10 Benefits of Gardening for the Family.

10 Benefits of Gardening. 1. Encourages healthy eating - eating healthy food is vital for brain and body development as we all know but it can be hard at times to get children to eat those fruits and veggies! By having them grow their own string beans, carrots and lettuce, they will have a sense...

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Cleft lip and palate awareness.

Cleft lip and palate awareness week highlights something not widely spoke about and this blog post is inspired by not one but now two nephews with cleft lips and palates - the first is four years old and the second nephew on the way due August - a third was misdiagnosed and amazingly was born...

Poem for my second born baby.

You may be my second born baby but first born boy you will always be, No matter how big you grow my baby you will always be. How the years go by, Soon you'll be four, You will set your feet upon a new school walking through the door. How time can certainly fly. Oh,...

About combine feeding.

Combination feeding - where you do both bottle feed (aka artificial feed) or breast feed. To breastfeed - Breastfeeding is a way of providing young infants with the nutrients they need for healthy growth and development. Not all mothers can breastfeed but some can provided they have accurate information and the support of their family, the health...

6 ideas to help reduce sugar and 25 angelic sweet treats!

You want to stay on track with healthy eating but sometimes when the afternoon snack attack hits, you want something sweet - sweets, cookies, those brownies at the school bake sale that just had to be on, kids leftover Halloween treats etc. A little planning and you can take control. When it comes to how...

Bath slime!

The review The colour I bought was green and it looked like fine sand for £3.99 from a local shop called Boyes and there's other choices like blue and red or glitter or different amounts basing on budget or requirement and from places like amazon, Entertainer, eBay etc. On went the bath and my daughter...

Places to get FREEBIES while pregnant and information on benefits.

During pregnancy you will of course want to be able to feel financially secure as well as spoilt so below I've jotted down a few places that offer freebies whether it's samples or places that do competitions and some information on benefit help if required. The word free triggers a response from us that is...

Fun at the Farm.

Easter half term what could be more fun than going outdoors in the fresh air - other than having a lie in? The farm! Rand Farm Park offers a high quality hands on fun and learning experience both for day and residential visitors of all ages and abilities and has a large variety of animals...

The bit on baby wearing!

Baby wearing is basically wearing your baby! There are many forms of slings and wraps people use but just depends on what people prefer comfort wise plus how much they can cost. It has been practiced for millennia across all countries and cultures. There are numerous benefits to babywearing – in short, in makes life...