Christmas Planning for your family

Christmas for your family If you were planning Christmas for your family what would you be planning to eat? Would you have traditional turkey, goose, ham on the bone or something else? In different cultures there are different rituals or festivities for example in Sweden and Scandinavia they celebrate Christmas the night before and open…

World Class-A child’s Love and Adversity

With New Zealand proudly winning the Rugby World Cup 2011, there must be some extremely proud parents and ecstatic fans who won’t be sleeping tonight! They will be out celebrating instead! Here is a little story about a child’s joy and a proud parent’s biggest moment of joy. In life we have choices and sometimes wee…

Expecting a New Baby

Planning Tips Are you expecting a new baby? Here are 5 great tips to get you started. 1. Be prepared have all your essential baby items in place. 2.Wash any new baby clothes before using them in non-biological liquid. 3.Have a list of contact numbers by the phone in case of emergency 4. Have a…

Parental Stress

As a parent what is the thing that you most worry about? Let’s face it you are never free from guilt that you are doing something wrong, not giving your children enough time, attention or you are not being the parent you thought you’d be. What effect does all this stress have on your children,…

Business & Baby Show

  This time last Sunday I was at a Business and Baby Show organised by Jane Hopkins founder of Mumsclub. It was a great event and full of wonder products and beautiful hand-made gifts, baby clothes and wooden toys (which I totally approve of having a background in Montessori Education) the only thing missing was…