Ideas, Articles and Posts about Children and Childhood
There are so many things you have to think about when you’re a Parent. Here are the basics….keep our kids fed, clean, and LOVED. Simple right? Wrong! But what about all those other things. Keep them entertained, Keep them happy, Educate them – not just the 1 + 1 = 2 type thing, but also […]
The old saying ‘a change is as good as a rest’ really does contain some truth. My daughters have just spent a week in France with their dad, and his French family. Their taste buds have been challenged – some good, some bad! Their French Grandma, Mamie, lets them have fresh baguette sprinkled with Nesquik […]
My boy turned 2 this month, so I wrote him this poem. I think he’d have preferred something with wheels or loud sounds- ah well Sonny, can’t win them all! Another year and here we are Two years in the life of a little star Not long since on planet earth you descended And all […]
WHAT? Yes you read right, kids can LOVE SPINACH! How ridiculous I hear you cry…. Its a bit of a mission sometimes for us parents to get veggies into our children isn’t it. Mine i have to say have always been pretty good at munching on broccoli and its friends on the veggie side of […]
Sonny acquired the nicname Bob when he was about 10 days old. This was marked by the demise of our lives as we knew them, and the descent we’d made into somewhere sleep deprived and dark which we occasionally referred to as hell. I’m OK admitting this; there were times when we actually did say ‘this […]
I do, I honestly love my 2 beautiful children with every aching bit of my heart, body and brain! They have given my life a new lease, a new dimension, and absolutely a new purpose. And I’m happy. (who’d of thought?). Im a devoted mother; spending my days and nights comforting, playing, educating (or trying […]
So, life goes on on the surface, despite how you’re feeling about things on the inside . My life is no exception. I very often have my down moments, being that I live with two people who suffer depression. It’s hard not to catch it at times, especially when I know there are things going […]
At last its here! Schools out and unbelievably, so is the sun…. and in our house that is nothing but a great thing. This is what memory making is all about isn’t it? Hot sunny days spent whiling with family and friends; planning adventures, taking bike rides on shade dappled lanes, wallowing in puddles of sun […]
Please save my pounding head! When we arrived in Jersey just over 18 months ago, my little Relaxy was just over 3 years old. It was very apparent then, that he was very much into music (I actually think it started in-utero). To my delight MY kind of music! While we were still living in […]
It’s the summer school holidays! I expect you’d think this would be one of the hardest times of the year to start a healthy eating regimen and try to lose weight. With the children under your feet 24/7 plus holiday food, restaurants and chilled white wine on a balmy summer’s evening, it can be a […]