Category: Parenting

Parenting is my largest category on my blog. I started it when my first child was around 2 years old as I wanted to not only promote my book but document what it was like to be a Mum and what we got up to.

Topics here are vast. You will find top tips, advice, real-life experiences, first-hand mistakes and parenting fails, help and support and an honest viewpoint of being a parent and all that goes with that title.

In tips I cover those fun topics like sleep or the lack of! Teething, the stages like terrible two’s and threenager. I also go into the changes that occur when you have a child like the start of pre-school or school. Everything is real life, no sugar coating. I also cover how I am now far more eco-friendly and how you can also implement this as a busy parent.

10 Ways to Help Your Child’s Cognitive Development

Posted on July 14, 2022October 20, 2024 by Emma Reed

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Watching your child grow is one of the joys of being a parent. You want them to grow to the best of their ability, so adding a few activities for your child’s cognitive development can help your child through some struggles they may have. These activities spark creativity and critical thinking, all while being enjoyable for your child, no matter how old they are. Try them out whenever your kid seems bored, and they’ll reap the benefits of these fun pastimes.

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How to Take Great Selfies with Your Baby

Posted on July 8, 2022October 18, 2024 by Emma Reed

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Parents often want to capture the growing stages of their children and include themselves in the pictures. Your child’s sweet, goofy smile and bright eyes bring you much pleasure. It cheers you up, making you want to capture that moment or similar moments. How can you make your child sit still for selfies? Here are a few tips:-

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Reusable Period Product Options for Your Tween or Teen

Posted on July 6, 2022October 18, 2024 by Emma Reed

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When the time comes for your tween or teen to begin their period you understandably want to be prepared for them but with so many period product options out there it can be a little confusing knowing what to opt for. With younger people being far more eco-conscious than previous generations choosing reusables for their period is the best step you can take. Not only will you be helping to protect their future by helping to protect our environment but you will also be helping their vaginal health too. It’s no secret that disposable period products are in fact classed as single-use plastic but did you know that most also contain chemicals and perfumes that can wreak havoc with your pH balance, your skin and how heavy your flow is. Yes, of course, there are now “eco” disposables available but how eco these are is yet to be seen really. They will still be thrown away, won’t they?! So for me, it is reusables that come out top each and every time. Let’s see which reusable period product options there are for your tween or teen.

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Best Ways To Sleep While Pregnant

Posted on July 5, 2022October 18, 2024 by Emma Reed

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If you are pregnant, you want to make sure that your unborn child is as safe as possible. That’s why you want to make sure you are sleeping in a proper position at night. This brief guide will show you exactly which position is best to sleep in (while avoiding some of the others).

Not only will you need to sleep in a proper way to keep your child safe, but also yourself as well. If you are having your first child and not sure what to do, this guide will come in handy.

Let’s take a look now at the following:

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5 Essential Postpartum Products – The Reusable Edition!

Posted on July 5, 2022October 18, 2024 by Emma Reed

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Having had 2 babies myself, I am very used to clicking on articles like this only to be given a huge list of items that sound great but that aren’t in fact needed or useful so I wanted to give you a small, simple list of essential postpartum products that ARE most definitely useful and that are also good for the environment… Yep, they are all reusable.

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Seven Ways to Handle Baby Waking Up Early

Posted on June 29, 2022October 18, 2024 by Emma Reed

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Is your baby waking up through the night and far too early in the morning and refusing to go back to sleep? We hate to tell you this, but it’s certainly very normal for your baby to wake up early in the morning. It’s not easy to deal with, and it’s not fun to have to get up that early in the day, but it is normal and that should give you some comfort. When your babies wake up early every day around 5 am, you might hear suggestions (which we can give you below) of putting the baby to bed later or giving them some solids before sleep – only after six months – or waking the baby in the night and then resettling them. The problem is that you could try all of the suggestions and it doesn’t guarantee anything.

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What Are the Effects of Divorce on older Children?

Posted on June 25, 2022October 18, 2024 by Emma Reed

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Although younger children are often considered to be the most affected by divorce, breakups can leave their mark on older children too. As well as what is sometimes a costly process with financial and property matters to take care of, you may also need to look after the mental health of your adolescent child or teenager too. We run through some of the ways your child could be impacted by your divorce, and how you can help them through this tough time.

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