Adorable. There are a lot of lot of lotions and potions out there when it comes to looking after your skin during pregnancy. My go-to when I was pregnant was solid oil bars from LUSH, I think they were called Therapy bars but when you’re pregnant even putting on some moisturiser can be exhausting. Really […]

7 years ago

This looks divine. I love a good afternoon tea and may be ever so mildly dropping the hint to my family that I might like to be brought to one for Mother’s Day. There are a lot of afternoon teas around, with most hotels offering the service, but if you’re looking for an afternoon tea […]

7 years ago

So sweet. My mum’s birthday and Mother’s Day always land around the same time making gift giving especially difficult. I want to buy her something nice for both occasions but I also don’t want to get her two identical presents. I love being able to give some personal and really from the heart so I […]

7 years ago

I’ve suffered with back problems for years. The muscles in my back and around my shoulders have never really been my friend. I remember a relative that couldn’t eat ice cream once saying that they liked ice cream but ice cream didn’t like them – and that’s how I feel about my back. Over the […]

7 years ago

I had to do a double take. I’m going on a girly trip away with some friends at the end of the month so I decided to pop into Penneys to grab a few essentials. Of course being a mammy I couldn’t stop by Penneys without checking out the children’s section and oh my, the […]

7 years ago

This sounds incredible. It can be difficult to know what to do once Mother’s Day comes around. If you’re looking for somewhere special in Cork to bring your mam for Mother’s Day then you may want to check out the fabulous Mother’s Day lunch special at Greenes Restaurant. Located in Cork’s Victorian Quarter this special […]

7 years ago

My two-year-old is no fan of bedtime. You might think it’s because she takes naps during the day and just isn’t tired, but no she doesn’t take those either. The girl just fights sleep and even when it seems like you’ve gotten her down for the night she springs back up like a Jack in […]

7 years ago

Sleep deprivation is extremely common when you have a small baby at home. Whether it’s night feeds or teething, sometimes the nights can feel never-ending. My daughter started a bedtime routine recently and for the first time since she was born, I was actually getting a proper night’s sleep. Then some new teeth decided to […]

7 years ago

Penneys has become sustainable and we love it! When it comes to Irish staples there’s flat 7up, getting your granny to light a candle for you and Penneys. I’ve yet to come across an Irish household that doesn’t love Penneys, especially when it comes to buying great value clothing. One of my favourite things to […]

7 years ago

These are seriously gorgeous. I’ve written several articles about trying to keep my family and I as sustainable as possible. While when it comes to adult fashion there are now a lot of ranges catering to sustainable and ethical fashion it can be a little trickier to find eco-friendly fashion for little ones. That’s where […]

7 years ago

Any mum would love these. Mother’s Day is only a couple of weeks away and whether you’re shopping for your own mum or dropping hints to your kids, almost all of us are on the lookout for the perfect gift. Every mum and mother figure deserves an extra special present but of course all mums […]

7 years ago

I know I’d love to get these for Mother’s Day. With Mother’s Day only a couple of weeks away many of us have our thinking hats on when it comes to buying our mums the perfect gift. It can be difficult sometimes, there’s so much out there, but I know myself I like to buy […]

7 years ago

Is your child studying engineering? When I was in secondary school engineering was a subject that was available for me to study, but I did go on to study it at college. I really enjoyed my engineering modules in college and I really wish I had had the option to take it up at school. […]

7 years ago

We love it! The last few weeks I’ve been getting a new kitchen installed and doing up my living room so of course I’ve been browsing the homeware sections like a mad woman. I’m a huge fan of the Art Deco period, we were lucky enough to move into a house with an Art Deco […]

7 years ago

We’ll be there. I have an ongoing love/hate relationship with my skinny jeans. Some days I love them because they make my legs look lovely and slim but other days I hate them because they do nothing for my mum tum. There’s a reason comfy jeans are called mom jeans after all. Recently I went […]

7 years ago

Got any make up obsessed teens at home? When I was a teenager I loved Catrice. It was always so budget friendly but all of their products were still such high quality. Even now if I need to pick up a lipstick or some mascara for a night out I’ll head to the Catrice aisle. […]

