Now, whether or not you are big on breastfeeding (and no, I’m not going to get into THAT whole debate), there has been a lot of chuntering in cyberspace recently surrounding FaceBook and its ban on breastfeeding images. Not gratuitous used-for-pleasuring-grown-men ones, mind. No. These are personal images in private albums. Or gallery images on [...]
We do love to feed the birds in the garden, and have been going the extra mile the last month or two with all this freezing weather and snow. We have two practically-tame pied wagtails who get quite irate of the mealworms aren’t out fast enough in the mornings, and the boys are often to [...]
One of my biggest worries in life is that there is never enough time in the day to be the parent I want to be. I have four children, so i’m already on a back foot for undivided time. But our family days are increasingly crammed with ’stuff’, and before I know it the day [...]
There’s been not-a-little discussion on the whole review thing around the Mummy Blogging community recently. Now, of course, things are slightly different for us: we are, in fact, a business, and a commercial enterprise. Lovely people though we are, we do actually get paid moolah (small bits of) to feature people on our site (well, [...]
A friend in the States shared this really interesting article on the Time Magazine website about over-parenting; ‘Can These Parents Be Saved?‘
Some really good points are made that we parents should note;
“[children] need that space not to be entertained or distracted. What boredom does is take away the noise … and leave them with space [...]
Research released today reveals that the lives of today’s tots are deemed more stressful than that of their mums and dads in their own childhoods. Almost 40% of parents in the survey, commissioned by hit preschool show, Waybuloo, claimed that their preschooler was experiencing stress, a massive two thirds of them attributing this to [...]
(Okay, I cheated on this one. It was begged requested from Helen by ME . I have fond memories of eggy bread – under the guise of ‘Gypsy Toast’ in 70’s Essex – but have never made it for my own children… oh the shame).
Eggy Bread has been Eggy Bread to me all [...]
Thanks to @Keris for the tip. We’re fans of American author Catherine Newman, and I just love this essay. It’s a little longer than the articles we usually link to (it being an essay an’ all…), but so worth a read;
Two Hearts Beat As One
I’m a great believer in giving my baby (now nine months) similar foods to the rest of the family. I was giving her the rice puds from jars and squashy packets, which were perfectly nice, but it dawned on me that I could just make my own which the rest of the family could enjoy [...]
So, was sitting at the laptop, doing my weekly grocery shopping and on the list was ‘laundry liquid’. Oh poo. The stuff I usually buy is out of stock. What to do? Order a different brand? No! That would be too scary!
But. Could it be better? What else might make my laundry choice better? Liquid, [...]
