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Discipline for older children Is anyone else with a tween struggling to navigate this new territory? My oldest has turned 9 and is slowly...

Timeouts are a hugely controversial subject. Until I looked into this for this week’s Monday Night Conversation, I never knew just how...

As a parent (or carer), do you ever find that you are under constant demand to meet the needs of your children, but nevertheless, at the...

Do you ever feel like you are doing LOADS for your kids, but they don't seem to notice much? Well, I've been looking more into this over...

Welcome to our Mummy Made This Blog. Our mission is help make parents’ lives a little bit easier by sharing with you the things that do...

Today’s blog is around getting kids involved in household chores – what worked for me, and what didn’t! My mission is help make parents’...

I always thought that the only time to make bird feeders was in winter. Well, I have learnt that that is not the case! In early spring,...

This week we made our very own Bath bombs! And I think, if I had to decide which of the crafting activities were my favourite to date,...

Last week we made Play-Doh at home (with its own challenges - take a look at the video on my You Tube Channel mummymadethis if you missed...

Over the coming weeks I want to share with you some activity ideas that we are trying as a family. These are ideas that we do instead of...

If you've been following our 3 part series on screen time, you know that in our family we established that we had too much screen time...

Welcome to part 2 of our 3-part Screen Time series. I've found that screen time can be such a minefield and each family has their unique...

This week’s topic is all about Screen Time. How much screen time is ok? What are the signs of too much screen time? I don’t know whether...

This month, I feel like there has been lots about Big Feelings in our family - both on how to honour and deal with them, but also tactics...

Does anybody else get bogged down with meals for the kids? I feel like now that a new school year has started, I spend a lot of time...

This summer we will be doing various visits around the country to catch up with family and friends that we have not been able to see in...

Last month we wrote about the importance of connecting with your children - so that this connection pulls us through when the going gets...

I recently came across this book by Dr Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Mate. And I am completely hooked. The main message is fascinating (and...

A huge welcome to Suzanne, professional organiser, entrepreneur and mum of 3, who has some wonderful tips on how to make packed lunches a...

Before we have children, we (I certainly did) have this romantic vision of children that play nicely together, sleep through the night,...