May 18, 2012

Are You Ready for Children?

happy kids

    This is currently circulating on Facebook and is such well thought out and accurate advice that I thought I would share it here for those of you who haven’t seen it or aren’t Facebookers.  Plus it’s funny too. Mess Test: Smear peanut butter on the sofa and curtains. Now rub your hands in [...]

Taking time out from being a mother

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By Katherine Weir   Those carefree days when you didn’t have little lives depending on you, can sometimes seem like a distant and hazy memory. That time before children, when you just grabbed your handbag and coat, and left the house on time. No changing bags or prams, and no screaming toddler tugging on your [...]

Back to Work for Mothers

working mums

        For many new mothers, being a stay at home mum once their maternity leave runs out is something of a luxury and they are often forced, usually for financial reasons, to return to work. For others they can’t wait to get out of the house and have ‘grown up’ company. Whatever [...]

Couch Potatoes or Active Kids? Are our children sporty enough?

Kirsty Gallacher photo beko mums united

  Later this month I will be joining Beko and their Mums United ambassador Kirsty Gallacher for lunch and a chatter as part of their Mums United campaign. We, along with five other influential UK bloggers will be discussing and debating whether our children are participating in as much physical activity and sports as they could [...]

Illegal baby names – more banned baby names from around the world

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  After publishing the Top 10 Illegal Baby Names back in December I have continued my quest to find even more puzzling, unbelievable and even jaw-dropping illegal names from around the world. Here is another list of 10 illegal baby names for you to look at, laugh at or make you grateful for the name [...]

How much vocabulary should a five month old have?

Rabbit. Close-up portrait on a white background

    Joseph, at eighteen months old, is still barely speaking at all.  I am not too concerned at this stage as a couple of his siblings were also later talkers with no ill effects. Anna however, at five months old, is quite the opposite…               Like this post? [...]