Parent Gossip

So are you a Prommy or a Yummy?
Not for me, the Ugg Boots and the 4×4 on the way to the gym to keep my gravity defying body in tip top condition. No nail appointments and hair appointments to dash to in between feeding, darn, what were their names again?  I don’t have a trendy [...]

1. Let go of your own point of view of the world. Instead, try to imagine it from your child’s perspective. Practicing this for just a few moments each day will remind you of what your child faces in their everyday life and of who they are as a person.
2. See your child as utterly [...]

I have recently converted to Buddhism. This is not something I have made a big song and dance about. There have been no fanfares or large ceremonies. I have turned to the Buddha and the Darmha (teachings) to find inner peace and well, frankly, for my own reasons that I shan’t go into here.
My conversion [...]

Witchling 10 is sick. She is poorly sick with what is either a nasty cold, or the beginning of flu. It started at the weekend as her eyes started to stream and her nose started to bung up. Next the throat was sore and she started to feel ‘gucky’. This is a great [...]

No matter how hard we try, some relationships are simply not meant to be. Destiny or fate or just plain bad luck can sometimes mean that a relationship fails or falls apart or simply fizzles out. For most people, there is a period of grief, then perhaps a bit of a re-think ‘I’m not [...]

An as yet unidentified woman in California gave birth yesterday to octuplets!
Ultrasounds throughout her pregnancy had confirmed that the mum to be was expecting 7 babies so the large delivery team at Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Hospital thought they were well prepared. They had even run several rehearsal runs in anticipation of the big event.
The [...]

Even the most angelic toddler will, at some point, turn into a grizzly beast. One way to beat the grizzles is a change of scenery. Visiting a parent and toddler group or mother and baby group (depending on where you come from) will often have miraculous effects and bring back your toddler’s sunny disposition.
Parent and [...]

Becoming a parent is a wonderful and exciting time for many new mums. However for up to 80% of new mums the ‘baby blues’ can set in about 3 or 4 days after the birth of their baby.
Baby Blues can manifest itself jn a variety of ways, from mild depression and anxiety about small things [...]

Winter has to be the hardest time of year for any parent.  The mornings are dark and the days are horribly short.  This means that our adorable little cherubs quickly turn into caged demons!
The lack of sunshine in the morning on the way to school means that, as parents, we fret that our children are [...]

As a parent of two pre-teen girls I know only too well how important it is to keep track of what they are doing, and where.  They are starting to stretch their wings and want more freedom to go out independently with their friends, farther afield than the back garden or the end of the [...]