How to encourage your child to start brushing their teeth
Brushing your teeth is just part of a daily routine It’s like eating breakfast or washing your face, we just kind of do it without thinking about it, but children have to be taught the healthy teeth habit. Like many things, when it comes to raising, it can become a bit of a battle. Luckily […]
2 years ago
This simple idea will help cultivate an attitude of gratitude in your children
Think about this for a moment: It is late, the kids are in bed, and you have finally curled up on the sofa with your hubby, a hot cup of tea and Netflix. What do you talk about? Do you harp on about how wonderful today was, how good the kids were, how much you […]
4 years ago
Changing our bedtime routine made our evenings so much easier – and here’s why
Even before becoming a parent myself, I had heard many horror stories about bedtime with kids. Kids who wouldn’t sleep. Hours or hours of negotiations. Kids who woke up a million times every night. tears, tantrums, drama, drama, drama. But funnily enough, having now been a parent for a decade, I kind of think bedtime […]
4 years ago
“As a dad, I feel so passionate about it” – Johnny Sexton on teaching kids healthy habits
“I think over the past year-and-a-half, every parent across Ireland has seen just how important healthy habits are.” Johnny Sexton might be the the captain of Ireland, and Leinster, Rugby, but he is also a dad of three young children. And so when it comes to establishing healthy habits – and helping children do so […]
5 years ago
10 small, healthy habits to start this summer – that will end up slowly changing your life
Small and steady wins the race. Right now, we have lived through some pretty unprecedented eighteen months. Dealing with homeschooling and remote working and restlessness and stress and worries and maybe also, to many of us, new financial realities. It has been full-on, I think we can all agree. So now is not the time, […]
5 years ago
3 simple morning routines I swear by for a calmer, happier day
Ready for normal-ish life again? The shops are open, so are the restaurants (outdoors anyway), summer is here and it feels like we can finally start to put these past 18 crazy, insane, intense, bizarre months behind us. And I so happy normal life is finally returning – at least on some levels. I don’t […]
5 years ago