If your kids are back to school, you've probably bought them a new uniform, a new backpack and plenty of school supplies but did you think about getting their eyes checked before sending them to school - or in fact, ever? New research conducted by UK eye hospital group Optegra Eye Health Care, who offer laser eye surgery and other forms of treatment all across the UK, suggests that while over 90% ...
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Bedtime Story Competition with The Book People
I get a lot of press releases every single day but there are only a few that really grab my attention. One that did, was an email from The Book People which revealed the results of a YouGov survey that questioned 448 UK parents with children aged 5 - 11 commissioned for their annual Bedtime Story Competition. The results were quite frankly shocking. Why you should read your child a bedtime ...
Our favourite kids books – reading with children
We're big bookworms in this house. I go through two to three books each week and although Amy can't read yet, we read together every single day - most days, it's numerous times. I think instilling a love for books and reading into children from a very young age is one of the biggest gifts you can give to them. Reading improves children's vocabulary and language skills and helps them develop ...
Little Loves 10/2017 – Fifty Shades Darker, Cooking with kids and hunting for a rain jacket
I've failed with writing my post last week and I'm feeling a little down about it. I had all my bullet points ready but life got in the way and for some reason, I never got around to writing it. Amy is off sick again - once again it's her tonsils and sinuses playing up and I'm so fed up with it all. Surgery can't come quick enough! Obviously, no mother wants to see her child go under the knife ...
Little Loves 8/2017 – diving, Iceland and craving spring
This has been a good week mostly. There was another ENT appointment (no surprise there) but there was also the FINA Diving Grand Prix which is always great fun and I've had a really productive week workwise. Let's take a look at what else happened... I've finished the second book of the 'Random Act's series by Julia Kent, Random Acts of Trust, and it was so much better than the first one. I ...
Little Loves 7/2017 – a trip to Berlin, Sister Act and magazines
This has been a week of contrasts! I've had an amazing time in Berlin with my sister but before I went, Amy had to have two emergency appointments at the ENT clinic. Saturday afternoon she was in serious pain and I was unsure whether to go or not but by Sunday morning, she was completely pain free and back to her happy self. My parents insisted that I should enjoy the weekend with my sister and ...