Sleep deprivation, and a solution. A guest post.
This week, we have AtoZMummy, sharing her thoughts on how sleep deprivation has affected her life, and that of her families, when her second child Baby A arrived, and started having sleep issues when he was about 5 months old. She’s also had a battle, to win, with sleep, she and I have shared many […]
READ MOREParenting – starting nursery!
I am delighted to share a blog post from Rachael from We3Three about finding a good nursery, and starting her little one there. Little Man also started nursery last September, and it was a big step, and I remember feeling the same with Big Girl too… My boy started school nursery in September. He is […]
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Diet pills don’t work…
(photo source) I will qualify that remark, by saying, that in the short term, diet pills DO work, in that they can help someone loose weight, and burn off energy. I do know people use them, and also who sell them, as a business concern, so this is a touchy post for me to write. […]
READ MOREBritish Red Cross Baby & Child First Aid App.
This is a partnership post with The Red Cross sharing about their free First Aid App. As a mum and also working with small children and babies and being a former pediatric nurse, I think knowing appropriate First Aid and having the right resources is essential, for all parents and this app is a handy […]
READ MOREFriday’s Rants from the Soap Box in MY Living Room!
Happy New Year. I hope you all had a very peaceful and happy Christmas. We did, it was blissfully quiet and just us for the most part. Just what we needed. I have lots of rants brewing in my head, but have deliberately taken a few days off from blogging to just have time out […]
READ MOREFriday’s Rants from the Soap Box in MY Living room…
This week my rant is aimed at people on social media, who actively go around, looking at other peoples blog posts, pages on Facebook, Facebook profiles (if they are not set to private) Instagram accounts, and Twitter, to offer unsolicted advice, usually parenting advice. (photo source and a good blog post from Babble about unsolicited […]
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Let’s talk about my mid-life crisis nose piercing…
Let’s talk about my mid-life crisis nose piercing… Yes, I did it, after talking about it for months, probably years. I went with a lovely friend, who is celebrating a very hard-earned weight loss goal, and she got her nose pierced, and so did I, and another friend had her ears pierced. Before you ask, […]
READ MORESo, maybe a little Bah Humbug from me…Christmas Cards for the whole class?
I have resolved to enter this Christmas season with a new spirit, to enjoy and like Christmas and all it’s trimmings. I blogged recently about this you can read about it here. However, I am asking for a little grace for a spot of bah humbug and I think it’s justified. Of course, I am […]
READ MOREMy secret anorak thing….I love volcanoes
I have a thing, a hobby, if you like, that in any rare spare time, that I have, I like to indulge in. It’s a bit geeky, and very few people know about it. It’s not rude, or shameful, just a bit unusual for a suburban mother of two, I think. The reason there is […]
READ MOREHow to interact with an introverted person…
I don’t normally share memes or pictures that do the usual rounds on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites, unless they are really funny, because, well, just because I don’t. However, I really liked this one, and as an introverted person, who has spent most of her life learning how to cope with interacting […]
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