Motherhood and Judgement - It's not about you! This is one of my first blogs, which I'm resharing, judgement never seems to go away, so we need to learn to ignore it and move on. Through my work I am privileged to meet so many awesome mothers. Yet nearly every single one feels judged which really saddens annoys me. They talk about how they feel judged by others, how they are … [Read more...]
Child Behaviour: Making an Uninterrupted Phone Call with Kids
21/06/2012 By 12 Comments
How to work from home with children You child could be sitting there quite happily, playing away, when ring ring there goes the phone. The child looks up , its competitor - the phone has got mum's attention. "Yes, I know I was quite happily doing my own things a minute ago but now that you are on the phone, I really need your full attention!" "Look at me mum, look what I can do, let me … [Read more...]
Parenting: Alzheimer’s and my children “I don’t want granny to die”
08/06/2012 By 95 Comments
Parenting: Alzheimers and my children "I don't want granny to die" When my seven year old son looks at me with pockets of tears welling in his blue eyes and whispers in a broken voice as he tries to keep himself from crying uncontrollably "Mummy I don't want granny to die" I hug him. I hug him so very tight, kiss his forehead and breathe my words out softly back "I don't want granny to die … [Read more...]
“Do you feel Invisible? Treated as if not seen”
10/05/2012 By 29 Comments
Do you feel Invisible?"Invisible - Treated as if not seen" Invisible; that feeling of being totally alone, even when surrounded by people. Invisible; when entering the school playground and all the friendships are all ready formed, so you stand back on the side lines and smile whilst inside you wonder why? Why don't they like me? Invisible; when you go through a whole day and not one person has … [Read more...]
Where did I put my Happy?
07/04/2012 By 29 Comments
Where did I put my Happy? Thanks to Kids Business for giving me the opportunity to contribute to their Happiness inspires Happiness blogs. Happiness is one area that I strive to have a little of everyday. So much so that I run a monthly challenge a while back called My Happy Place as I was really struggling to feel happy as caring for my mum who has Alzheimer's was taking its toll on me. … [Read more...]
Parenting: The Tooth Fairy “Mummy I’m Rich!” and be glad you don’t live in Mongolia
04/03/2012 By 22 Comments
Parenting: The Tooth Fairy "Mummy I'm Rich!" Mr 6 seems to be losing teeth every week, so the Tooth Fairy has been frequenting my house quite often lately. As soon as Mr 6's tooth falls out I write on my hand the initails T.F. a reminder that the Tooth Fairy has to visit that night and so far so good. The Tooth Fairy has only forgotten once and after leaving her a kind note as a reminder, she … [Read more...]
New Year, New ME ? NO still me ……..
31/12/2011 By 20 Comments
New Year, New ME ? NO still me ........ I'm feeling overwhelmed reading New Year resolutions, I'm overwhelmed and they are not even my resolutions. Some lists are really long, some say 2012 is going to be the most amazing year ever, some have so many new resolutions that I would dread getting up on the 1st of January 2012 with so much weighing on Me changing over night. I still haven't caught up … [Read more...]
