Being a parent is rewarding in its self but while looking after your children there can be very little time left to spend on yourself. However, you can treat yourself by ensuring that you have a few key fashion items and accessories in your wardrobe. These items need to be practical. You no doubt get […]
Are you the primary carer of your children? Do you find it hard to trust other people with their care? You aren’t alone. A survey from Withings reveals that over half of all new mums don’t trust anyone but themselves to look after their baby. 55% of mums polled said they don’t trust their mum, […]
Sick ends up being one of the signature scents of parents for a period of the parenting journey at least. Often of course combined in a wonderful concoction with a range of other baby and child related smells. It’s kind of just how it goes and part of the ride, but any parent will tell […]
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As parents we often ask our children “how was your day?” – whether we get a response or not, well that is something entirely different altogether. Are we asking the right questions of our children?
Parenting can be a complicated gig at times. We know as parents the exhausting moments, the funny moments, the amazing precious moments, the proud moments and so on – but do you ever catch yourself doing something as a parent and think “how did it get to this?” Or, “what on earth am I doing?” […]
Travelling and holidays, something so many of us love and perhaps live for to an extent, but when children come along holidays take on a slightly different approach. There is no ‘holiday’ from parenting is there, so really we end up doing lots of the same things somewhere else. Despite this, I actually love family […]
No one may ever recognise the sacrifices you have made, the things you have put yourself through but it shouldn’t matter because your children are the daily illustration that ALL of it mattered. That ALL of it was worth it, and that you would do it ALL again.
Sleep. It’s a naughty word in our house to be honest. Mainly because in the last 11 years I’ve not had that much of it. To say I get irritated when other parents gloat about their babies and children who have been sleeping through since they left the womb would be an understatement. We’ve always […]