Bunnies, eggs and a big family brunch – do all these feature as part of your Easter traditions normally? One of my most favourite thing about being a mum is making our very own family traditions – rituals and habits and celebrations that I hope my children will always treasure and hopefully, one day, bring […]

4 years ago

Another day, another TikTok foodie trend. From feta pasta and cloud bread to whipped coffee, we have the video-sharing platform to thank for most viral foodie trends we have all obsessed over these last few years. And this time, those crafty TikTokers have come up with a morning beverage that is actually so much more […]

4 years ago

Santa, here we come. Look, we know that it is a little OTT to start with the Christmas talk when Easter hasn’t even rolled around yet. But when it comes to travel, especially trips like these, you want to get in early with the booking and planning. Earlier this month, Ryanair announced that as of […]

4 years ago

Ah, Easter – the most chocolate-filled holiday of them all. I don’t know about you, but I feel a little burst of childhood excitement at the thought of getting stuck into our stash of eggs (thank you, Easter Bunny!) come Sunday morning. However, while we all know chocolate is not the healthiest thing you can […]

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What is Easter about if not delicious sweet treats? And if you have had enough of chocolate eggs, we reckon these peck-tacular (hah!) Easter-themed doughnuts from Krispy Kreme will do the trick instead. The very yummy-looking new treats, inspired by spring icons like bright blooming flower buds, fluffy yellow chicks, and beautiful blue skies, are […]

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“Sharing my experience makes cancer feel purposeful.” The second season of the popular Netflix show Get Organised with The Home Edit has only just dropped on Netflix, and Clea Shearer and her business partner and best friend, Joanna Teplin, were just about to start promotions for the show when everything came to a sudden halt. […]

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How does €700 worth of IKEA products sound? Like a dream? I know. And right now, your child can with this price – all they have to do is design their very own dream bedroom. Launching this week, IKEA is kicking off their Design Your Dream Bedroom Competition for kids. Children aged 4 – 8 […]

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Salty hair, sandy toes. When it comes to summer, it does have its own wonderful smell. Freshly cut grass, ocean breeze, sun cream, warm sidewalks, summer might just be both my favourite season and my favourite scent. Speaking of scents, did you know it makes good sense to update your fragrance for the warm season […]

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‘Please be vigilant about what your children are watching.’ Police in the UK is urging parents to monitor what their children watch on TikTok and YouTube after a new craze is sweeping the video-sharing platforms. Huggy Wuggy, a creepy killer teddy with razor-sharp teeth is popping up on TikTok, and is singing songs about killing […]

4 years ago

In Finland, children don’t start school until the year they have turned – or turn – seven – and what is more, they have zero homework for the entire time they are in primary school. The reason? They do all their school work in school, and when they leave school, they are encouraged to play, […]

4 years ago

Not surprising, really. According to a new report by the UK’s Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsed), young children’s development, following the pandemic, has been “particularly worrying.” The report was based on inspections of 70 early years providers in England in January and February of this year, and according to chief […]

4 years ago

Just under two weeks to go now. Easter is just around the corner, and if you are anything like us, you have already started to eye up what eggs you are treating yourself – and your friends and family – to this year. The only problem? You’ll have trouble picking just one! It’s a hard […]

4 years ago

Really? When it comes to picking a name for our baby, most of us go with names we love. Or maybe ones that have meaning or tradition behind it. To others again, I reckon, it is all about the novelty factor – they want a moniker that makes their child stand out in a crowd. […]

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“IVF is such a hard process with so many ups and downs but we now have a beautiful little girl!” When Andriana Grant finally went to see her doctor a couple of years ago after having been suffering from pains in her stomach for a while, he sent her straight for a scan. Devastatingly, the […]

4 years ago

To most of us, giving birth is such a momentous moment, we can’t imagine doing it without our partner there by our side. However, this is not the case for everyone. One woman recently took to Reddit to explains why she has told her husband she won’t be calling him if she goes into labour […]

4 years ago

Can we move in, please? If you are anything like us, you are eagerly following Stacey Solomon’s life in the picture-perfect Pickle Cottage – and dreaming about throwing it all in for the country cottage life yourself. Stacey and her husband-to-be Joe Swash bought the vast Essex cottage just over a year ago, and the […]

4 years ago

Spring is in the air (finally). And if you are currently waiting for your little bundle of joy, due to arrive this month, you might care to know that according to science, mums with due dates this month can consider themselves pretty darn lucky. Here is how being born in spring actually has a lasting […]

