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How To Stop Kids Whinging
You’ve been looking forward to it so much. The weekend. The holiday. The chance to chill out at home. Or get out and have an adventure And actually enjoy family life together. But before you know it....
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Motherhood Overload
You feel like you’re drowning. In the rising panic of all the stuff you know you’ve dropped. Plus all the stuff you’re sure you forgot you were meant to do. You’re beyond tired. But can’t sleep....
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Must Know Tip For Picky Eaters
Got a picky eater? Go to the bottom of the parenting class at once!! I mean what kind of mother are you? Don’t you know, that if you just prepared one healthy, balanced meal and insisted everyone ate...
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Help Kids Calm Down
Fear. Frustration. Disappointment. Anger. They’ll all big emotions aren’t they? And heck, as grown ups, we struggle to handle them. So understandably they can be overwhelming for small children. Their...
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Stuff To Ditch When You’re Struggling
This post includes affliate links, read here how these work. Sometimes, I feel, an awful lot of motherhood is just about coping. About keeping going. And battling through that never ending to do list....
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Outdoor Fun Ideas
This post includes affliate links, read here how these work. Do you ever get slightly panicked by weekends and holidays? You look forward to them so much. And want them to be so special. But before you...
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Rainy Day Ideas
This post includes affliate links, read here how these work. Remember rainy days when you were a kid? We always used to play sledging down the stairs in our sleeping bags. Endless fun. Until disaster...
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Kids Need Time
I was starting to feel anxious. It had been over an hour since school finished. And my daughter was still not home. It’s only a mile away. And she had her bike. So it should have taken 30 minutes at...
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Simple Leaf Craft
This post includes affliate links, read here how these work. We live in south London. Just a few miles from St Pauls. But we’re surrounded by trees. The lovely park at the end of our street is a...
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How To Build Kids Confidence
This post includes affliate links, read here how these work. Confidence. We all want it for our kids don’t we? Not arrogance. Or brashness. Or dodgy bravado. Heck. There’s enough of that going round...
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7 Habits Of Good Enough Parents
This post includes affliate links, read here how these work. We all want to be better parents, don’t we? We all beat ourselves up for yelling and nagging and missing and forgetting. And we worry and...
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Help Kids With Transitions
One of my most painful times as a parent was when my daughter was 2. She would scream when I left her at nursery in the morning. AND scream when I picked her up in the evening! Running round the room...
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Simple Ways To Slow Down
This post includes affliate links, read here how these work. Do you feel like you’re running round a hamster wheel? Endlessly. Ever more exhausted. Failing to get anywhere. You’re NOT alone! We are all...
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Helping Kids Who Hate School
All kids hate school. Right? Well, no. Not really. Most kids moan about school. Yes. AND would rather be in the park. BUT they don’t actually actively hate it. They don’t cry about going. They don’t...
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Lovely Ways To Calm Down
We’re winding each other up. Pushing each other’s buttons. As only family can. Until we’re on the ceiling. Screaming blue murder. And worse. And somehow blaming our kids. BECAUSE they won’t calm down....
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Life Changing Benefits of Walking
You’ve heard about the amazing health benefits of walking every day haven’t you? They truly are mind blowing. But, but, but … 10,000 steps a day!! Really!! Is that remotely possible with our crazy...
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Natural Cough Mixture
(This post includes affliate links, read here how they work.) Cough, cough. Hack, hack. Grumble, grumble. It’s cold, wet and soggy in our little corner of south London. And we seem to have been...
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Kids Spring Activities Bucket List
Spring is on its way, it really is. It’s been pouring down here in London and the wind has had a really bite to it, but the blossom is blooming, the daffodils are opening in the sunshine and the birds...
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The Power Of Calming Down
This post includes affliate links, read here how these work. Spelling gets my 7 year old mad. The pesky bs and ds that muddle themselves up. Crazy vowels that keep changing the sound they make. And...
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How To Build Kids Confidence
This post includes affliate links, read here how these work. Confidence. We all want it for our kids don’t we? Not arrogance. Or brashness. Or dodgy bravado. Heck. There’s enough of that going round...
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