Week#1 of my fitness journey

Week#1 of my fitness journey

This week has been challenging and painful {oh, so painful} but also amazing. I have just completed week#1 of my 4-week fitness plan and I am so incredibly proud of myself. Every day hasn’t been without its challenges, but I have still put my trainers 

My 4-week ‘no gym’ fitness plan

My 4-week ‘no gym’ fitness plan

I am not getting any younger, and my waistline isn’t getting any smaller. Life can be stressful and busy and exhausting, so in my life? I have no time for being healthy or keeping fit. However, I’ve reached a stage in my life – before 

How to help a choking child

How to help a choking child

This post is a little left wing for me, as in, it’s not my usual topic. However, it is vitally important and something I have seen and heard happening to little ones more & more, lately. From children choking on grapes, {which should always be 

No Dull Days with Bassetts Multivitamins

No Dull Days with Bassetts Multivitamins

Kids being kids, they enjoy getting out whatever the weather and my youngest daughter, loves being outdoors – she always has – {especially for Pokewalks!} and I always used to joke that she would live in a tent in the garden given half the chance.  

Tips to keep our children’s eyes healthy

Tips to keep our children’s eyes healthy

They say our eyes are the windows to our soul. I’m not usually one to fall for such gumption as realistically they are globular organs, filled with lots of fascinating little bits & pieces, placed into the eye socket of your head allowing you the 

My top 5 tips to soothe a baby with colic

My top 5 tips to soothe a baby with colic

Now, I am perfectly aware that as I write this, my children are all very much passed their trapped wind days, but do you know what, that doesn’t mean I have forgotten them. So I thought, for something a little bit different I would share 

Plant allergies in children: Plant dermatitis

Plant allergies in children: Plant dermatitis

I’ll be honest, plant allergies in children is a first for me. I’ve heard of children and adults being allergic to many things, and of course plants in a different form {causing hayfever and so forth} but never a plant causing a rash. One morning