Due to the lock down situation, many people are finding themselves in the situation where they are working from home with kids around. With no childcare options and an income to maintain, we have no choice. Let’s be real… It. Is. Awful. But it won’t last forever – thank God. Let me start by saying that you cannot physically be a perfect mum/dad AND a brilliant employee simultaneously, you need to take the pressure off yourself and allow ‘good enough’ to be your new aim. I am the mum to a 4 year old girl and a newly 3 year old boy. Ever since I left the world of accountancy…

When you have a kid, you want to give them the world on a plate. Your whole perspective on life changes, as suddenly you want the best for them and will prioritise their needs at all times. Now, there are so many different things you can do to help their kids with this. But here are a few that will often prove most beneficial. Life Insurance Life insurance really is an essential if you have others relying on you. Why? Well, if something were to happen to you, you don’t want your loved ones left trying to pull together funeral costs and without any means of getting by. The grieving…

Hello, looks like you have found this post because you are looking for an easy bubble mixture recipe. My kids LOVE bubbles. We go through bubble mixture incredibly fast… especially when my two year old takes control of the bubble wand and inevitably tips out the mixture onto the ground within a few seconds. I have been getting a bit fed up of repeatedly buying new tubs of bubble mixture – not only is it expensive (like, hello, £7 for 2 litres?!) but all that plastic is so wasteful. So I thought I would try to make it myself. Unfortunately a lot of the recipes I have found call for…

It’s been a little over a week and a half now since Boris told us all to stay home. We are all in different boats when it comes to all sorts of things – our jobs, our homes, our financial circumstances, our families. But I thought I would write a quick blog post from my perspective showing how I am coping – maybe this might help you too. For background, I am a stay at home mum (although I do a bit of part time work from home) to a 2 year old and a 4 year old. My husband is working from home full time, during this period of…

Some parents are lucky enough to have children who just love being active; they’re whirlwinds of activity who never seem to sit still for a moment, while other parents have trouble getting their kids to move off the couch. If you happen to have the latter, you may well be concerned about the effect their inactivity is having on their health, and if that is the case, you need to get creative… Plan a Treasure Hunt Okay, so this isn’t something that you could do every day, but there is no reason why you couldn’t plan a weekly treasure/scavenger hunt, and what better way to motivate the kids to get…

The phrase ‘two under two’ is usually accompanied by a grimace. Having kids close together is never spoken about in positive terms. People will be desperate to tell you how hard it is. My kids, now 4.5 and almost 3 years old are only 20 months apart. I’ve been called ‘brave’ lots of times and I’ve even had a few people ask me to my face if my second child was an accident, because surely no right minded person would actually plan to have kids 20 months apart? Well, we mustn’t be right minded because we planned our kids close together. We had a hard time conceiving our first so…

If you are a parent or carer of a young child, you are probably familiar with tuff trays (otherwise known as tuff spots). I have written before about how I personally prefer a smaller, inflatable play tray as an alternative but they both serve essentially the same purpose. To get you started, here are some of the tuff tray accessories I have purchased to help enable sensory and imaginative play: A great place to start is with some bottles of food colouring. You can use these to dye pasta, rice or even sand, or to colour water. One of our favourite activities is to dye small amounts of sands different…

Well, touch wood, I believe I have pretty much fully potty trained my youngest (and last) child, who is 2 years and 9 months. Obviously I’m sure there will still be accidents to come, but I’m pretty sure we have broken the back of it. This is the second child I have potty trained, and my kids are only 20 months apart, so I feel now like I have a fair bit of recent experience under my belt. As such, I’d like to share a few things I have learned along the way. Here are my top 5 potty training tips: Invest in a book I think it’s a good…

As a parent, choosing a school for your child is often a challenging decision. It becomes even more of a challenge when you start trying to decide between private education and a state school. The most obvious setback with regards to private schools are the associated fees, but there are lots of other factors worth considering before you make a final decision or rule it out completely. A private prep school in London explore some of the pros and cons of private education below.  Firstly, private schools tend to offer a more limited curriculum, although it also tends to be more challenging as a means to push students to reach…