7 years ago

So chic and stylish you’d forget it was maternity wear. The first time that I was pregnant I pretty much lived in leggings and loose tops. It was so hard to find anything that looked remotely stylish that would also fit my growing bump. If you’re currently pregnant and are having trouble finding a cute […]

7 years ago

No more hotel rooms, our children deserve better. In my own family I’ve seen two separate family members and their children forced into emergency accommodation after losing their private rental. It was an incredibly stressful time for both of their young families and something that should not be happening in this day and age. Affordable […]

7 years ago

What are you giving up for lent? When I was little I had a relative tell me that even though I had given up sweets for lent I should still buy sweets and save them up until lent was over and then I could have a sweet feast. The thought of having a huge pile […]

7 years ago

A wonderful tribute. It has only been a month since the tragic deaths of Carla, Conor and Darragh McGinley and for many the pain is still raw. As a parent my heart goes out to their family. I listened to their father give their eulogy in floods of tears unable to even start to comprehend what […]

7 years ago

Let’s face it, it’s probably more than six. It’s a running joke that mums are always tired and that we can’t remember the last time we weren’t tired but in reality it’s funny because it’s true. Waking up refreshed is a rare occurrence, mostly because even if I do go to bed early one or […]

7 years ago

Our tea time prayers have been answered. I had a friend over a few weeks ago who just couldn’t get over how many tins we had in the press. What she didn’t realise is that tins of beans and hoops when you have small picky eaters in the house is not a choice it’s a […]

7 years ago

There really is no need for gender specific toys. When my son was around two-years-old we were in a toy shop when he spotted a My Little Pony toy on the shelf. He immediately became enamored with it so we headed to the check out with it. That’s when things went from a nice day […]

7 years ago

This is heartbreaking. Bullying is something that can stick to the very core of our being. Once it’s done it can not be undone. As a parent it’s incredibly frightening to think that your child might suffer at the hands of bullies, or even worse, that they would harm themselves because of it. For the […]

7 years ago

There’s no feeling quite like registering the birth of your child. I loved being able to get my children’s birth certificates and seeing their official names on paper. It might seem silly but sometimes as a parent, it’s the little things. With twins, I can only imagine it’s twice as exciting to bring them to […]

7 years ago

This looks fantastic. When I was a first-time mum, I went to pretty much every parenting event I could find. As an expectant parent I had so many questions that I just couldn’t find the answers to in a baby book. Being able to hear from other parents firsthand was so helpful and I would […]

7 years ago

A conversation I’ve had in my own home. I find that one of the first things that people start to say to you after you have your baby is how much they look like their mother or their father. In fact I have it on good authority that my grandmother was barely in the hospital […]

7 years ago

Got a Mr Tumble fan in your house? Both of my children love Cbeebies so I’m more than a little familiar with all of the characters arriving into Aldi next week. My two-year-old is currently in a huge In the Night Garden phase and loves snuggly up in bed at night with Igglepiggle and Upsy […]

7 years ago

Pregnancy is far from one size fits all. Whenever we see pregnant women depicted in film and TV or in magazines, most of the time they are slim with perfectly neat bumps. It can lead you to believe that all pregnant bodies look like this and that’s just not the case. The truth is that […]

7 years ago

This is so off base. When it comes to being a mum, it really does feel sometimes that no matter what you do you can never win. This scenario often comes up in regards to whether a mother chooses to continue working or become a stay at home mother after her child is born. You […]

7 years ago

What do you think? When I was in primary school, we were taught how to sing in sign language for our Christmas concerts. To this day, I can still remember how to sing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Away in a Manger in sign language. The reason behind this was because two of the […]

7 years ago

This sounds brilliant. Lego is one of those timeless toys that all children love. My parents played with them, I played with them and now my own children play with them. In fact my kids are pretty obsessed with them which is why I always keep an eye out for anything Lego related events going […]

7 years ago

No filters here. I saw a post on Instagram that made me rethink how I viewed my post baby body. It’s been almost three years since I gave birth to my youngest and let me just say the mum tum is not going anywhere. Doesn’t matter how many stomach crunches or sit ups I do. […]