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Delicious – and perfect for entertaining. Expecting guests this Easter? Then a hot cross grazing board is about to become your best friend. What is a hot cross bun board I hear you ask – and let me assure you, these could not be simpler to assemble. Loaded with hot cross buns, Easter eggs, chocolate, […]

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Tonight, millions of us across Ireland will be filling out our census forms. The census was postponed from last April because of the Covid-19 pandemic and will now take place this evening, on April 3rd. Ireland’s five-yearly Census of Population survey is conducted by the Central Statistics Office, and, when the results are in, will […]

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When I was pregnant (both times), I had a very wide spectrum of cravings. Which resulted in some pretty hefty arguments with my partner over how many erratic and crazy requests he could be expected to fulfil, and also ended up costing us hundreds of euros in petrol… You see, one of my (many) cravings […]

4 years ago

Got work to do, but your toddler is climbing the walls – and stairs, tables, sofa, beds etc? You need this super-easy two-ingredient sensory play foam in your life. All you need is a tin of cooked chickpeas – actually, the water the chickpeas are sitting in is what you are looking for (keep the […]

4 years ago

As of yet (apart from school-related matters) I am a firm believer in enforcing a rule of as little screen time as possible with my own two children. My iPad (which is from 2013) lives in a drawer and was last charged in 2019, when we were flying off somewhere and I charged it, brought […]

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It is a rather unusual one, to be fair. A mum took to Reddit to reveal how she was travelling with her daughter recently, but was left reeling when a flight attendant openly made fun of her little girl’s unusual moniker. As the mum and her five-year-old daughter handed their boarding passes to the waiting […]

4 years ago

Heartbreaking. He is one of Hollywood’s most famous and beloved actors, but yesterday evening, Bruce Willis’ family announced his retirement from acting, telling fans that the 67-year-old has been diagnosed with a degenerative brain disorder. In an emotional statement on social media, Willis’ family told his millions of fans across the globe that the 67-year-old […]

4 years ago

No more granny? Is there any word in the English language more cosy and warm than the word ‘nana’ or ‘granny’? I think not. However, it seems the latest generation of grandmothers has zero interest in taking on the traditional moniker. Lottie Ryan recently revealed that while her mum Morah loves being a grandmother to […]

4 years ago

Time to brush up on the ‘aul French from school? Or your Leaving Cert Irish? Turns out, children who are exposed to a second language from birth (or at least from very early on in their lives) grow up smarter than those from a household where only one language is spoken. According to a new […]

4 years ago

Most of us will be familiar with the feeling of having to breathe through our mouths when we have a cold and a stuffy nose. It is tiresome and often doesn’t feel like we are getting enough air or getting to breathe deeply enough for the oxygen to do its job properly. However, this is […]

4 years ago

This is going to change how you view your entire wardrobe. Did you know that when it comes to the environment, the fashion industry – especially our collective love affair with mass-produced, cheap fashion – is one of the worst offenders? More waste, more toxic chemicals from dyes polluting waterways, more energy and water used […]

4 years ago

Baby Azaylia sadly lost her life back in April at just eight months old, following a courageous battle with acute myeloid leukaemia. And today, on Mother’s Day, her heartbroken mum has taken to social media to share an emotional tribute to her baby girl. Safiyya Vorajee, 33, partner of former footballer Ashley Cain admitted that […]

4 years ago

We’re into it. Geographical names, that is. The trend has long since been a thing with celebrities, who, let’s face it, tend to go for something on the eccentric side when naming their offspring. In fact, there are a whole host of celebrity kids out there named after geographical locations. From Pete Wentz and Ashlee […]

4 years ago

Sometimes, my house is filled with people. My children are ecstatic whenever we have their cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents visiting from Norway. It can be busy and loud, but my goodness, it is also so, so lovely. And if you think they get excited, I think I’m even more delighted. Raising my children away […]

4 years ago

The only way to eat them. Hard to believe, but Easter is almost upon us, and the shops are filling up with chocolate Easter eggs of all shapes and sizes and varieties. Now, don’t get us wrong, we love Easter eggs as they are – and have been known to sample our way through quite […]

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Not what we wanted to hear, TBH. Ireland has been basking in unseasonably warm and sunny weather for March for the past week or so, with temperatures forecast to soar as high as 19 degrees over the Mother’s Day weekend. However, unfortunately for those of us who have prematurely packed away the woollies and winter […]

