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Creative Kids: Peek-A-Boo Family Apple Tree (Plus Free Printable!)

Such a fun, adorable idea from this week’s Creative Kids guest blogger, Lauren from Sophie’s Nursery.   This super “Peek-A-Boo Family Tree” is a delightful game for young children who are learning their family & friends names…

Posted in Creative Kids, Guest Blogger, Lifestyle, Motherhood 0 comments April 4, 2017April 3, 2017 by Laura

Creative Kids: Waste Not! – How To Turn Your Child’s Mess into a Masterpiece

This week’s Creative Kids guest blogger is the incredibly gifted Tanya Mariadross. Kids. Messy little blighters, aren’t they? I feel like I spend about 95% of my time cleaning up after my 10 month and 2…

Posted in Creative Kids, Guest Blogger, Lifestyle, Motherhood 3 Comments February 28, 2017February 27, 2017 by Laura

Creative Kids: Goodnight Spaceman Activities

Thanks so much to everyone who read and shared Colleen’s post from last week.  Caterpillar and I are huge book lovers, as you know, so I’m really excited to be sharing this week’s post from…

Posted in Creative Kids, Guest Blogger, Motherhood 0 comments February 21, 2017February 20, 2017 by Laura

20/20 Vision: How To Protect Your Child’s Eye Health

Along with allergies and asthma, eye conditions are one of the most common long-term health problems that emerge in children. Research conducted by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows roughly one in six…

Posted in Guest Blogger 0 comments February 18, 2017February 18, 2017 by Laura

Overcoming Fear Of Pregnancy In Older Women

This week on My Mountain we’ve got Kristi Cathey from Intelligent Mother discussing a phobia that is more common than we realise… The people of ancient times have never been wrong when they said that…

Posted in Depression, Guest Blogger, Motherhood, My Mountain - Our Parenting Challenges, Peer Support, Relationships 1 Comment February 17, 2017February 14, 2017 by Laura

Creative Kids: Six Items That Encourage Creative Play

Thanks so much to everyone who read and shared Carol’s post from last week.  This week we’re covering a topic that I know I personally need help with and I’m sure there’s others who do…

Posted in Creative Kids, Guest Blogger, Motherhood 1 Comment February 14, 2017February 14, 2017 by Laura

Kids With Food Allergies

The problem of food allergies in children is becoming increasingly important throughout the world, in the United States, every second child in the class suffers from a food allergy. Sometimes symptoms can be mild, and…

Posted in Guest Blogger 0 comments February 11, 2017March 17, 2017 by Laura

Creative Kids: How To Make Your Own Bank Account

I’m so excited to launch my brand new guest series today – Creative Kids. Our first lovely guest blogger is Carol from Virtually Allsorts and I love her unique and creative craft idea… Our 7…

Posted in Creative Kids, Guest Blogger, Motherhood 0 comments February 7, 2017February 6, 2017 by Laura

How do you explain depression to your children?

We’ve got such an important topic for this week’s My Mountain from Jane Jones*.  Explaining mental health to our children is absolutely vital but it can also be really daunting… I’ll start with a little…

Posted in Depression, Guest Blogger, Motherhood, My Mountain - Our Parenting Challenges, Peer Support, Relationships, Uncategorized 1 Comment February 3, 2017February 2, 2017 by Laura

How I Learned to Trust Myself as a Parent

I’ve decided to open up the My Mountain series again, on more of an adhoc basis, as I’ve had a couple of new guest bloggers contact me who fit the series so beautifully and who’s…

Posted in Guest Blogger, Motherhood, My Mountain - Our Parenting Challenges 2 Comments January 27, 2017January 21, 2017 by Laura

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