7 years ago

Anyone else’s child do this? My daughter is two and a half and lately is a non stop chatter box. She has full blown conversations with her teddies and will follow her older brother around bossing him about. She’s particularly found of waiting outside the bathroom to tell people to ‘wash your hands’. Oddly enough […]

7 years ago

Is she too young? I remember being so excited to get my ears pierced when I was seven. A lot of the girls in my class had pierced ears since they were babies and I was always sad that they could all wear earrings and I couldn’t. Seven was around the age that most of […]

7 years ago

Becoming pregnant is not always easy. I fell pregnant very easily on my first child but when we decided to have a second baby we started to run into struggles. During our journey to have another child I went through a miscarriage and even when I did become pregnant with my daughter there were complications […]

7 years ago

This looks brilliant. How many times have you flicked through Netflix not knowing what to stick on? It happens to me all the time and often I just end up throwing on a TV show that I’ve watched hundreds of times before. If you’re on the hunt for a new show to get stuck into […]

7 years ago

Would you do this? Growing up, for most of my childhood I had to share a room, which I didn’t mind but it would have been nice to have my own space. It was only in my very late teens that I had a bedroom all to myself. This is pretty standard in most homes […]

7 years ago

Well that was very helpful of them. I remember walking my eldest, who was five at the time home from school when I was heavily pregnant and all of a sudden I started to get faint. It was the dead of summer and Ireland was experiencing a heatwave. As if out of nowhere two police […]

7 years ago

This is so lovely. Baby showers are pretty common nowadays. In fact in Ireland alone there are approximately 40,000 baby showers every year, with just over half of these being thrown as a surprise for the expectant parents. Saying that usually these surprise baby showers are organised by a family member or friend of the […]

7 years ago

She makes a really good point. There are many misconceptions when it comes to dyslexia and one of them is that it affects your intelligence. It doesn’t. Like many similar conditions it just means you learn in a different way. Several men in my family (for some reason dyslexia is more common in men than […]

7 years ago

I need several of these. Recently I’ve been having my kitchen renovated and one of the big things it’s made me think about is how much clutter we actually have. Another problem is that items we do need take up a lot of space. I’ve tried to remedy this by getting items that are foldable […]

7 years ago

Do you read your child’s text messages? As a parent it can be sometimes hard to know where to draw the line when it comes to giving our children privacy. We  want to allow them independence but we also want to make sure we keep them safe from bullies or online predators. In this day […]

7 years ago

One word múinteoir, why? I wasted many years of my life in primary school furiously learning songs on the recorder, an instrument I have never played since finishing sixth class. To be honest despite the fact that just about everyone who went to school in Ireland learned the recorder or tin whistle I’ve yet to […]

7 years ago

I feel like we all like a take away though. In my job I read a lot of research conducted around parenting and some really surprise me, while others not so much. This new study falls into the ‘not surprising at all’ category, for me at least. More than likely because I easily could have […]

7 years ago

This is too funny. There’s no one like you’re child to bring you crashing back down to earth with their brutal honestly. I remember spending ages getting ready for a night out when my son was little. I had just bought a new faux fur pink coat and foolishly asking him how I looked in […]

7 years ago

This is so sweet. Nowadays it’s becoming increasingly common for couples to have children before they get married. My son was four years at my wedding and when I look at the photos I do wish my daughter, who was born the following year, could have been part of it too. It’s wonderful to be […]

7 years ago

This is so relatable. So much of becoming a mother is focused on the pregnancy, but once your baby is born, people tend to concentrate on your little bundle of joy. The priority is of course the baby but mothers shouldn’t be forgotten about, especially when their bodies have been through so much. Pregnancy and […]

7 years ago

Good luck to all those entering. Climate change is a topic on everyone’s mind lately, particularly the next generation. Throughout the country and across the globe students have been holding school strikes in a bid to get our world leaders to take greater action when it comes to tackling climate change. World Vision Ireland is […]

7 years ago

This is unacceptable. It’s difficult enough being a working mum without coming home with hardly any wages after you’ve worked full time hours. From having family who live and work in the United States I know that this is a common problem for parents working in the service industry as many of them are not […]

7 years ago