Can you believe it is almost Easter? This year is just flying past isn’t it. We all know that Easter tends to come with a lot of chocolate being given and eaten. And don’t get me wrong, I love a chocolate bunny or two (or four) but there are other options to give as a gift instead of chocolate. It could be that you are looking to purchase a gift for a baby, someone who is intolerant to the ingredients in chocolate or you simply want to do something a bit different. The options for...
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5 Tips for Positive Behaviour Strategies for Children Under Five
Written by: Karene Nightingale What you will find below are some tried and truly tested strategies for improving behaviour. After 20 years of educating children in early learning environments and seeing a broad spectrum of challenging behaviours, both age appropriate and atypical, I have found...
The Post Christmas Declutter
We all know that Christmas comes with a lot of new toys and exciting things to play with. But a lot of the time once these new toys come in, it means that there is more that you (and the kids) can handle. The new year has started, the gatherings with family and friends are done and you have been...
Sleep Regression or Progression?
Written by: Karene Nightingale We often hear about the 4-month sleep regression and then the 9-month one. But what is really happening? Why is the routine that has been working for the last couple of months, suddenly not working and their sleep is beginning to fall apart? Whilst some people will...
Gift Giving Made Easy
Written by: Beth Lewis Seeing the face of someone who has just opened the ‘perfect gift’ is priceless. No matter who it is! So it’s understandable that we can feel a lot of pressure around what to buy our loved ones – especially our children. We want to see their faces light up when they open...
Discussing the Magic of Santa
The time has come when Christmas and Santa are all the kids are talking about. It is such an exciting time. Seeing their eyes light up and talk about all the fun things that they want to do at Christmas. For younger children the magic of Santa is real and the excitement they show for what he...
Feeding To Sleep? Here’s How To Stop.
This article is written by Hala Merola from Sleep Sweet Consulting. Hala Merola is a qualified sleep consultant who shares her expertise and advice on how to make the change from feeding to sleep.Feeding to sleep, while biologically normal and developmentally appropriate, gets to a point wheresome...
Tips To Boost Your Immune System
It feels like everyone around us is dropping like flies with a cold, flu, or that nasty gastro bug. The immune system helps protect us from infection and disease. The main parts of the immune system are white blood cells, antibodies, the complement system, the lymphatic system, the spleen, the...