I wake up on a Sunday morning. It's a nice summers day and some gardening is in order. I make breakfast for the kids and my wife and proceed with the usual morning routine. Out I go to the shed, get the lawn mower and off I go. I wave to a car coming down the street. It is a guy I know lives
Read Full StoryIt isn't often I would recommend a book to every parent but this one is just the inspirational story we all need to hear. It started in 2006 when Kristen Morrison gave birth to a beautiful baby boy Gryffin, who was later diagnosed with Down Syndrome. Instead of accepting that her son would h
Read Full StoryThis is a guest post written by Elle Hilyard for BubbleBubs (Australian Cloth Nappies) Battling a health issue with my 9 month old son, Ethan, resulted in more nappy changes each day than I ever thought possible. I started to think about the effects all the disposable nappies we were using were h
Read Full StoryI'm an old hat at nursing now, having been doing it for nearly 3 years non-stop. But those earlier days could have been a lot easier with hindsight. 1. Breastfeeding is natural, but a learned skill. If someone had told me, before I started nursing that while breastfeeding is the most natura
Read Full StoryAs a child, my school report card was either something I triumphantly took home to my parents, or stashed in my school bag, hoping it might disintegrate unnoticed with the rotting banana and soggy sandwich. If I had performed well, and my card reflected this, I was so proud to show it to my parent
Read Full StoryChildren learn best from examples and actually doing activities or tasks in the real world but they are some core concepts as a child I never understood until later and I believe this really set back my understanding of everything I went through in school. These understandings set me free in the way I looked and dealt with the world and I believe every person should be aware of them. 1. Languages Are More Than Just Spoken And Written Word Language when I was younger was speaking and
It is a question many have asked over the last few decades. Why does lemonade contain artificial flavor while cleaning products contain real lemon? It can be broadened out to why do cleaning products use real fruit or produce while food is filled with artificial ingredients? Well there are many enlightened answers Your kids always like to eat stuff off the floor so it is just another way to make sure they are getting their daily serving of fruit We have kids and fruit ends up all ov
We're coming into the winter flu season in the southern hemisphere, and in the north, you're coming into the dreaded "summer cold" season. With a lot of media focusing on the importance of vaccinations, or in the case of Australia - the current withdrawal of FluVax for children aged under 5 years of age, it's important to consider that there is so much we can do to pre-emptively care for our health and well being, that extends beyond vaccinations. Being a non-vaccinating family, w
When you have a baby they will play with what is in front of them. If it is taken off them they may be upset but most of the time they will just play with something else. When they reach the age of 2+ everything seems to become an issue. It another child takes a toy off them, it is a full blown tantrum. So how do children learn to share? Mainly it is by example of others and actively showing and guiding them how to. As your child grows older, you can reason with them and they also understan
Lullabies are almost an instinctive mothering technique. Every culture in the world has it's own version of creating a soothing song that is designed to calm a baby to sleep. Isn't it interesting as parents that when we relax and do hum or sing to our children, our made up songs are all soothing, and gentle... more often than not in a rhythm that mimics the heartbeat, the first sounds our babies would have heard, our voice, and the rhythms of our body. This is a post to honor the beautif
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