Keeping our boys healthy and avoiding the endless array of snot and sneezes is a right old job. Temperatures, teeth and finding advice should add up to a healthy lad but it does not always go according to plan.

Not all adults are safe
Strike for independence On picking up Elliot from school he announced he wanted to walk home alone. Elliot: I will be okay. I will run...
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Be Sugar Smart
Fizz Free February is a start I just wish it was simple to stop drinking sugar but it is tough. When my daughter was a...
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Keeping Fit Together
In the days when gyms and studios were open I found I had a chance to change Duncan’s view of his old Nan. Half term...
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Getting the little darling to sleep
Getting the little darling to sleep I am no hero. I failed miserably to crack the sleeping routine. As a Mum I modelled myself as...
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Do I like Coca Cola?
Duncan asked as we walked home from school, What is Coca Cola? He had seen the adverts on TV and on the streets. Choosing drinks is...
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Teenage View of Society Today
Teenagers can be grumpy, surly and silent. But inside that changing body is a a growing mind. Freya is just 13 years old. She was...
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To wear or not to wear a mask
I have been social distancing since March. On my daily exercise or occasional shopping trip I have worn a mask, glasses and gloves throughout. Is...
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Toothbrush Toddlers- but they have no teeth?
Elliot was found scrubbing the toilet with his toothbrush. ' Clean clean' was happily mumbled. A telling off, a congratulations for cleaning or a diversion?
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Handling Hugs
It has been a long while since I was hugging the boys on a regular basis. Feeling the loss made me think back to cuddlier...
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Coronavirus gives a ‘return to school’ bonus
Duncan was excited to go back to school. Duncan wanted to return to school but Mum and Dad were rightly anxious about whether Duncan would be...
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Tooth Fairy can take an IOU
Tooth Fairy can be costly Social distancing continues as does the spread of the coronavirus. Money is short. Purses empty faster than they fill. Waists...
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#Socialdistancing? Not from my grandsons.
How it was My grandsons are an almost daily part of my life. I have been happily helping out with extra childcare since early January...
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When poo won’t pass
When a poo decides to stick around for longer than wanted it can be a very unwelcome 'guest'
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Terrible Twos are a myth
‘Terrible twos’ are a myth. Readily avoided with a simple shift in parenting which starts in the very earliest of days. Neither my daughter nor...
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Teeth…a weapon of choice.
The yelp of a young breastfeeding Mum feeling the spike of the first tooth. That hailed the end of breastfeeding for me. But that was...
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