parenting – Page 6

July 24, 2019July 24, 2019craft, Creativity, family, family time, Holiday, indoor, learning, mother, Outdoors, painting, Parenting, play, summer

Old Paint

Ahhh, the summer holidays. I wonder how you read that “ahhh”. Ahhh as in “help” or ahhh as in “phew”. The summer […]

July 10, 2019July 10, 2019Activity, adventure, anxiety, attachment, birth, body, communication, community, education, Exercise, family, Food, Health, Nutrition, labour, mental health, mother, Outdoors, Parenting, post natal depression, postnatal depression, pregnancy, self-care, stress, Uncategorized

Don’t stop movin’

Our bodies are the texts that carry the memories and therefore remembering is no less than reincarnation – Katie Cannon (p. 184) […]

July 3, 2019July 3, 2019adventure, attachment, communication, education, family, family time, Food, Health, Nutrition, learning, mother, Parenting, play, self-care

Miss Polly had a dolly

“Ah the wonderful world of a child’s imagination” Raymond Briggs, The Bear This winter (or should I say eight months) has been, […]

June 26, 2019June 26, 2019Activity, adventure, baking, birthday, cake, Creativity, family, mother, Parenting, play

Never never land

I have two fictional heroes. Robin Hood and Peter Pan. Random? Perhaps. So why? There is something about their spirit of adventure […]

June 18, 2019June 18, 2019Activity, Creativity, Exercise, family, family time, Food, Health, Nutrition, mother, Outdoors, Parenting, play, self-care

We are family

When did you last take a minute to stop and think about what you value as a family? Good question, she says, […]

June 4, 2019June 4, 2019Activity, Creativity, mother, Outdoors, Parenting, play, self-care

We’re going on a bear hunt

This time last year we were basking in that glorious British heatwave. This time this year I’m sitting here in a hoodie! […]

May 29, 2019May 29, 2019adoption, adoptive parent, attachment, birth, community, fostering, mental health, mother, Parenting, self-care, socializing

To infinity

Have you ever caught yourself thinking, “Woah, that little life tottering around in front of me totally depends on me and many […]

May 22, 2019May 22, 2019attachment, birth, mother, Parenting, play

Peepo

“Peepo….peepo…” how many times have you said that to a baby in a high pitched voice and thought, why do they get […]

May 15, 2019May 15, 2019birth, community, Exercise, Food, Health, Nutrition, mental health, mother, Parenting, post natal depression, pregnancy, self-care, socializing

You’re Beautiful

Our bodies are extraordinary concepts. Our minds are even more staggering. Yet, however detached we may feel from one or the other […]

May 9, 2019May 9, 2019birth, mother, Parenting, pregnancy, self-care

It’s a kind of magic

Sickness and utter exhaustion, blissful and divine, excruciating pain, emotional rollercoaster, terrifying, life-changing, nothing prepares you, incredible love, feeling like the most […]