A Day at the Races

It’s always fun to be spending time relaxing with close friends, eating good food and enjoying fine wine but when you combine this with a day at the races it’s awsome. Even small children who could barely see the horses soaked up the atmosphere, giggling and rolling around laughing, probably because they had nothing to lose and a…

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Luke Bryan employs Sanity Nanny

As a touring musician, Luke Bryan — whose new album, ‘Tailgates and Tanlines,’ is in stores today — spends most of his life on the road and in a tour bus, away from his wife Caroline and their young sons, Bo and Tate. Don’t for a second doubt that Bryan underestimates the chaos that his…

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Infant Sleep

New babies will initially sleep for approximately 18-20 hours a day when first born. As they get older this gradually decreases. You may find with a new baby born by caesarean to be very sleepy in  the first few days, this is due to the drugs used in labour wearing off. It would be advisable to…

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Children-Confidence & Self Esteem

Confident Child-Cheshire cat There I always a message in children’s nursery rhymes or childhood stories, which if we look closer are applicable to us as adults. How often do we take time to apply the same lessons to our own lives? We all learn something new every day however small it may be, it might…

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Summer Music Festivals with Kids

Music festivals have become so popular these days and now you can take the whole family and relive your youth, albeit in a slightly more responsible way! Going to see rock bands with young children can be quite an experience and requires a lot more planning, kids don’t always share the same appreciation of music…

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Toddler Sleep

Toddler– Sleep Problems It’s well known that babies and children require considerably more sleep than adults, the fact is that their bodies work so hard growing and developing that to ensure they have the energy to cope with the strains this puts them under, their bodies need more rest. The average adult needs between 7-8…

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Summer Music Activities

Wow there is so much going on in and around Cheltenham, we are lucky to be living in such a previledged town. We have endless concerts, festivals, events and of course the infamous horse racing when Dublin decends upon Cheltenham every March, well that’s what it feels like!  Maybe I do get value from paying my local…

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Welcome from the Sanity Nanny

Hello Mums and Dads and anyone else who may be reading. Kids are really fascinating at all different ages, whether they are toddlers beginning to talk, new babies learning to coo or older kids pondering on the complexities of life. I was wondering what is it that most parents worry about with their kids, is it that…

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