Preparing kids for separation or divorce
(Image Source: Divorce via Shutterstock) When a family decides that things aren’t working out as they are, and it is time for the parents to split up, this is a harrowing time for everyone. It …
How can we help build confidence in our shy children?
Sometimes it is hard when our kids don’t seem to be outgoing, or aren’t too keen on moving away from us when they are younger. Perhaps they cling to our …
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Tummy time: Tips for encouraging crawling – activities to advice
This month we are looking at helping you all with encourage your little ones to crawl from activities and tummy time, to just general advice to get them moving…we published …
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Christmas without the Chaos – Tips on how to survive with the family
In our house, Christmas starts on the 1st December, when we put up the tree. I know that this isn’t for some,but I have this from my parents, and I can’t …
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Kids reading: How to encourage them
I am a librarian – qualified at that. Therefore I know the power of a good book, and a good read, both for myself and for my kids. There is …
Parenting Tips Linky: All things siblings
This week has been….interesting… I think that is the word for it, something along those lines anyway – but mainly it’s been “challenging”, “annoying” and “hair-pulling-outer-ing” which clearly isn’t …
Parenting Tips Linky: Potty Training
It is the first Friday of the month (really?), so we are back with the parenting tips linky, and this time because of a partnership that we are launching this …
Parenting Tips Linky: Surviving the terrible twos and tantrums
This week, we have another great topic for you for our parenting tips linky; the terrible twos. In the past topics we have covered include: Advice on treating nits Surviving the …
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Parenting Tips Linky: Head lice treatment – blitz those nits!
When you have children, people say that you will loose sleep, they tell you that life will never be the same again. However, they don’t tell you that you …
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Instructions not included: Baby weaning
KiddyCharts has been horribly remiss, and not done a Parenting Tips Linky for too long, as we are putting that right, and re-launching them today. They will go out monthly, …
Linky – Instructions not included #2: Potty training at night
A couple of weeks ago I started the parenting tips linky with a collection of posts about starting school; not an easy time for many, and I hope some of …
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Parenting Tips Linky – Instructions not included #1: Starting School
PARENTING TIPS LINKY – KIDS DON’T COME WITH A MANUAL *SHOCKER* Visit our other Parenting Tips Linkies if you would like too! We are just starting out, so do be …
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