Just a quick Google on how much it costs to have a baby is enough to make your eyes water! It’s inevitable that there’ll be costs incurred when you have a baby, but are they really THAT expensive? According to research: “The average middle-income family will spend roughly $12,000 on child-related expenses in their baby’s …
The other day my five year old daughter came into my bedroom and woke me up to tell me her younger sister had been sick and it had ‘gone over everything mummy’. As I knelt on the floor cleaning bits of regurgitated lasagne from the carpet and wondering if ‘Mr Bear’ was worth salvaging, I …
Picture the scene. It’s bedtime. After nicely putting their own pyjamas on, the biggest child brushes her own teeth while Mummy helps the second biggest with hers. The baby sits on the floor playing quietly with a toy. Then Mummy pops the baby on her lap and sits on the bed; a child either side …
I know you can’t go on holiday with children and expect it to feel like the same kind of holiday as when you went without. And I, of all people, should know that holidaying without children doesn’t always happen without incident. Last time we attempted a holiday, on the second morning, my 2-year-old kicked a …
Are you getting enough sleep? Research from the National Sleep Foundation suggests that the average adult needs between 7 and 9 hours of sleep each night, to function at their best. If you are a new parent, it’s very unlikely that you’re getting anywhere near this much! Chances are, you’re feeling more than a little …