Children love to be around people and anyone who will take and interest in them and that’s where grandparents and older people can be a huge benefit to your kids. The in-laws may not be your favourite people but they can make great babysitters (if you’re lucky and they live close by), they’re teachers and…
Everyone looks happy in the sun and it’s exciting to watch children grow and play in the sea and sand with squeals of delight. Learning to swim is a good lesson for anyone, it starts off with you putting your toe in the water to see what it feels like and going deeper when you…
Some people have all the weather, it’s summer in the UK and we have rain again, but it didn’t stop me from doing my ‘thing’ and going for a swim. I love to take time out and have the freedom to plan my day and more importantly who I work with. Not everyone is so…
Post-Natal Depression-It’s Mental Health Awareness week and an important subject.I thought I’d share some symptoms of Post-Natal Depression as many people are not even aware they have it until they are out the other side or on reflection, many years later. There is still much shame and taboo around the subject, this needs addressing if…
A mother is a very special person not just on Mother’s Day but every day. In most families Mum is the one that keeps the family glued together, her children happy and looks after the home, a partner and many hold down a job too. Becoming a mother for the first time and having a…
Living in Cheltenham every March we have the biggest festival of the year, the Cheltenham Races. It attracts a whole host of newcomers to town, you could be mistaken and think you’re in Ireland there are so many foreign voices and different dialects. It’s fun and exciting and brings lots of life to town, so…
This is a poignant day for those who’ve served in our military, armed forces and for their families particularly those no longer with us, Remembrance Sunday is a good time to reflect on our freedom and how we have what we have today. In order to make progress, there needs to be sacrifice and new…
Becoming a parent is the most life-changing thing that will ever happen to you. Living with sleepless nights and stressful days with a crying baby or toddler tantrums tests you to the limit, no matter how much you love your child. 🙁 Childcare draws on every emotion you possess and leaves you not knowing who…
Today is Halloween, it is scary time we are not leaving the UK after Brexit talks failed again to reach an agreement about our country’s future, I wonder though; how many parents are being kept awake by their children this week and what it means for their future development? The difference in these two scenarios…
