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In the Parenting category you’ll find tips, our experiences and advice. From birth (planned C sections) to potty training and everything in between!

8 Ways To Reduce Kids Screen Time

20th October 2021

Playing online games, social media and the entire internet have been a dominant part of youth culture for some time now. Almost all children of all ages own some sort of device with which they can access their favourite websites or online games at any given time. Photo by Charles Deluvio on Unsplash Every year… Read More

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Exploring Internet Safety with Your Child

19th January 2021

There are lots of benefits to the Internet. It provides us with learning opportunities, the ability to shop online, play games and talk to our loved ones, even if they live across the globe. Unfortunately, though, the Internet can be dangerous. Home to predators, hackers, cyberbullies, identity thieves and other bad people who may want… Read More

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How to: Easy Christmas Decorations from Toilet Roll Tubes

4th December 202018th December 2020

I am always looking for after school and weekend activities to keep the kids busy and off their screens for a while longer. Crafting is something both my children are super happy to get stuck into, mostly because it generally means making a bit of a mess!ย I’ve put together some ideas for really simple Christmas… Read More

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Lascal Maxi Buggy Board on Silver Cross Pioneer

22nd September 20204th February 2021

What’s the solution when you’ve got a baby in the buggy and a toddler who demands to walk and then at some unspecified time later just cannot walk one step further and digs her heels in to the pavement refusing to move an inch? A Lascal Maxi buggy board! We’ve been using the Lascal Maxi… Read More

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3 tips for less stressful school mornings

20th September 201923rd February 2020
3 tips to organise your school mornings

The beginning of the new school year always rolls round so quickly after a summer of great weather and beach holidays. I always feel like September is like a fake New Year… the kids are in new classes, new shoes and new routines. I am also trying to get into a proper routine after a… Read More

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Tips to get rid of Headlice

10th May 201910th February 2020
Liceguard Robicomb

Somehow I have been incredibly lucky and so far and neither of my kids have had head lice yet, despite getting letters home from school that there have been outbreaks in the class! I know it’s only a matter of time though and it’s best to be prepared! So here is the lowdown on lice,… Read More

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Teaching your kids about Recycling & ways to get them involved

4th September 201810th February 2020
Teaching Kids About Recycling

In the past year or so I’ve become pretty enthusiastic about ‘going green’ where I can. Buying veg that’s not pre-packed (ideally from the weekly market, though we’ve just signed up to Riverford deliveries) reusing as much as we can and getting a larger recycling wheelie bin from the council to ensure we had space… Read More

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Parents: Tips to improve your sleep

10th February 201810th February 2020
improve your sleep

Sleep is a most valuable and precious thing when you are a parent, Especially if your little darlings are of ages from 0-5 years old. In fact, a big part of parenting is getting used to functioning on way less sleep and still being able to do all the thing that you could before, plus… Read More

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Ickle Bubba Solar Car Seat Review

2nd December 201710th February 2020
Ickle Bubba Solar carseat Review

Ickle Bubba is a brand I’m not familiar with so far, so when we were asked if we wanted to test out the Ickle Bubba Solar car seat we agreed! It’s a Group 1-2-3 seat, which makes it suitable from 9 months to around 12 years – height dependant – they need to reach 135cms.… Read More

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Raskog Craft Trolley Ikea Hack

4th October 201726th November 2020

My kids have tonnes of craft supplies. If they’re lucky I even let them use them! I’m kidding, but tidying up after craft sessions is one of my most hated tasks! Thankfully for the last three months or so the task has been a lot easier; the sessions themselves a lot less messy generally because… Read More

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Beautiful blue skies from earlier in the week. Aru Beautiful blue skies from earlier in the week. Arundel castle is somewhere I've lived close to for my whole life, yet had only ever visited as a very small child. This week I visited the gardens with a friend and absolutely loved it, and will definitely be back to visit the castle itself. The glimpse I saw when we had tea a d scones in the restaurant was gorgeous!

 I'm trying to make a reel by instasham keeps glitching and I can't add music, so maybe you'll see it and maybe you won't ๐Ÿ™„

After another really busy week I'm switching off for the weekend to celebrate a friend's birthday tomorrow and out for a stroll on Sunday ๐Ÿ™Œ

#arundelcastle #visitsussex #sussexscenes #strollsinsussex #englishcastles #arundel #castlesofinstagram
๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐ŸŽฝ Two little runners ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐ŸŽฝ Two little runners after their first race, the #Arunners junior mile along the beach โ›ฑ๏ธ Arlo shot round way ahead of Athena and I so I got a blurry action shot of him but not much else!

Sam did the longer 5 mile run along the sand whilst the tide was out but we walked home via the shop for congratulatory ice creams instead of waiting for him as it was well past bedtime by that point! 

