Parenting & Family

Thank you for all the congratulations and well wishes I receive at least once a week… but actually I’m not pregnant! ‘ This is just my body after birth, I’ve had 2 babies and this is the end result. I am well aware that it’s time to get my sexy …

Potty training your child is an important milestone, your child gains independence and your nappy changing days are coming to a close. Not having to pay the huge expense of nappies is also something to look forward to. Potty training can start any time from 3 months old to 3 …

We are now on the last part of potty training – getting through the night without a night nappy. It has been a long journey with my 3 year old and I have had lots of feedback from other moms that their children were completely potty trained in a week. …

And for our next experiment we tried Erupting Snow Volcanoes. This is a great activity for kids! I took the ingredients needed to my 3 year old daughter’s preschool yesterday and tried it out with her class of 11 kids. What a raging success! Here’s how you do it: Take …

Did you know that there are a few concerns around starting your baby on rice cereal? Here are some reasons rice cereal is not a great first food: It can cause obeseity. It can make your baby constipated. Aspiration risks Lack of nutrients in rice cereal (other than iron). Please …

Measles is a highly infectious illness caused by a virus. The virus lives in the mucus of the nose and throat of people with this infection. Physical contact, coughing and sneezing can spread the infection. In addition, infected droplets of mucus can remain active and contagious for around two hours. …

Baby Reflexology can help to relieve soothe pain and discomfort your baby may have. Lay your baby down, gently pushing down on certain parts of the feet. Massage gently increasing the pressure of your fingers each time you reach a certain pressure point on your baby’s foot. Make this fun …

I hate the daily question of What’s for Supper? I don’t know about other moms but having to cook a nutritious, tasty meal every day takes its toll on me. I run out of ideas and leave things to the last minute. When the end of the work day approaches …

I could never be a full time Stay At Home mom, I’m just not built that way! Talking to my husband a week ago about the struggles I have juggling everything turned out to be quite a mind-opening experience. I explained the usual difficulties of trying to manage a household, …

Choosing child care for your baby can be daunting and scary, especially for the first time mommy. Each option has its advantages and disadvantages. See below the types of child care available and a short description of each: 1 Day Care Centre A centre that looks after your child. This …

If you are a mommy you know those mommy mornings I am talking about. It seems things either go smoothly (or as close as possible) or everything goes horribly wrong! Last night was a no-sleep night with our teething 1 year old. He woke up numerous times while hubby and …

In theory childcare is an easy thing to take care off. When I was pregnant the thought of childcare wasn’t a problem. Just have the baby, work from home with the baby for as long as possible and then send her to day care, easy right? No, not really. Putting …

Giving your toddler chores around the house from an early age will make it easier for them to complete tasks in future. Here are some ideas for age appropriate chores for toddlers: Packing away toys Putting clothes in wash basket Sweeping the floor Setting the table for meals Clearing the …

I realised recently that I am a Potty Mouth Mommy. This came about when my 3 year old daughter was playing with her toys while I was doing dishes, she ran along and dropped the ball… and said “Oh shit”. I need to be really honest here and look at …

Teaching table manners is something vital in my home. I’m not a mom that has loads of rules and I am quite flexible with a lot of things, but one thing that was enforced by my mother in my childhood was sitting down at the table as a family for …

Shortly after my daughter being moved from the baby class (3 months – 2 yrs old) to the next class at her crèche she came home with a Barbie obsession. Up until that moment I had never mentioned Barbie and she had not come across her, in movies or any …

Putting Mommy as a Priority is something I have never been able to achieve. Towards the end of last year I wrote 2 blogs that were immensely popular and the topics are obviously things that are things that are a struggle for all moms: my body after birth and time …

A couple from Welkom has exposed their nanny abusing their baby after hiding a nanny cam in their house when they noticed odd behaviour from their child. The child’s mother said she went shopping with her six-year-old child on December 21, and she set up a camera in her living …

Signs your child has an ear infection can include: 1 Baby is pulling, tugging or grabbing his/ her ear This could be a sign your child has ear pain, however children, especially babies, pull on their ears often for no reason at all). If this is the only sign and …

School holidays are how long? Much to my dismay close on 5 weeks. The last 4 weeks have been almost impossible to get through. I have my own business, I have a fully equipped baby room in our office with a cot, sleeper couch, pram, toys… everything a mom could …