It’s the second hardest age after the terrible teens but a lot sooner: here come the terrible twos. By this age your little one has found their feet and wants to make every room in your home a race track, and every available item on display a snack. But our homes aren’t as open as a race track, and ornaments certainly aren’t edible. So how can we toddler proof our homes to ensure that…
TV medic Dr Michael Mosley’s new book TheFast 800was launched earlier this year but it has taken me some time to read it and more importantly to get my head around the concept of intermittent fasting. I have never dieted in my life and never fasted. I am Italian and I love my food. The concept of being deprived of food is alien to me. However, I am very keen on reverse ageing. I…
As parents, we often build our idea of what stage of life our kids are at by the milestones that they hit. The first time they roll over, the first time they crawl, first words, first steps, all of these are signs that your child is developing and growing up and they can be some of the most exciting times of your child’s life. However, as your child gets older, it’s easy to feel like a…
The feeling of true love is rare and priceless. You never forget that moment when you realised you were in love and wanted to spend the rest of your life with a special person. That is usually sealed with a kiss and a beautiful engagement ring. A recent research has shed some light on the habits of Londoners in Love and how much they are spending on engagement rings.
Despite a study from last…
Singing star Michelle Heaton, recently pulled on a white lab coat as she got into character as ‘Professor Michelle’ during a visit to a children’s science class in Harpenden to learn all about the concept of flight. The special session run by nationwide early years science class provider Mini Professors, in celebration of Children’s Activities Week, was themed around a ‘Watch me…
We usually teach our children road safety, beach safety and how to dress during winter, but do we pay attention to Internet safety? For me, the online space is like an amusement park, where there are all these beautiful machines to ride, but you must follow the safety precautions if you want to come from the other end in one piece.
There is no way to keep your kids off the Internet space…
You know what they say about being a new parent, right? That they’d never get any time to sleep, that they run almost exclusively on caffeine and have to spend all their time sprinting back and forth, and all that kind of stuff?
Well, there’s obviously some truth to those stereotypes. Babies are fragile and entirely dependent on their parents, and need plenty of attention, care, and…
Finding out that your child needs to go in for hospital treatment is never an easy piece of news to process. I have been lucky so far with my son and haven’t experienced that a lot, but it breaks my heart to see children suffering no matter what.As a family, what is most important is that you find out how to be there for each other and offer support through this difficult time.
Given…
Last year at theMumboss booklaunch partyI met a lovely lady who impressed me with her emotional intelligence and kindness. That amazing woman turned out to be the successful certified life coach, author and podcast host Michelle Reeves. A couple of months later, shelaunched her own book The Happiness Habits Transformation in which shewrites about how through personal…
With independence comes responsibility.You can’t, and shouldn’t, prevent your teen from experimenting and adventuring whilst young. However, you can provide them with the tools to combat any potential accident they or a friend faces.
Currently, when faced with these emergency situations, the BHF found that 44% of teens surveyed “panicked “and 46% “simply…