Health & Snot

Sugary drinks I just wish it was simple to stop drinking sugar but it is tough. When my daughter was a child she was given...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Calpol may be here to help but it has a dark side too.

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...

Elliot was found scrubbing the toilet with his toothbrush. ' Clean clean' was happily mumbled. A telling off, a congratulations for cleaning or a diversion?

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...

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...

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...

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...

When a poo decides to stick around for longer than wanted it can be a very unwelcome 'guest'

The sick was hanging out of my nose Nan....

‘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...

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...