It’s funny, because even though I was a nanny, then a pediatric nurse, and having worked with many families and children over the years, when I was handed my own baby, my first born, all of my knowledge and experience went out of the window. My husband and I literally looked at each other, over […]
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In all the months of therapy, that I have had, since I was referred for help after my breakdown and diagnosis of anxiety disorder in 2013, one theme has come up, again and again, with my therapist talking me through how I handle life, and the wishes and expectations of others and the effect it […]
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I came across an interesting article this week, about the effects of extreme sleep deprivation on new mothers and that this contributes to anxiety and post partum issues like post partum anxiety & depression. We fail new mothers, and despite this being obvious we still aren’t doing much to fix that. As someone who struggled […]
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If you have a daughter or girl in your life with lots of hair accessories then you need The Hair Helper in your life too… In our house, we have uncountable numbers of hair accessories, between my daughter and I. We both have long hair, and this requires hair ties (plain ones for me) and […]
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My teenager has very sensitive skin, and struggles with outbreaks of severe excema. She gets very sore patches on her legs, arms, trunk, and back. She’s struggled with this for a long time, and we have pretty much got a good skincare routine going, and know that certain things in her diet, and some enviromonmental […]
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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I love roast chicken, it’s one of my favourite ways to eat chicken, and my family all enjoy it. But I’m lazy, and hate washing roasting pans, and cleaning the oven after a roast has been cooked so I slow cook it, in my slow cooker. You get tender, juicy chicken, but it’s so much […]
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Apparently the BBC is closing a channel, and making CBCC, one of it’s children’s channels, run later, instead. Meh, you say…who cares? Apparently some parents do, and are worried that their children are going to demand to watch tv until 9pm at night, and they’re up in arms, about this. The BBC has responded by […]
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My babies are not so little now, but when they were babies we loved our Gro Baby Sleep bags. Both children slept in them, and I felt happy knowing they were warm, comfortable and safe. The Gro Company have a wide range of safe sleep products for babies, and things to help parents with their little […]
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And I won’t call you… Yup, that’s right. I am not being rude, or maybe I am, but I can explain. I have a reason. It probably isn’t logical to you, but it’s real for me. The problem is, is that I HATE talking on the phone. Truly, truly, I hate it. It brings out […]
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