Do your children know what to do in an emergency? Part 1 calling for help?
We were at the local summer fair, yesterday, with the children, and I was chatting to Big Girl, about what she needed to do, if she got lost, or couldn’t find us, in the busy crowds and stalls. We had a chat about her either finding the First Aid Stall and asking them for help, […]
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Poonami…
This blog post’s alternative title is “if you have a baby, don’t ever leave the house without a spare nappy.” Like, me you might live to regret that… One of the basic rules of parenting a baby or toddler still in nappies, is that if you are leaving the house, for a trip out, you […]
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Surviving hayfever season, without taking medication…
*This is a review post sharing some useful information on surviving hayfever season and allergies when you don’t want to reach for medication as a first reaction* I struggle with mild allergies. I am allergic to cats (ironic, really given we have two, and one that sheds fur like no other cat I have ever […]
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Easy Home made Thai green curry paste
Thai green curry is a firm favourite in our house and I make it often, actually. It is one of our favourites, and I find easy, and compatible with most meats (chicken, pork, beef, or vegetables) and if I make a milder version, the children love it, and it’s also a meal you can make […]
READ MOREFriday’s Rants from the SoapBox in My Living Room
Welcome to my Friday’s Rants from the Soap Box in my Living Room. A small space in the week where I can have a chunter about things that have made me twitch with annoyance or made me question if the world has gone mad or not…. I also linked up with MummyBarrow for her Ranty Friday. You can find […]
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I am angry. This is not how it should have been.
It’s hard to write this post, because I realise that I sound ungrateful and resentful, and I do know, that there are other people, families and parents out there going through far worse, than what we have experienced. I am not very good at expressing myself verbally, so I am writing it all down, in […]
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Welcome to my Friday’s Rants from the Soap Box in my Living Room. A small space in the week where I can have a chunter about things that have made me twitch with annoyance or made me question if the world has gone mad or not…. I also linked up with MummyBarrow for her Ranty Friday. You can find […]
READ MOREParenting Confession time: Please don’t let your child rummage in my handbag!
Sometimes I blog about things, that seem to me like a sort of parenting confession session. This blog post is one of those! I had an interesting conversation, with a mother, at a toddler group that Small Boy and I attend, occasionally. (Not the one I work at) My bag, was on the floor, under […]
READ MORESo Angelina had a mastectomy. You know what? I would do the same!
(photo source) It has been big news, this week. Angelina Jolie, announced that she carries the BRCA1 gene which means she is in the 5% of the population at risk of the most severe forms of breast and ovarian cancer. She lost her own mother, who died at the age of 56, to ovarian cancer. […]
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Glue ear diagnosis.
(Image sourced from an ENT website, with permission) So, if you have been following me here, Facebook or Twitter, you will know we have had some major ongoing sleep issues with our boy. We suspected he was suffering from recurrent ear infections, with very few actual symptoms, and we have been working our way to […]
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