Before parenting, Hubby and I were very much into a healthy lifestyle and regularly attended the gym together. Health and fitness have been essential since becoming parents, keeping up with our little energy beans and helping us feel good about ourselves.
If you have children of school age then you are bound to have come into contact with head lice at some point or another. I think we managed to avoid the dreaded little mites for the first two years of primary school with Little Bean and then around the time that I dropped my guard … Read more
At school sport really wasn’t my thing at all, I did it because I had to, not because I enjoyed it although I did enjoy Cross Country and I got pretty good at it. I was even chosen to represent the school in a Regional Cross Country competition, I didn’t win it but I came … Read more
It’s funny how certain smells stay with you isn’t it. When I was a child my Mum used to wash my hair with Apple Scented shampoo and I can still smell it to this day. Just the faintest waft of an apple scent and I will be transported back to my Mum washing my hair … Read more
New Children’s Alflorex® using Pre-filled Straws is an important extension to the PrecisionBiotic® range. It is now available to buy for the first time in the UK. Children’s Alflorex Similar to the Adult Alflorex supplement which is available in the UK online (alflorexbiotics.com), Children’s Alflorex contains the unique and patented 35624™ culture in a clever … Read more
As children we were always told “don’t play with your food” but nowadays playing with your food is actively encouraged. If food is seen as fun, it’s more likely that it will be accepted and eaten and it is for this reason that Weetabix have created a range of characters called Weetabix Weetabuddies. You might … Read more
Whoever said that your school days are the best days of your life was clearly never a student! Student life is full to bursting with excitement, new people, fun experiences, mad nights out and the odd bit of work. Learning to fend for yourself for the first time is an important rite of passage – … Read more
Boohoo, my ‘baby’ has turned 3 and the realisation that our baby days are almost behind us is setting in as I write possibly my last Pushchair wishlist. I’m starting to realise that I am now responsible for carrying my own handbag and shopping (as well as all the non-essentials the Beans insist on taking … Read more
In a time of tablets, the internet and video games, it can be difficult to persuade your children to get outdoors and get some fresh air and exercise. Many children now spend hours on end looking at some kind of screen, and this is not good for their development and health. This is why they … Read more
This seems to be a question that I am asking over and over again but I’m yet to find the answer. Since Jelly Bean’s last episode in January, things were going well whilst we kept his medication at the level of him basically having runny poops all of the time. He would only pass one … Read more