Family & Lifestyle Blog
53% of Brits start their Christmas shopping between October and November. However, a whopping 24% wait until December. And, while December is traditionally the time to hit the shops to find the perfect gift, experts, including Martin Lewis OBE, state that now is the time to start your Christmas shopping. Therefore, if you’re looking for …
It may have only just turned October, but Christmas is just a 12 weeks away. Therefore, for all the bloggers out there, it’s time to plan your Blogmas posts. What is Blogmas? Blogmas is a blogging tradition, whereby Bloggers post a festive themed post from the 1st to the 25th December. I participated in Blogmas …
Imagine waking up and discovering a bald patch on your head. That’s what happened to me at the start of last month. I was merely putting my hair into a ponytail when I noticed a bare spot on my head. It was a horrifying thing to find and something I haven’t taken very well. Hence …
Today’s dads are taking less paternity leave, according to HM Revenue And Customs. For the first time in five years, the number of dads choosing to take paternity leave has dropped. Between March 2017 and March 2018, just 213,500 new dads took time off work following the birth of their baby, a drop of 3.3% …
Children aged between two and ten years of age who watch more than two hours of television a day are 30% more likely to have high blood pressure, reports The Telegraph. As parents, there will always be a time where we plonk our kids in front of the TV and I don’t believe we should …
Brits love a staycation. Visit Britain states that 59 million staycations were taken last year. Meanwhile, 74% of Britons will have taken a staycation by the end of the year, according to The Express. Booking a holiday at home has never been easier. With little more than a laptop and your debit card, you can …
August has been a funny one. We started off with blazing sunshine and blistering temperatures, however in the past few weeks it’s felt more and more like autumn. And, I have to confess that I have been thinking about Christmas. However, we have had plenty of family fun this month. Although, there have been a …
Pleasurewood Hills was a poignant part of my childhood. Our summers were always packed full of fun kids activities. And, we would have the time of our lives at Pleasurewood Hills. We would literally stay until the gates were shut and, in most, cases fall asleep on the drive back home. I look back on …
Parent and baby groups have always scared me. I’ve put off going to them months, for fear that I would be the odd mum out. The only mum not to know any other mums. The mum no one wanted to talk to. In my 2018 goals, I pledged to join such a group. But, to …
There’s nothing worse than spending a small fortune on toys for toddlers, only for your child to show no interest in them. In 2016, the average British child aged nine years or under received toys totalling a value £350, according to the British Toy and Hobby Association and NPD Group. Last Christmas, Little E was …