family life & travels
Choosing a babysitter is one of the most important things that any parent has to do. Leaving your child in the care of another person can be difficult because you want to be able to trust the person you hire. If you take the right steps and make sure that every box is ticked before
Family life is full of twists and turns, and you’ll never be entirely sure what to expect from one day to the next. Days and weeks seem to whizz past at the click of your fingers, and you can find yourself wondering where on earth the time has gone. When their children leave for college,
In the run up to the festive season, it can be a time when more and more of us are looking at what we can do to help others. ‘Tis the season to be jolly, as well as the season of giving. From gifts to our neighbours or donating to our local food bank, there
I remember back when we decided to take our two children (aged 3 and a half and 15 months at the time) to Thailand, it was met with some very surprised and concerned faces. Really? Travel all that way to Thailand with young ones? Is it really a suitable holiday destination for young families? I’ll
Divorce is never easy on adults, and it’s even harder on children. They don’t understand the complexities of marriage, and some children even feel at fault for their parents’ divorce. While getting a divorce can be stressful, it’s very important you put your child and his/her needs first. No matter the situation between you and
When you’ve got young children (or any for that matter), I think it is so important to ‘date’ your other half. I do find the whole date night term a little bit cringe, but it is so important to remember your relationship as you have kids that are growing. Otherwise, it is easy to get
While we were away on holiday over the past couple of weeks, Chloe had her third birthday! One and two I could cope with, but three?! It is just so official. A proper little lady on our hands, no longer a toddler or a baby. She is the sass queen and full of chatter and
I know that there are a few things that can fill new parents with dread. Explosive sounds coming from the nappy and your brand new alarm clock going off in the middle of the night, to name a few. One of the other things that I found stressful, at first anyway, was the thought of
Ever since Max started school, he has been keen to read everything in sight. He has always enjoyed bedtime stories before bed, but now we get an extra book each day that he gets to read to us. He likes to point out the signs that he can read when we’re out and about, for
