“I’ll be running up that road, be running up that hill – with no problem,” sang Kate Bush. I won’t … More
Tag: MumChallenges
Review: The Wonderful World was Waiting
“With fondness I remembered all the magic of mundane.” Never has a sentence resonated more. As we have begun to … More
Journey with Poop
This was written for the June 2021 issue of ‘Alice and the Mums’ magazine. With our issues ongoing, I wanted … More
Just Another Phase?
Terrible Twos? Threenager? What more does the developmental continuum have to throw at us? Just when I thought I had … More
Review: My Name Is Covid by Tammy Brandon
A Children’s Guide to Understanding the Coronavirus I’ve spent my twenty year career trying to break down concepts to children, … More
The Ripples of Lockdown
Resilience is the frequent adjective I’ve used to describe children throughout covid. “They’ll bounce back!” “They’ll jump back in to … More
You Win Some…
Another day in lockdown… another twelve hours to kill with a preschooler. Another twelve hours of trying to entice him … More
Sweet Freedom and Self Care
This week marked the first week back at preschool for little man since December 17th. And the first week where … More
Top tips for cutting a toddler’s hair
Well. That’s scarred us both for life. He’s left with some 80’s style tramlines and I’m part tempted to hit … More
Mealtime battles
I feel like every night, the dinner I’ve been longing for since my 2:30pm snack, is marred by a myriad … More