Yep, we are there. The baby is born, and the first panic is wind/colic and everything else that keeps a baby up all night. Then you get to circa the 3 month mark and if you are lucky that starts to calm. (A bit. If you are lucky!) And just when life is starting to … Continue reading The Trials and Tribulations of a Teething Tot!
Whether it's your first or your fifth, from the minute you announce your pregnancy, it begins. It never ceases to amaze me just how many people out there seem to have a better approach to raising my kids than I do. Many the time I have grinned through gritted teeth at the prospect of yet … Continue reading Parenting advice – How to piss off a parent in 5 easy steps.
Mammy guilt is a phrase that is now being bandied around regularly, possibly ignited by the fact that the pressure on mammy's these days is huge. But what is Mammy Guilt exactly? And why do we let ourselves fall prey to it? Picture this: a well kept, warm and inviting home. The smell of dinner hits your … Continue reading The Mammy Guilt
Ten minutes to yourself when you're a parent is worth five hours to yourself before kids!
My little girl turns 3 months today - that milestone that is supposed to bring sleep and a more settled baby. I have been counting down the days to this, because we had a 'colicky baby'. 4 hours screaming a night on average, nothing could settle her. Passing her from mammy to daddy and back … Continue reading It’s just a touch of colic
Red cheeked baby, wash basket full of bibs, Mammy and Daddy sleep deprived - just another day in the life of the family with the teething baba. Just when you have them settled and out of the 'colicky phase' the next era of grumpy, crying baby begins. And this one lasts a lot longer. We … Continue reading Battle of the Teething Gels
When my son was teething he developed a rash on one cheek from dribbling. Nothing eased it - from sudocrem to steroid cream it persisted. My local chemist recommended La Roche Posay Cicaplast Baume - and it cleared within days. This cream is ideal for sensitive skin that is irritated in some way. It's paraben … Continue reading How to soothe dribble rash
It's vaccination time. Well, actually it was vaccination time a month ago, but it was her christening and then she got sick and then she had to get better and then I forgot and then it was Christmas.... I, like most other human beings, dread the thought of sticking a needle into a cooing little … Continue reading Ouch!
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