A couple of years ago when an expectant-dad friend of mine told me that he and his wife were going to be using reusable nappies for their baby, I thought that they were mad! I asked myself...

Baker dad’s amazing Sunday pancakes
In many households, it is the Mommy that does the baking however in our home it is Daddy! Daddy makes the best birthday cakes, crumpets and he makes the BEST Sunday morning pancakes in the world! I...
From milk to mash – Introducing baby to solids
Starting your baby on solids should be a time of great excitement and joy, not to mention comic photo moments! Unfortunately, for many parents like myself, it ends up being a time of confusion,...
7 Active Play Activities for the Holidays
Childhood is a time where children develop bones, muscles, nerves, and physical skills, resulting in coordination and endurance. When most adults think of being physically active, they...
#3 Questions to Ask Your Child Every Night
I often wonder how to foster open communication with my little girl as she gets older. Of course now she is too little and hardly talks, but when she starts going to playschool and then onto primary...
Review: Melissa and Doug Latches Board
3+ years This colourful fun latches board is a great toy. Although it states it is for any child three years and up, my toddler of 15 months absolutely loves it. Undoing a lock or latch and swinging...
Make your own Baby Shakers
As a parent you always want to make sure that your child gets the best start in life. Children learn best through play and when they are enjoying themselves and it is no different for babies. Play...
Tot technology
The truth about too much screen time for your child Why setting technology boundaries is essential for your child’s brain development Technology has transformed the way we live, work, shop...
From Gibberish to the Gift of the Gab
How to help your child through the important developmental milestones of language and communication Communication is an important developmental milestone, but it can also be one of the most...
A Morning of Making Memories
When you have a baby, you’re constantly trying to find ways of capturing time and making memories. They grow so quickly that you want to bottle their milestones and growth, and keep them on a shelf,...
The True Meaning of Support
It’s 3a.m. You’ve been up for 2 hours with your fussing, colicky baby and you’ve done absolutely everything to keep her calm. It’s hard for you both because she can’t articulate her pain, and you...
Mama knows best!!
Words of Wisdom for moms from moms! I walked into my parent’s house recently and what I saw stopped me in my tracks… There was my mother, lying on the couch, reading a book at 16h30 on...
Roll on Baby
Rolling. A major milestone for any baby to conquer and one that heralds baby mobility. Between 3 and 4 months your baby starts showing signs of wanting to roll and usually by 6 months he will be...
Saved by Cake and some Dr. Seuss
Saved by Cake by Marian Keyes I love to read. Thrillers, suspense, murder mysteries, chick lit, sci fi. I enjoy it all. However as a busy mom trying to juggle work, lift schemes, extra murals and...
Active Play with Tents and Teepees
The one thing that really stands out in my memories as a little girl, is that of making a fort with my sisters. Our fort was made from the chairs in the lounge, three or four blankets and all our...
Pipe Cleaner Flowers
I can't believe it is May already and although it signals the beginning of the cold months, it also means that it is mother's day. Contrary to what all the shops believe, the only thing that I am...
Water Gun Painting
One of the wonderful things about being a child is that life is full of simple pleasures and painting, is one of them. Right from creating their masterpiece to being able to show it off once it’s...
Reading to your Baby
One of my fondest memories as a child is of me sitting at bedtime with my Mom or Dad, and having them read me a bedtime story. I was thoroughly entertained as the stories came alive on my little bed...