My Dear darling daughter, aged not quite 11, yet. I love you, I do. You are very precious to me. You remind me a lot of myself, which is fun, but also a bit scary, but we are learning to figure that one out. There is one thing that is really bothering me and it […]
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Welcome to our monthly installment of stuff we love. Things we have liked and want to share about. There are no affiliate links, any links are simply because we think you may want to go and see for yourselves… It’s been rather crazy month, coming back from holiday, finishing off the Easter holidays, back to […]
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The alternative title of this post could be – When you and your tweenager disagree on what the word “tidy” means and what a tidy bedroom should look like… The tweenager and I are having a difference of opinion, the first of many, I have no doubt, and it’s one that I don’t think we […]
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*this is a collaborative post* Parents are constantly looking for ways to make sure their kids get the best education. Francis Bacon said knowledge is power, and he was dead right. Studies show that poorer children struggle more in life, but not because of money. It’s because their background doesn’t give them the educational opportunities […]
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I personally think that all parents are superheros with unsung superpowers. I have met and known MANY mums in my lifetime, so far. I have worked as a nanny, a children’s nurse, and now I have my own children and also work with families and young children, and in that time I have seen so […]
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The definition of the word “family” is different for everyone. What used to be described as “the nuclear family”, where you had two parents and one or two children, really doesn’t exist any more. As my Nana would have said “things are not what they used to be”. She often used to say that in […]
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It’s no secret, that I LOATHE supermarket shopping. The actual act of going to a supermarket, and having to buy things. Online shopping takes a lot of the sting out of it, but as much as I would like to pretend that supermarkets don’t exist, sadly they do, and they are useful. That doesn’t mean […]
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When Mum has a meltdown, you know it’s been that kind of day. It started badly, with tears, tantrums and grumps, and I lost my cool after being shouted at by one child and stropped at by the 9.5 year old going on tweenager… (Have I mentioned she’s just like me? I’m kind of dreading […]
READ MOREThis is my series on parenting a child with a higher set of needs than his peers. Our beautiful boy, has a diagnosis of sensory processing disorder, mainly auditory, with some emotional/behavioural issues. We don’t know if this is because of the earlier ear/infection/hearing issues he had, or if he will “grow out of” his […]
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We have two cats in the Mad House of Cats & Babies (hence the name of the blog) and this little pictorial from Sainsbury’s Bank is quite helpful, to explain the sometimes baffling (to humans at least) behaviours of cats. Layla and Jasper approve and think it would be good for all humans to have […]
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