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Budget Food Shopping Sorted
There’s been a lot of fuss in the news recently about the terrible quality of budget food boxes being sent out to kids who are eligible for free school meals and I wondered, if it were me shopping, what would I buy for one person on a very tight budget? Now I’ll caveat this with […]
Continue readingYour guide to keeping you & your kids fit and healthy while home-schooling
Stuck at home again on lockdown with no walk to school, no P.E. and maybe even no garden? Here’s how you keep your kids fit (and you!) while home-schooling. I was asked by Marie Claire magazine to give some tips on how to stay active during this crazy time. It’s been well shown that being […]
Continue readingSpending Time Outdoors: Why it’s Important for Your Family’s Health
Call it a generational gap but kids today don’t spend as much time outdoors as their parents used to. The Independent reported that they get exposed to screens twice as much as they get quality outdoors time. On average, kids get four hours of screen time everyday, much of which is unsupervised. As it turns out, […]
Continue readingToddler Feeding; Bedtime snacks and calorie needs (Mother and Baby Magazine)
Toddler feeding advice is hard to dish out (see what I did there?!) as all children are different, but I offered my best advice to Mother & Baby Magazine when three Mums asked for help. What works for one child won’t be relevant to another, and as a Mum you may have your own […]
Continue readingKids Lunch Boxes – are we failing them? Live Sky News Feature
In a back to school special earlier this year, charity Action for Children set out to help parents improve their kids lunch boxes, and asked me to help. As a parent myself it’s a cause I care about – kids need good nutrition to have energy, learn, grow and behave well. Yes the studies even […]
Continue readingDaft Things We Do as First Time Parents (that never made life easier)
Having a baby is a massive decision for anyone, but for first time parents? THE biggest overhaul life will ever take. With constant pressure to keep up with those parents who are breezing through it getting everything perfectly right, combined with Mother Nature’s blessing in disguise that makes us mothers settle for no less […]
Continue readingFun and Creative Ways to End Bedtime Battles
Bedtime battles are a tedious and less pleasant part of parenting, but it doesn’t have to be that way! Sleep is so important to our physical and mental health, but unlike child free adults, our broken or late nights aren’t always our fault! So when I hear fitpro’s telling women that to have […]
Continue readingWe Enter The World of Beatrix Potter
This Summer I achieved a childhood ambition of visiting the magical world of Beatrix Potter by booking a holiday to where she lived near Lake Windermere in the Lake District. Not only that but a quick google led me to a special ‘Beatrix Potter Experience’ holiday run by the Lindeth Howe hotel, the only […]
Continue readingWhy Do We Have To Make Lists For Daddy?
Every time I go out for longer than half a day, child-free, I have to make a list as long and comprehensive as the NHS budget report just to make sure the day runs smoothly. Yep, a little off topic from my usual body-health-food-fitness rants, but this was a piece I wrote on one […]
Continue readingHow to be a Healthy Mummy with Kids Party Characters (podcast)
Every mother wants to be a healthy Mummy and have the energy to keep up with the demands of Motherhood. But that’s so much easier said than done, with all the challenges and work involved in being a Mum, let alone work, housework, and everything else we take on. I was interviewed by […]
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