Coping with TV Addiction in a young child

Our little son was very good at communicating his need to watch tv before he could even speak. As 15 month olds they communicated with us via sign language as we had taught them from age seven months basic signs for milk,various animals,food,‘more’,‘help’. We made up easy signs when required and [...]

Frugal Fun with SwapIt FlogIt

I was fed up of watching steel ‘TP’climbing frames go for more than I wanted to pay on eBay. I’d decided a while ago that a climbing frame would be a great investment in my kids health and had some money given to them for Christmas by their Aunty and Grandma in the giant [...]

How to Kill a Rat

Hmmm. I’ve just been watching the boldest,chunkiest rat while I did the washing up. He/she/it was waddling around the path in the garden,popped up the apple tree and sat looking at me then waddled back down,had a sniff around the drain and the rubbish bin (no lid and generally [...]

Using Cranial Osteopathy to help a baby who cries a lot

Happy now…

Our little baby daughter is now 12 weeks old but for the first 10 weeks of her life she has been in obvious discomfort/pain. She has cried an awful lot especially when put down on her back for nappy changes,naps,in the car seat. She has also suffered with [...]

Using LilyPadz and Mooncups (environmentally friendly sanitary protection)

[This post is for the girls...Blokes - look away now as not much here in this post for you other than persuading your women to use these two fabulous new products]

The Mooncup Menstrual Cup –An Innovative Alternative to Tampons

 

 

“3 days after using my mooncup for [...]

Inspiration for small childrens meals

I’ve just realised that I’ve stumbled upon a new improved way of feeding my children which has been mighty successful.

Instead of cooking a classic dinner such as spaghetti bolgnaise,fish fingers and mash etc with vegetables and then battling with them to eat up and finally,defeated hoovering most of the left overs up [...]

Living and coping with Coeliac Disease

At the beginning of this year I finally self-diagnosed myself as having Coeliac Disease after 20 years of tummy troubles and knowing that something in my diet must be causing the agonising distended stomach and cramps. It took a long time of gradual realisation,piecing together facts about Coeliac Disease before I finally took the [...]

A natural miracle:Cayenne pepper cures sore throats

Wow,I’m truly amazed. I have had a sore throat that has been getting steadily worse and worse for a few days now. It is getting to the point where I can’t swallow and even my ears were beginning to hurt and I was worrying that I might have full blown tonsillitis.

I typed in [...]

What to do when your child is plagued by midge bites

Both Edie and Mo and also their little friend Bella who came all the way from London to visit us with her mum this weekend have been covered in insect bites. Beki thought that Bella had been bitten by fleas as they have a cat and I’d been telling my kids that it must be [...]