Boredom has a terrible reputation. Parents work hard to prevent it. Schools schedule against it. Children treat it as a kind of emergency. And yet, developmental psychologists have been making a quiet and persistent case for years: boredom, in the right doses, is genuinely good…
Your children are the most important thing in your life, and being there for them is what you sign up for when you decide to become parents. And this is a responsibility you’ve got to take seriously, else they are going to lack the guidance…
We had a great return to the linky last week, and we’re looking forward to reading some more amazing posts this week. Because we know how it is to feel drained and not your best self and not like those mums who seem to have…
A big warm welcome back to our #itsok tribe. Hope you’ll had a restful (if possible) and enjoyable summer break. And even if it comprised of hours of screen-time, loads of ice-lollies and lazy PJ days-in, that’s alright. Don’t feel the guilt, #itsok!!! If you…
Motherhood is a strange thing. It’s a roller coaster of emotions and feelings, from ultimate contentment one second to wanting to pull your hair out the next; from feeling like the luckiest person in the world to feeling terrible momguilt. Read My Top 10 Ups and…
Hands up if you’ve had a bad morning. The kids woke up late, refused to eat breakfast, get dressed or put their damn shoes on, you turned into ‘shouty mum’ (and you hate that) and the school-run was far too stressful. Or, you’ve probably had…
When Little Man was born, everyone said he looked exactly like Hubster. Like how he looked as a baby. How he’s got his features. And toes. And this and that. Even I saw the resemblance. Now, considering he was our child, he was meant to…
Burnout is defined as the decline of either physical or emotional strength resulting from a period of prolonged stress. Unfortunately, burnout is quite real, and it is likely that most of us has experienced a period of feeling overwhelmed. Mothers, who try to juggle parenting,…
HAHAHA… this headline makes me laugh out loud because 10 things just don’t cut it. There are a zillion things I wish I’d known BC (you know, the ‘real’ shit, not the how-to-put-a-nappy-on-baby kind of stuff the parenting books tell you about), but since this…
Whoop whoop, we’re on week 4 of the #itsok linky already! An entire month done, and we’ve read some amazing posts and been introduced to some fab bloggers! A big thank you to all you lovely peeps who link up every week – your posts…