#familyrun #juniormile #runrunrun #arunners #raceforfun #funrunsussex #100maysnaps
Ad|gifted๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿฆ—๐ŸŒˆ We've been playing #Mantis a Ad|gifted๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿฆ—๐ŸŒˆ We've been playing #Mantis a lot recently, it's a new game but has quickly become a firm favourite, with us and the friends we've played it with.

Each game lasts around 10 minutes so it's great to play whilst dinners cooking, but you might want to carry on during dinner as it's a little addictive and you'll end up playing a few rounds ๐ŸŽ‰

The aim of the game is to score ten points first by collecting sets of coloured cards. Easy right!? No, because other players can sabotage you and steal your cards for themselves (but, you might have the chance to steal them back!) 

It's really easy to pick up and Arlo managed to beat us all on his first time playing ๐Ÿคช another plus is that's it's very portable and you don't need too much space to play, so perfect to take to friends houses, restaurants and on holiday!

It's from the team who bought us #ExplodingKittens and you can purchase this and other games from explodingkittens.com ๐Ÿ’ฅ

#familygames #cardgames #playtogether #funtimes #familyfun #notaboardgame #playgamestogether #gamescupboard #gamesnotscreens #subtlesabotage #100maysnaps
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Jumping into the weekend ๐Ÿคธ๐Ÿคธ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ Det Jumping into the weekend ๐Ÿคธ๐Ÿคธ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ
Determined to switch off this weekend, I've been flat out at work for the past two weeks & worked a lot of last weekend too. The problem (which is also a positive) with working freelance is that you can do it anytime but it doesn't necessarily mean you should ๐Ÿคช 
We're spending time with friends, doing some gardening and hopefully some cross stitch on the new garden sofa I spent hours putting together yesterday!
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scrapbook.lives

Beautiful blue skies from earlier in the week. Aru Beautiful blue skies from earlier in the week. Arundel castle is somewhere I've lived close to for my whole life, yet had only ever visited as a very small child. This week I visited the gardens with a friend and absolutely loved it, and will definitely be back to visit the castle itself. The glimpse I saw when we had tea a d scones in the restaurant was gorgeous!

 I'm trying to make a reel by instasham keeps glitching and I can't add music, so maybe you'll see it and maybe you won't ๐Ÿ™„

After another really busy week I'm switching off for the weekend to celebrate a friend's birthday tomorrow and out for a stroll on Sunday ๐Ÿ™Œ

#arundelcastle #visitsussex #sussexscenes #strollsinsussex #englishcastles #arundel #castlesofinstagram
๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐ŸŽฝ Two little runners ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐ŸŽฝ Two little runners after their first race, the #Arunners junior mile along the beach โ›ฑ๏ธ Arlo shot round way ahead of Athena and I so I got a blurry action shot of him but not much else!

Sam did the longer 5 mile run along the sand whilst the tide was out but we walked home via the shop for congratulatory ice creams instead of waiting for him as it was well past bedtime by that point! 

#familyrun #juniormile #runrunrun #arunners #raceforfun #funrunsussex #100maysnaps
Ad|gifted๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿฆ—๐ŸŒˆ We've been playing #Mantis a Ad|gifted๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿฆ—๐ŸŒˆ We've been playing #Mantis a lot recently, it's a new game but has quickly become a firm favourite, with us and the friends we've played it with.

Each game lasts around 10 minutes so it's great to play whilst dinners cooking, but you might want to carry on during dinner as it's a little addictive and you'll end up playing a few rounds ๐ŸŽ‰

The aim of the game is to score ten points first by collecting sets of coloured cards. Easy right!? No, because other players can sabotage you and steal your cards for themselves (but, you might have the chance to steal them back!) 

It's really easy to pick up and Arlo managed to beat us all on his first time playing ๐Ÿคช another plus is that's it's very portable and you don't need too much space to play, so perfect to take to friends houses, restaurants and on holiday!

It's from the team who bought us #ExplodingKittens and you can purchase this and other games from explodingkittens.com ๐Ÿ’ฅ

#familygames #cardgames #playtogether #funtimes #familyfun #notaboardgame #playgamestogether #gamescupboard #gamesnotscreens #subtlesabotage #100maysnaps
@playtimeprltd
Jumping into the weekend ๐Ÿคธ๐Ÿคธ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ Det Jumping into the weekend ๐Ÿคธ๐Ÿคธ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ
Determined to switch off this weekend, I've been flat out at work for the past two weeks & worked a lot of last weekend too. The problem (which is also a positive) with working freelance is that you can do it anytime but it doesn't necessarily mean you should ๐Ÿคช 
We're spending time with friends, doing some gardening and hopefully some cross stitch on the new garden sofa I spent hours putting together yesterday!
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#siblings #bouncetogether #siblingsproject #100maysnaps #outdoorsandfree #jumparound
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