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3 Tricks To Keep Kids Healthy

Today’s children face a lot of health problems that earlier generations never imagined. Sedentary lifestyles and high-calorie foods have led to an obesity epidemic that has quadrupled in size over the last 30 years. Unclean…

Posted in Brand/Sponsored, Guest Blogger 1 Comment July 18, 2017July 17, 2017 by Laura

Is Your Home Harming Your Pet?

Every family wants its pets to live long, healthy lives. Unfortunately, you probably have some things in your home that could harm your pet’s health. Is your home harming your pet? Look for these three…

Posted in Brand/Sponsored, Guest Blogger 2 Comments July 14, 2017July 3, 2017 by Laura

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

Anyone Can Be A Mother? Fertility May Have Challenged Us, But We Are Stronger Because Of It

I’m really pleased to be hosting a brave and inspiring post from Kelly-Anne at Mimi Rose & Me today, about a topic that has become really close to my heart during the last year…  …

Posted in Birth & Miscarriage, Guest Blogger, Motherhood, My Mountain - Our Parenting Challenges, Peer Support, Pregnancy 1 Comment June 9, 2017June 8, 2017 by Laura

Sleepless Struggles of Mom and Son

We all know what a struggle it can be to get enough quality sleep when you’re a parent, and some of us even have experience of insomnia too.  I’m really pleased to have guest blogger…

Posted in Depression, Guest Blogger, Motherhood, My Mountain - Our Parenting Challenges, Peer Support, Relationships 0 comments June 2, 2017June 2, 2017 by Laura

You Don’t Need to Change Your Shy Child; You Need to Help Them

This is a guest post by Dorothy Piamonte. The term “shy” generally refers to people who don’t join in social activities with the same enthusiasm as others. But, there are a lot of different reasons…

Posted in Guest Blogger 5 Comments May 20, 2017June 20, 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

Raising a Child Against Society’s Expectations

This week on My Mountain we’ve got Elizabeth MacDonald, writer at My Baby’s Heartbeat Bear.  You can also follow her blog here.  Today, she is writing about her more unexpected parenting methods… There are hundreds of…

Posted in Depression, Guest Blogger, Motherhood, My Mountain - Our Parenting Challenges, Peer Support, Relationships 0 comments May 5, 2017May 9, 2017 by Laura

Creative Kids: A Quick Step By Step Guide To Make A Balloon Rocket

I have a brand new idea to share with you for this week’s Creative Kids post.  Today’s fab activity is from Jim Stevens who writes over at Toy Advisors. Make your kid’s life a blend…

Posted in Creative Kids, Guest Blogger, Learning 0 comments April 11, 2017April 10, 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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