Getting out of the house doesn't seem to be any easier than it was eight years ago when we had one tiny baby, one huge changing bag and two very confused adults in charge. Lots of parents know the routine: feed the baby, change the baby, pack ridiculous volume of unnecessary baby stuff into the changing ...
"I'm kind of looking forward to car-time," I said to my middle child. "Me too!" she said, as we packed up our supplies. It's the new thing in our house. After months of finding things to do while the eldest is at her gymnastics class, we finally realised that sitting in the car is the most relaxing ...
This article first appeared in maternity & infant, October/ November issue, and after watching Sugar Crash on RTÉ earlier this week, I thought I'd post it here. Why is dental decay in kids on the increase in Ireland, and why is nobody telling parents that waiting for primary school screening is not advisable? Paediatric Dentist Dr. Rose-Marie ...
Summing up your life in eight photos of happiness - it's kind of irresistible. I'm an obsessive photo-taker and have been since I got my first camera from Santa about thirty years ago, so when Lady Nicci gave me the opportunity to try this post, I was immediately in. Well, immediately plus four months. After years of watching ...
9.20am Homefree! Literally! All three kids at school and preschool for the first time since mid-December. I'm going to get SO much work done. 9.21am I better check email. And Twitter, in case there's important news in the world. And Facebook, in case anyone I know posted a photo of anything vaguely cute or funny. And Instagram, ...
“They think when you are on your laptop that you are not really ‘working’.” The interview series returns with Sarah Slattery – the mother of two and former Sales and Marketing director of Skytours travel agency started her own business in 2014, setting up thetravelexpert.ie, a blog that offers travel advice to Irish holidaymakers heading abroad. Thank ...
In theory, there's no reason to make resolutions just because it's the start of a new year, but where there's an excuse to make a list and potentially tick things off, count me in. I don't usually make long or detailed resolutions - I hand-pick a handful of broad goals and write them on the back of an envelope, then leave ...