4 years ago

If you have ever tried to feel around with your finger inside the mouth of a baby trying to check for the presence of tiny, sharp teeth, you are going to appreciate this trick so much. Speaking to Australian parenting website Mouths of Mums, Stephanie Arneill says her own mum taught her this super-easy way […]

4 years ago

For the past two years, so many of us have not been able to see and hug and spend much time with the people that we love the most. For many of us, it was weeks and maybe even months without seeing our mothers, and living in a different country from my own mum, I […]

4 years ago

Unless you have a husband or partner with a really bad aim, until you have a boy, you simply cannot understand how hard it – seemingly – is to get the pee inside the actual toilet bowl. Sigh. So. Much. Pee. All-day. Every Day. However, there is a trick that might just help – and […]

4 years ago

Happy Mother’s Day, mums. This is the day we celebrate all the amazing mums in our lives – including ourselves. It is also a chance, I think, to stop for a moment and think about just how crazy a ride motherhood really is. How lovely and scary and busy and wonderful and exhausting and frusterating […]

4 years ago

Motherhood is a joy, but it doesn’t come with a handbook. I love being a mum. I knew from way back when that having a family is something I wanted, and I can hand on heart say that being a mother is by far the most incredible thing that has ever happened to me. However […]

4 years ago

Life is too short for this level of cleanliness, surely? Look – I am all for a clean house, and my children certainly have chores they have to complete and, being Scandinavian, I do appreciate that clean, devoid-of-clutter look Scandinavian homes are famous for. However, I also have two kids, a job, and a couple […]

4 years ago

She’s worth it. Mum’s the word – and mums really deserve the best – on Mother’s Day and in general, we think. When it comes to gifts, who doesn’t love a sweet treat (we sure do!), and so this Mother’s Day, we are going all out and treating the mums in our lives to some […]

4 years ago

Ready to update your spring-summer wardrobe? If you are a fan of bargain fashion retailer SHEIN, you are in for a real treat this weekend. The global online retailer has opened a showroom in Dublin this week, with doors opening to the public for the first time yesterday. Located on Wicklow Street in the city […]

4 years ago

‘She’s normalising normal bodies.’ It has been just a few weeks since Kylie Jenner welcomed her little boy into the world. And the 24-year-old makeup mogul and reality star has been candid with her fans that this time around, her recovery and post-partum period has been tougher than when she gave birth to her first […]

4 years ago

Your grandmother would approve. From fashion to interiors, it seems we are all becoming obsessed with Grandmillennial Style. Grandmillennial, if you are unfamiliar with the term, refers to the decor style that feels like a nod to how your grandmother would have loved to decorate her house, from pleated lampshades, ruffled linens, needlepoint pillows, blue […]

4 years ago

How low can you go? Vogue Williams recently went on her My Therapist Ghosted Me podcast alongside Joanne McNally to chat about online hate and online trolling and how she deals with it. The 36-year-old, who is currently pregnant with her third child with husband, Spencer Matthews, revealed that being in the public eye, she […]

4 years ago

Today marks World Down Syndrome Day. When their little boy was born with Down Syndrome, Anne Bente Berentsen Carroll and her husband Stephen were completely in shock. This was not part of the plan. This wasn’t what was meant to happen. “When I was pregnant with Jamie I actually had several scans during the pregnancy, […]

4 years ago

Roll on city breaks and sun holidays. We all love our holidays, but in the current climate with prices on everything from petrol to food and electricity skyrocketing, we are also all keen to save money wherever we can. Lucky for us, a clever TikTok user has just shared a nifty hack on how to […]

4 years ago

Waiting for an Aries baby? You better buckle up, parents. Babies born between March 21 and April 19, are born under the sign Aries, the first sign of the zodiac, and therefore known to be full of all the energy and dynamism of new beginnings. Oh, and they also tend to be stubborn, headstrong and […]

4 years ago

Yes, please. If anyone deserves a bit of pampering and self-care, we reckon it’s mothers. Selfless, caring, always juggling taking care of everyone’s needs, mums are the glue that keeps everything together. But as the old saying goes, you cannot pour from an empty cup. Which is why this year, we are treating the mums […]

4 years ago

The countdown is on. The book has sold more than 12 million copies globally, featured on the New York Times best-sellers list for two whole years, and now, we finally have a release date for the movie version of Delia Owens’ Where the Crawdads Sing. The movie, which stars Daisy Edgar-Jones as Kya, began its […]

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