This is a guide to give you a few ideas about how to get back into shape after you have had your little one. However, do two things before you start exercising: Listen to your body – if you feel tired, are bleeding heavily or just don’t feel ready, then don’t do it. Rest, relax, […]
How to care for wounds with children
Wounds, bumps, knocks, cuts and scrapes Wounds are very common with children. Any parent will tell you that this is perfectly normal. I remember as a child that my little brother’s knees and shins were always covered in bruises from his various adventures, and I remember very well the time he fell on a bramble […]
How to cope with head injuries in children
Totally normal The bulk of parents will have had a child with a head injury of some sort by the time their child is five. It just goes with the territory. Small children fall over, they crash into things, into other children, and it doesn’t matter how much you try to protect them and keep […]
Memory boosting foods and drinks
Memory issues? Do you ever have those moments when you open the fridge and you can’t remember what you went for? Or perhaps you go upstairs on a very specific mission and then totally forget what that super important item was? Anybody do this? I did this all the time whilst I was pregnant, which […]
Share With Me #66
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 […]
Dealing with Chickenpox
Have you had to deal with Chickenpox as a parent yet? It’s not much fun. I’m halfway there with dealing with Chickenpox, the older two children have had it, the younger two are yet to, but with it flying around pretty much non stop I’m on constant Chickenpox alert. As a child I had it […]
Share With Me #65
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 […]
Re-fueling on the go: healthy snacking and hydration for children
The clocks have changed, it’s getting milder and we’ve even had a few blue sky days. It’s possible, just possible that picnics in the garden and out and about won’t be too far away. A couple of weeks ago there was a family barbecuing at our local park. Whilst I was thinking “it’s not that […]