Are your children sleeping soundly? Do you look forward to bedtimes with your children or does the mention of bedtime and bath time send you in to a spin as your stress levels rise? In our family we had pretty calm bed times and were always in bed by 6.30-7pm, I think my mother had…
Have you caught up with sleep and recovered from the ‘busyness’ and excitement of Christmas and come back to work feeling refreshed and revived or come back to work for a rest from relatives? Whether you are a working parent or stay at home mum one thing is for sure, things will change this year…
How does your childhood unconsciously impacts you, your children and business? Everyone knows how important childhood is and what it takes to have a happy child. It is not always easy however to maintain calm when you have competing priorities or a busy work schedule, so how can you remain firmly in control and ‘get…
What does it take to go from being an Ordinary parent to an ExtraOrdinary parent? Every Mum or Dad works hard to keep their child happy and wants to give their baby or child the best start in life but it is amazing how difficult can this be in the first year or two…
Sleep needs change at different stages in life are you getting sufficient though? The American Society of Sleep states that the minimum amount of sleep we need is 7 hours, ideally between 7-9 hours. A recent study of senior managers and office workers found that 80% are not getting this.The average is between 6-6.5hours and…
Are you a sleep deprived MUM or Dad, wondering, wishing, hoping your child’s sleep will get better yet seeing no change week after week? Well there’s a reason for that, as Einstein said, “if you keep doing the same things again and again and expecting a different result, this is a sign of MADNESS”! Baby’s and…
Procrastination or Perfectly Happy, Energised Parent? What’s going on at home can leave you ecstatic or frantically coping and flustered. Not getting your child to Sleep Eat or Co-operate the way you want them to can cost your dearly in terms of: TIME MONEY ENERGY or FRUATRATION each and every day. What value is your…
This week I’ve meet several mums whose baby or toddler didn’t sleep for several years prompting the words, “the Sanity Nanny, I wish I’d known you 5, 10, 20 years ago”! “My son or daughter was so exhausting and we tried everything”! Many new and working mums, perhaps like you, are trying hard to juggle your family life, cope with a toddler…
Parenting Pain or pleasure as your new baby sleeps all night? When you are expecting your first born child, you have all kinds of thoughts and ideas going through your head ranging from excitement, elation, fear to panic and concern, giving you the jelly wobbles about how different your life will be and how you…
With the kids off school and many regular activities not operating over the summer holidays, you may even have had a luxurious lie-in but how do you choose what you really should be doing the rest of the day? If you are feeling a little overwhelmed or stretched to the limit ask yourself: Will this…
