This week is the sixth week of the Mommy Reality Challenge, hosted by Jen, Celeste and Carolyn. For those who don't know, the Mommy Reality Challenge is a fun link up where busy Mums can share a glimpse of the unglamorous reality in their lives, with other Mums. This week the challenge is to share a ... [ Read More ]
Archives for June 2014
Two Months With Flossie…
Flossie is as you may have already read in my previous post The Story Of The Dumped Dog That Has Found Her Forever Home, a stray that we were originally only fostering for two weeks until she recovered from being spayed, but she was so sweet we decided to keep her. How Flossie Has Settled ... [ Read More ]
Yesterday We Learned That There Is Therapy For Dysphagia…
Dysphagia as I learned yesterday is the official name for when a person has trouble chewing, swallowing and eating in general. I have to be honest and say that even though Greg's has had problems chewing and swallowing all of his life, it never occurred to us that it was a recognised condition that ... [ Read More ]
Mommy Reality Challenge #5 – The Laundry Room…
I can't believe that the Mommy Reality Challenge set up by Jen, Carolyn and Celeste is into it's fifth week already. Where does the time go? This week the challenge is to take a picture of the laundry room and to share it, so that other busy Mums can see that they are not alone when it comes to ... [ Read More ]
Finally, We Have An Official Diagnosis For Our Son
Finally, We Have An Official Diagnosis For Our Son I want to write this post partly as a way of getting my head around the fact that we have finally got the official diagnosis we have wanted for so long, and partly to let other parents know that they are not alone in getting a late diagnosis for ... [ Read More ]
Mommy Reality Challenge #4 – The Kitchen Sink…
The Mommy Reality Challenge is a fun link up, set by Jen, Carolyn and Celeste. The point of the challenge is to encourage Mums to share the everyday reality of being a Mum and each week Mums are asked to post and share a picture of something in particular. Last week Mums were asked to share a ... [ Read More ]
How I Got My Teenage Children To Eat More Fruit…
How I Got My Teenage Children To Eat More Fruit Since having children I have tried my best to educate them about the importance of healthy eating. When they were younger all I had to do was to prepare a bowl of chopped fresh fruit and they would happily munch their way through it, whilst I read to ... [ Read More ]
An Effective, Non Chemical Treatment For Head Lice
What Are Head Lice?... Just the words head lice can induce a sense of panic into the most laid back parents and are guaranteed to get our scalps twitching with nonexistent itches - unless of course you do have head lice and if so the itching is totally normal. Just thinking about writing this post ... [ Read More ]
Why Wearing A Bicycle Helmet Is Important…
Because it might just save your life one day! Last week I couldn't believe what I was reading, when I read a newspaper article on a top neurosurgeons thoughts on whether or not it is worth wearing helmets when cycling and in his 'educated' opinion it isn't! I could not believe the ... [ Read More ]
Mommy Reality Challenge #2 – Left Over Dinners…
I love the idea of the Mommy Reality Challenge that has been set up by Jen, Celeste and Carolyn and was a bit worried that although I had taken the picture for this weeks Mommy Reality Challenge two days ago, I just wasn't going to find the time to post it. Luckily it is a challenge that runs for ... [ Read More ]