Until very recently, my day tended to start a little bit like this: breakfast – a frantic affair with my toddler and pre-schooler, set to the soothing sounds of me chirping ‘Quick! Quick!’ anything between 7 and 27 times within a 15-minute window.
Babies grow so fast and before you know it, they enter the world of eating actual solid food! Around the age of six months, your little one will require further sustenance that they are unable get from breastmilk or formula alone. As a general rule, it’s a good idea for baby’s first food to be […]
Lately, I have felt like a sun-baked dog turd on the street of life, the kind of turd that has been there so long it has grown a furry coat. Things have been getting to me, getting me down and basically kicking my mum balls. So instead of moping, I have decided to take action, […]
It’s the simple things that can have the greatest impact on a curious toddler, writes Lucy Kippist. Forget the noisy educational toys you can buy at the shops. When it comes to raising clever toddlers, the simple things in life are absolutely the best, according to parenting educator and writer, Maggie Dent. “They’re biologically wired to […]