is by far the most creative. He’s the one that dreams up the creations, produces detailed drawings for them and then, along with […]
Bathroom hack
Sometimes our bathroom seems to get overtaken with bathroom products. Lotions and potions and creams and balms and shampoos and conditioners, bubbles baths and shower gels, soaps and even cleaning products. I do love it when I come across products that are multi-purpose and can tick a few boxes at once. A really good bathroom […]