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How to Stop Yelling at Your Children and Be a Better Parent
As the girls get older is getting harder to make them listen and obey without transforming myself into some kind of a growling creature. Every time I do get angry (cause let’s admit it all parents get angry and frustrated but it is about the way that they handle the situation that counts) I kind of see myself as the woman version of the Hulk. So, I admit I do get upset and frustrated and 3 out of 10 times I find myself yelling at my gorgeous girls as they do know how to press my buttons too. As they got older, they also got wiser and better at tricking…
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What to look for when buying children’s swimming aids
Whether you are thinking ahead to a holiday by the pool, or local swimming lessons, you might be interested in some top tips when it comes to purchasing swimming aids for toddlers or babies. It isn’t just about cute designs and fun colours, you need to consider some important safety elements too. THE KEY TO BABY FLOAT SAFETY The number one thing to bear in mind, no matter what sort of childrens swimming aids you might have purchased, is to never leave a child unsupervised in their pool float. It only takes a back to be turned for one second for a situation to turn tragic. This is also why…
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Why I chose to be a work at home mum
Before I had kids I always imagined myself as a career woman. Over the years I moved from one job to another depending on where I lived. I worked as Human Resources Specialist, Warehouse Manager and in my last field as a full time job in Supply Chain Management. When my youngest was born and we moved closer to my parents I knew that none of the jobs mentioned above was possible. Thankfully, I already started to have a little bit of income through this blog which help greatly for a mum of two young children with her husband working away. However, at the moment advertising and sponsored posts through my…
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A comprehensive guide to buying baby gates
Deciding how to better baby proof your home before the arrival of a new baby can be quite difficult especially for first time parents. I remember that at the beginning I had to carry my daughter with me in every single room – even when I had to use the toilet or take a shower. It was truly draining but I preferred that instead of leaving my baby cry in her cot or leaving her unsafe in the living room. But things got especially hard when she started to move around crawling and toddling around. Her safety was the most important thing to me. Soon we discovered baby playpens –…
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Signs of depression in children
There are almost 6 years since I discovered that I suffer of depression. At the beginning my GP just label it as PND – postnatal depression. But when I had a look at my life even before I became a mother I realised that I always suffered of some sort of depression…even when I was a child. You see my mum suffered of depression when she was pregnant with me and after that when she had a stillbirth. Plus, she told me that even her mum my grandmother suffered of depression when she was young. According to scientists 50% of the cause of depression is genetic. I find this is amazing…
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Life as a married single parent
Two years since we started this lifestyle and the questions are still asked… How do you manage parenting two girls all by yourself? Don’t you miss your husband? Don’t they miss their father? etc… etc… Of course we miss daddy and of course days can get really difficult single parenting but thankfully we have ways to survive through. I thought that would be nice to share my tips with you today and maybe there are women like me out there that need a little bit of help. Embrace your life Try and be as positive as you can. Look for the benefits in the situation and make the most of it.…
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Milestone Moments – Having a New Baby
*Sponsored Post It has been almost six and a half years since I found out I was pregnant with my first baby…A rush of emotions came over me and the questions…”Are we ready for this?”, “How will it change my marriage?”, “How will I feel when I see my baby?”, “I wonder…will it be a boy or a girl?”. But then as the weeks were passing by and my baby bump started to grow and show more and more we started to ask ourselves different questions and also worry about the future. We were both older than our parents were when they had us, which means that by the time…
