Making Your Home Grandparent-friendly
We’ve just waved off my husband’s parents after their annual Christmas visit; and for the first time we realised that they are, in fact, getting older. They’re almost in their 80’s, and my FIL is not in good health at all. And I’ve realised we’ve switched life roles again. Once they were parenting us. Then we parented our small people… and now it feels as though we’re parenting them as...
Enjoying Your Alone Time as a Stay-at-Home Parent
As a stay-at-home parent, you are used to having a busy and hectic schedule, taking care of your family and running errands. However, there may come a time when your family is away, and you find yourself with an entire house to yourself. This is the perfect opportunity to take some time for yourself and indulge in activities that you enjoy. Here are some things to do as a stay-at-home parent while the family is away: Dragana Gordic...
When’s the best time to put a TV in your children’s bedroom?
Have you put a TV in your children’s bedroom? How old were or are they? It’s one of those unexpected parenting dilemmas, isn’t it? We all knew there’d be decisions over names and vaccines and weaning and bedtimes. But who knew we’d be making a parenting decision over 4K TVs? Seriously, did any of us expect the endless stressful undercurrent of constant parental decision-making (when should I allow them to...
Top 5 fitness tips from a couch potato (ex) for real life people
Getting Fit – it’s January, so it’s pretty hard to hide from, isn’t it?You hear it from everyone, everywhere;”It’s a New Year, it’ll be a New Me.””This is the year I’m REALLY going to do it.””2023 is definitely the year I finally lose weight/get fit/actually GO to the gym I joined (three years ago)/swim every single week…” And of course, we all mean...
The best spare bed – go Aerobed. No, really.
A couple of years ago we took a risk, and instead of pulling the various parts of the old pine bed out of the loft (and the old double mattress out of the garage), we asked my disabled Father In Law to sleep on an airbed for Christmas. Not as harsh as it sounds – we’re not talking an old rubber pump-up on the floor. We were talking a properly good big-and-solid Platinum Aerobed. Being a polite sort, he agreed to give it a...
Gifts for gaming lovers
macondo Shutterstock In recent years, it has become clear just how popular the gaming industry is as it has increased by half a billion players with around 2.7 billion people globally. This trend has coincided with a higher number of people enjoying games and playing games. In this context, for those who love every type of game there are great gifts out there for gamers and it is worth taking a look at which ones are worth buying....