Five Ways To Bond With Your Five Year Old
I’ve written at length about my struggles during Caterpillar’s early days and what I found useful when it came to bonding with him as a small baby. Today I want to share more about our…
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Is Anxiety Making You Codependent?
During a recent Facebook Live video, as part of the Anxiety Toolkit series, we were talking about support and relying too heavily on other Anxiety sufferers for reassurance and symptom management. It’s something I’ve had…
Postnatal Depression: Returning To Work During Recovery
Returning to work, or beginning a new business venture, after you’ve had a baby can be a really tricky transition. Throw in Postnatal Depression and Anxiety and it’s even more daunting. But it could end…
Positivity – Five Quick Tips For Turning Your Mood Around
These positivity tips for the mind are useful both if you suffer from depression & anxiety or if you’re just stuck in a bad mood rut at the moment. Recovering from a mental health issue obviously…
Creative Kids: My Toddler’s Favourite Things To Do
Welcome back to Creative Kids – where I share guest bloggers and their favourite arty & crafty activities. This week Kerry at Mummy Thomas Blog is sharing her daughter’s favourites… She loves playing with her Disney princesses. I…
Italian Cookery – The Ultimate In Self-Care
Regular readers will know I’m a big advocate of self-care for parents, as well as ensuring we stay connected to the hobbies and interests we had before entering the parenting journey. So when I was…
Five Tips For Bonding With Your Baby Whilst Suffering From Postnatal Depression & Anxiety
Bonding can be very difficult if you’re a new mum suffering from Postnatal Depression and Anxiety. It’s a common myth that all mums with PND struggle with bonding; this isn’t the case and bonding issues shouldn’t be…
My Three-year old Is Jealous Of The New Baby – Guest Post From Carmen at Wellington World Travels
Welcome back to the My Mountain series – where guest bloggers share their biggest parenting challenges. Today we have travel blogger Carmen from Wellington World Travels… One night, I was crying while holding my baby girl in…
Creative Kids: Dinosaur Crafts
Welcome back to our Creative Kids feature! Every week I share a new post from a guest blogger relating to how we can get creative, arty or messy with our little ones. This week I’m really pleased to be…
Ten Affirmations For Anxiety Sufferers
When I was first suffering from Postnatal Depression and Anxiety following Caterpillar’s birth in 2013 the most terrifying, paralyzing thought was that I would never get better and I would never find my way back…