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4 Tips for When Your Kid Has a Cold

As a parent, watching your kid suffer through a cold is awful. Along with renting favorite movies and building comfortable pillow forts in the living room, use some safe home remedies to help your child…

Posted in Brand/Sponsored, Guest Blogger 1 Comment July 8, 2017June 24, 2017 by Laura

5 Tips To Prep The Home For Your First Born

Up until the arrival of your firstborn, and even afterwards, you will be given advice as to how to take care of your baby, what to do and what not to do. It can become…

Posted in Brand/Sponsored, Guest Blogger 2 Comments July 6, 2017July 10, 2017 by Laura

Five Inexpensive Self-Care Ideas

I never considered the importance of hobbies before I had my son and, frankly, I didn’t really have any. But in the aftermath of his birth and my subsequent depression I discovered I needed something…

Posted in Anxiety, Brand/Sponsored, Depression, Giveaways, Lifestyle, Motherhood, Reviews 69 Comments July 1, 2017July 3, 2017 by Laura

Kitchen Skills For Preschoolers With Little Cooks (Plus Giveaway!)

I’m so passionate about everyone having basic cooking skills, and this begins in childhood.  I know not everyone enjoys cooking or is interested enough to put their own spin on recipes etc. And I’m well…

Posted in Brand/Sponsored, Giveaways, Learning, Motherhood, Recipe Round-up, recipes, Reviews 75 Comments June 28, 2017June 23, 2017 by Laura

Best Days Out For Kids In Dorset

I haven’t visited Dorset since I was a child but, as I had such fond memories of our visits to Weymouth beach, we chose the South West coast as our UK holiday destination this year.…

Posted in Brand/Sponsored, Holidays/days out, Lifestyle, Reviews 0 comments May 31, 2017June 5, 2017 by Laura

Colouring Books With A Twist (Plus Giveaway!)

Welcome back to the Butterfly Book Club and apologies for the long break.  I’m hoping to get all my regular features back up and running now and I’m starting with a lovely one – a treat…

Posted in Brand/Sponsored, Butterfly Book Club, Giveaways, Lifestyle, Reviews 1 Comment May 14, 2017May 12, 2017 by Laura

Should You Let Your Children Play with VR Technology?

Once upon a time, parents worried about their children playing video games. They were worried that the games would overstimulate the kids and cause them to become violent.  Those fears went largely by the wayside,…

Posted in Brand/Sponsored, Guest Blogger 1 Comment May 13, 2017April 25, 2017 by Laura

Top Five Things To Do At Legoland, Windsor

I’ve been wanting to visit Legoland since I was a child myself so when Caterpillar began noticing the adverts on TV and asking to go I was really excited to plan a trip.  We arranged…

Posted in Brand/Sponsored, Holidays/days out, Lifestyle, Motherhood, Reviews 1 Comment May 10, 2017May 10, 2017 by Laura

Win A Family Ticket To Marsh Farm Animal Adventure Park

It’s that time of year where we try to fill our diaries with activities to keep the kids entertained so today I’m happy to be hosting a giveaway to win a ticket for a family…

Posted in Brand/Sponsored, Giveaways, Holidays/days out, Motherhood, Reviews 0 comments April 29, 2017May 6, 2017 by Laura

Magformers Review

I mentioned this awesome construction toy during my post – Six Creative & Educational Preschooler Gift Ideas – but Caterpillar and I love it so much we feel it deserves a review all of it’s…

Posted in Brand/Sponsored, Learning, Motherhood, Reviews 0 comments April 20, 2017April 18, 2017 by Laura

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I'm a PND & Anxiety survivor and self-confessed "good enough" mum to two hilarious & challenging kids aged 10 & 4. Here you can find lots of Anxiety Management techniques as well as tips & self-care ideas for keeping mentally and emotionally well as a parent.

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