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…
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…
30 Day Baby & Child Sleep Challenge Day 1-Early Days How to get more sleep with a new baby or toddler How do you know if your baby will be a good or bad sleeper and not keep you up all night long? Answer is you don’t, you can only hope this will be the…
Single Parents Lacking Sleep-Working and Coping with Under Fives This week I spoke to two single Dads who are doing amazingly well with looking after their children all aged under five and managing a full time job, fortunately their babies and toddlers sleep well. One of them though, works 16-18 hours a day and the…
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…
Baby Arthur 6 months A you a new mum returning to work wondering just how you’ll get through the day and how your baby or toddler will cope with the separation? Whilst you may be looking forward to the excitement of seeing work colleagues and having a break from the housework or baby groups…
This week has been very exciting, it’s been the run up to the Wimbledon and the World Cup final, personally I’ve been out and about networking and meeting parents with babies and young children in Cheltenham. Now I’m not into football but I do love the tennis and I’m placing my bets on Roger Federer.…
So many parents worry about their child being bullied, whilst others are unaware of just how lonely and upset their child feels at school. No-one likes to be bullied whether it’s in the office, home environment or at school but suffering in silence, is not the answer as things just build up further, here…
Yesterday I was interviewed for a radio broadcast by a budding journalist about how to prepare new parents for lack of sleep in the early weeks. Can you ‘bank it up beforehand’ was an idea that was floated? If someone could develop a technique to do just that they would become a multi-millionaire! In all…
Do you struggle to fulfil all your ‘roles’ and do them well or do you feel pulled in different directions and often end up feeling guilty or disappointed with yourself, your boss or children and wonder how other mums manage to have lives that seemingly run ‘trouble free’? There is always more to life than…
