How To Take The Guesswork Out Of Gift Giving
This post is sponsored by A Gift List My daughter is about to turn 5 and, like most kids, her birthday wish list is as long as my arm. This is actually helpful in a way, as we have a lot of extended family who love to buy gifts for the kids but never really […]
This Idea Is Game Changing When It Comes To Pocket Money
This post is sponsored by Spriggy It’s really important that we teach our kids how to manage money. We all know if you lack money skills as an adult things can get very stressful very quickly. If you have never heard of Spriggy it’s pretty awesome and worth checking out below. We are also giving […]
How to Talk to Your Tween or Teen About The Risks of Porn
I try hard not to think about how much porn my children have been exposed to. But in reality I know it’s a lot more than I’d seen when I was their age (which was about none). And we also know that today’s porn is much more stylised than the stuff that was doing the […]
This Is Why You Have To Know What Your Kids Watch On YouTube
It can be so hard to keep up with what our kids are doing online, especially when it comes to things they are watching on the likes of YouTube. If you are anything like me, you hadn’t heard of Logan Paul until the recent controversy surrounding one of his videos. (Trigger Warning: You can read […]
15 Netflix Series To Get You Through The Festive Season
Summer is here and ‘tis the season to Netflix and chill – I’m talking chill literally, like with the A/C cranked up! Do you ever feel like the TV isn’t your own? In my house the kids monopolise both TVs. Netflix is used to play non-stop Moana and Wild Kratts. By the time bedtime comes […]
10 Challenges Kids Are Doing Online That Every Parent Needs To Know About
The internet can be a crazy and unfathomable place. Random things go viral in the blink of an eye and there is always a fad or trend happening across the interwebs. One such trend is online challenges. Think of the Ice Bucket Challenge and Planking. Some challenges start out to raise awareness, or for a […]
How A 13KG Washing Machine Changed My Life
Washing … washing … washing … washing … seems to be the never ending story for this mother of 5. Having 2 daughters who like to change their clothes multiple times a day for fun and a 20 month old son who is always covered in some kind of dirt or food resulting in me being […]
The Day I Found A Lump In My Breast – My Story
This Post Is Sponsored By Nuffnang and Genius 3D Mammography It was mid December 2014 and I was doing life as normal and for some unknown reason (most likely checking which boob was more full of breast milk) I found a lump. Initially I thought it might be a blocked milk duct but upon future investigation […]
Helping Little Ones With Their Reading
This post is sponsored by Reading Eggs Any teacher will tell you that reading is a great skill which helps youngsters succeed in all of their educations and so we have always tried to build reading habits early. As my youngest moves into pre-prep this year I am noticing her becoming more and more interested […]
My Favourite New Software
For a few weeks I’ve been using the new Dragon NaturallySpeaking voice recognition software and I’m a real convert! Very rarely does a piece of technology WOW me as much as this has. I spend a lot of time in front of the computer for work on my daily tasks include writing emails and often writing […]