Parent Gossip

Breast feeding has a huge number of benefits. Firstly and most importantly breastfeeding gives your child the best nutrients and vitamins which are essential for your baby to grow up healthily and free from sickness and illnesses. Breastfeeding also allows mums to bond with their baby, as you can make eye contact and cuddle [...]

Oh my goodness, its nearly school holiday time again - the year really is flying by. But in a few weeks the kids will be breaking up for Easter and for 2 weeks my son will need to be entertained.  If the weather is good I’ll have no problem. He loves the park so a [...]

We live in a world where there’s too much to do and not enough time to do it in.  Evenings are spent racing home from work, making the tea with one hand helping with homework with the other and taking the dog for a walk if you get a spare minute!
Weekends are then left to [...]

I have a fabulous Mum and I am a Mummy.  So it gets difficult to know what to do to keep everyone happy.  Luckily I managed have my son despite it being his Dads weekend.  He gave me a lovely bunch of daffodils and a card - or the more special because he’d made it [...]

It was my birthday last week so as a family we arranged to go out to a rather lovely Italian restaurant.  The kids can build their own pizzas and the food for adults is good too so - result - everyone happy!
However, my son who is only 7 ,is slowly picking up from me that [...]

Is it really wrong to take kids out of school when they are only 7?  When they are in all the top groups and doing really well?
My son has just been on a skiing trip with his Dad in term time.  Obviously this was unauthorised by the school and understandably so but he’ll have a [...]

Most kids these days seem to have long hair.  Now some it suits whilst others look like they’ve just finished autioning for the muppets or something!
My son has fairly fine hair and as soon as it gets past a certain length it looks a bit like a bouffant!
However, despite me commenting how quite like a [...]

It never ends - I thought I’d been through the cycle of my firends having babies.  But no as it seems they are all now in their late 30’s and as lifes have been lived and careers established oh and decent men sought, found and kept - babies are the happying ending - the icing [...]

Taking your kids out of school during term time is a BIG no no and not many schoold would give permission unless for an extra special occasion.
However, this can be unfair to families who a can’t afford the prices which seem to tripple when it is school holidays.  My son is being taken ski-ing for [...]

It doesn’t seem 2 minutes since Christmas but Spring half term is nearly upon us already!  Have you got your child care sorted?  Have you made any plans for day trips? It all depends on the weather Iknow but I have a few little tricks up my sleeve.
I hid a few small pressies from Christmas [...]