Disappointed
This last weekend, we had a fun Sunday afternoon. My small son tripped and fell and managed to gash his head. When he came running towards me and I saw blood pouring from under his hand, covering the gash, I knew we probably needed to seek medical help. When I examined the cut, that was […]
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Buying and Sorting Kids’ Clothes, the Easy Way
Admittedly, parenting can be an arduous task for anyone to undertake. There’s just too much happening all the time, thus, it can be hard to keep track of everything all at once. With each passing day, children seem to grow by a couple of inches, with that, comes the added responsibility of ensuring that the […]
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Allergy alert jewellery doesn’t have to be boring…
*I was kindly sent a piece of allergy alert jewellery to review. Images are my own, and I was not paid to write this post* I have an allergy and I wear allergy alert jewellery so people around me are aware. It’s a relatively common allergy, but it can be potentially fatal if it’s not […]
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I’m not a bad parent because my kid doesn’t sleep.
My kid doesn’t sleep. There, I said it. Ok, he does, but he doesn’t sleep well sometimes and we still have nights where he wakes once, if not more than once, sometimes up to three times. He needs help to go back to sleep and he often wakes early (and I mean early, before 6am) […]
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Mountain biking basics for beginners…
As a family that loves cycling, with three of us regularly out and about on bikes (I am currently, sadly not allowed to cycle due to recovering from major knee surgery) and a husband that is a semi professional cyclist, with 30 years of being on a bike in one way or another, we are, […]
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A rant about dressing up days at school…!
This is my face. Ok, it’s not my face, but it’s the look that was on my face this morning, when my children informed me of YET ANOTHER dressing up day at school. I am an ogre (except I hate dressing up, so I stomp about angrily like an ogre, I just don’t dress like […]
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Five Fun Hobbies to Introduce the Kids To
*this is a collaborative post* As a parent, it’s always fun to introduce your children to new experiences and activities. Some of the things you’ll introduce them to will be essential for them to know as they get older, whereas other things are really more about fun and them developing their own interests and personality. […]
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He doesn’t need to “get better” from Sensory Processing Disorder.
There are two things not to say to a parent of a child with sensory processing disorder or any other invisible issue that doesn’t manifest in a way that can be seen “physically”… “He looks fine, though” & “so when will he get better?” Both have been said to me recently. Both were well meant […]
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I run on iron. What keeps this mum going strong?
*I was very kindly sent some Spatone Liquid Iron to try* Vitamins and iron? Something you think about or put to the back of your mind? Most people don’t think about how much iron they need as part of their daily requirements to help keep their bodies functioning well. The last few months for me, […]
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