parenthood

April 21, 2020attachment, attention, attention-seeking, attunement, basic need, communication, emotions, empathy, family, family time, feelings, grateful, mental health, mother, Parenting, perseverance, positivity, self-care

I will survive

A couple of weeks ago we had a zoom catch up with some lovely folk and heard about all the things those […]

March 4, 2020March 6, 2020adventure, attunement, change, communication, education, emotions, family, feelings, learning, Parenting, play, play therapy, positivity, Uncategorized

Learnin’ the game

Today I am sitting looking at the laptop and having what I’m going to call a “blogging blank”. I feel that this […]

February 14, 2020February 16, 2020basic need, busyness, child right, community, Exercise, family, family time, Food, Health, Nutrition, fun, mother, Outdoors, Parenting, park, perseverance, play, positivity, right, self-care, socializing, stress

Park Life

Before becoming a parent one of the things I used to resent was standing, freezing my butt off, with other mums in […]

January 22, 2020January 22, 2020anxiety, attention, attention-seeking, attunement, basic need, busyness, change, communication, community, education, emotions, family, family time, feelings, Holiday, individuality, mental health, mother, Parenting, patience, perseverance, positivity, post natal depression, seasonal, self-care, socializing, talking, tiredness, try, work

Whatever next?

I have been reminded this week of the importance of journeying through parenthood with others. It’s something I’ve mentioned before (maybe on […]

January 8, 2020January 8, 2020adventure, busyness, change, communication, community, emotions, family, family time, feelings, Goal, individuality, January, learning, love, mental health, mother, New Year, New Year's Resolution, Parenting, patience, perseverance, positivity, Resolution, seasonal, stress, talking, thankful, try, winter

New Year; New You?

Who gets to January and thinks yey, it’s a new year…that means a new me? Or who gets to January and thinks […]

December 12, 2019December 12, 2019adventure, attachment, attention, attention-seeking, attunement, change, emotions, expression, face, family, family time, feelings, learning, love, mother, Parenting, reading faces, socializing, stress, talking

The way you make me feel

Happy, sad, angry, scared, disgusted, excited, surprised, jealous, amused, bored, frustrated, embarrassed, shy, joyful, puzzled, relieved…the list goes on. Emotions are everywhere […]

December 4, 2019December 4, 2019attachment, attention, change, family, individuality, learning, love, mother, Parenting, patience, positivity, rapprochement, separation, separation anxiety

Only Mummy

It can be very challenging/frustrating when you just want to get something done so you give your bundle of joy to someone […]

October 23, 2019October 23, 2019autumn, busyness, craft, Creativity, education, expression, family, family time, fruit, Holiday, indoor, learning, mother, painting, Parenting, play, positivity, seasonal, tiredness

Bubble Pop

Hasn’t it been nice to have the sun over the last couple of days and appreciate the warmth of it in comparison […]

October 16, 2019October 16, 2019anxiety, attachment, busyness, change, communication, education, family, family time, mother, Parenting, play, positivity, self-care, socializing, stress, talking, tiredness, try, work, work/life balance

Sunday Blues

Sunday afternoon blues…how many of us get that weird sinking feeling as the weekend draws to a close and the impending week […]

September 18, 2019September 18, 2019anxiety, body, change, community, family, mental health, mother, nap, Outdoors, Parenting, patience, positivity, post natal depression, postnatal depression, pregnancy, self-care, sleep, sleep deprivation, socializing, stress, tiredness, try

Sweet Dreams

“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I’m awake, you know?” Ernest Hemingway Anyone else feel like […]