Does anyone else ever look in their kid’s room and think “this room is bursting at the seams, there is literally no room for ANY MORE TOYS”? Or is it just me? Toys, or objects that can be used as a toy, play a central role in the development of our children. They encourage play […]
You’ve probably heard it said “every baby is different” and of course that’s true. In fact, every mother is different too. We might think one thing worked with one child, but then try it with another and it’s a total flop. We all parent differently. We all read different things, follow different trends and believe […]
One thing I hold lockdown completely responsible for is robbing me of my creative streak. I haven’t written a blog consistently for months, not due to the lack of something to say, but due to the fact that I have just found it so difficult to motivate myself to be expressive. Emotions are funny things […]
Did you know that positive physical touch is necessary for human survival? Crazy eh? The other day I popped a little question up on Facebook to ask if you could do anything today, what would that be. 74% responded with seeing friends and family and of that 74%, 41% specified seeing friends and family and […]
It’s been weeks since I feel I’ve had the ability or mind space to sit down and write a blog. I think that quite happily sums up how my brain feels at the moment…rather like mush. As one Groundhog Day rolls into another it becomes not only essential to find those treasured moments we are […]
Do you ever get to the end of the day and feel totally and utterly frazzled? Like your brain is outside your head and you’re holding it trying to stop parts of it from falling through your hands and disappearing into an abyss of unknown forgetfulness. Well, that’s exactly how I feel right now! It […]
Have you ever wondered why it is we sing such bizarre, action-packed songs to babies? I’ve never given it much thought until the other day. As play therapists, we are ethically required to have supervision. This ensures our emotional safety and therefore the child’s too as well as providing a space to discuss the metaphors […]
One of the lovely things about being a mum is there is this unspoken understanding and acceptance that we are all in the same boat. I was walking around the park with Awena in the pram the other day and passed 3 mums together with their little ones. They gave me a polite smile as […]
A couple of weeks ago we had a zoom catch up with some lovely folk and heard about all the things those that don’t have kids are planning to learn/master during this weird time of extra time. There were some fun and creative ideas, but none I felt I could possibly achieve with a young […]
I thought today it might be nice to write something which can draw us away from the topic that seems to dominate most of our conversations at the moment. By no means am I suggesting that it is not important and real, but I do believe a distraction is valuable now and then. Therefore, I […]