Tag: parenting

  • Kids will eat just about anything?

    I believe that a ‘little dirt never hurt’ and am a strong advocate of the ‘6 second rule’, if something hits the floor I will still give it to Madame, don’t worry I usually pick the cat hairs off first!  I also believe that a lot of allergies today are a result of our hyper-sensitivity…

  • Come on! Give us some credit!

    Photo Credit I’m not very good at ‘playing with my daughter’.  I’m the kind of parent that shows her how something works and then expect her to get on with it, which is bad I know, I’m just not a natural.  On the other hand after a couple of glasses of wine I’m an absolute…

  • Bad Parenting Club

    I’m guessing that this is probably not an original idea but I was inspired by @chickenruby’s recent blog about her accident prone boys and my neighbour’s drama last week when she accidentally locked herself out of the house when her 18 month old was asleep inside.  I need to stress that I don’t think these…

  • Is ‘neglect’ a good parenting skill?

    Do you ever see or hear something that really ‘clicks’ with your ideals of parenting?  This happened to me a couple of weeks ago when I was watching Desperate Housewives.  If you’re not a fan don’t run away as it’ll still make sense. Gabby was deemed a bad parent by the neighbourhood mums after one…

  • I look like sh*t but…….

    This is what I looked like the year before my daughter was born. This is me two years on…… I look like sh*t but I’m HAPPY!