Mandy Gurney’s Top Ten Tips to Help your Child Sleep Better
Good sleep habits can not only take the stress out of bedtime, but can also help to make it a special time for you and your child. With lights out leading to weekly tantrums from one in five (20%) children aged between three and six, most children’s sleep struggles can often be addressed with a simple yet practical solution. Recent research from Dream Lites*, the cuddly bedtime toys, reveals that the average three to six year old...
Day 19 – moving on again, finding Ostia Antica #Italyroadtrip
Following the amazing madness of a day absorbing the scale of both Pompeii and Vesuvias we decided to take a day on Dei Pini’s lovely beach to relax and enjoy. We swam with the fish, we read on the sand, I caught up with some work… And Boy got nipped by a crab. Twice. But we had many miles still to go, and couldn’t stay still for ever. We have quickly fallen into the swing of living in a motorhome. There is so little...
#FixItFriday – and your challenge this weekend is to sort out that office!
The one room in our house where we spend more time than any other is the office. Thankfully it’s the absolute central point of the house, and between all the children’s bedrooms. Which means that when we’re all working we can keep an eye on what everyone else is doing, and listen in on the conversations (This can be a blessing and a curse). But the room was created by knocking through our third bedroom into the...
Superheroes in the bedroom.
Following the makeover early this summer of the boys’s room into a Marvel Avengers den, we’ve been on the hunt for some different accessories to go with it. Talk about spoilt for choice! We found some beauties – and none of them will break the bank, either… This superheroes post was inspired by Simoney’s top 10 superheroes blog
It’s #FixItFriday – and your challenge this weekend is to freshen up the bedroom furniture!
Freshen up the bedroom – often it’s a task that we think is all about the actual decor. You can lose the 1980’s wallpaper, take the yucky old carpet up and have some delicious stripped boards and a lovely soft rug under your toes… and your old bedroom furniture might suddenly revive and gain a new lease of life. But more often than not, against all that lovely fresh newness they’ll look tired, dated and...
New Competition – Win a Beautiful £460 Double Bed with Carpetright!
The Sleep Council has declared this month Sleeptember, did you know? Anyone who’s ever had a newborn knows that sleep isn’t just a night-time filler. It’s an absolute essential to every part of your body and brain. Like proper nutrition and exercise, sleep keeps us healthy (and happy… I am Mrs Grumpy from grump street if I’m short on sleep). Sleep helps our bodies stay fit and keeps our brains sharp. But...