Mental health is being discussed more and more in the mainstream in recent years, and the discussion has widened so that it’s not only for people who have “serious problems.” More and more people are beginning to realise that you don’t need to have a diagnosed mental health condition in Read more…
The thing about pillows is that although they seem like they’re not a big deal – they really are. Not only because you want to be comfortable in bed, but also because an uncomfortable pillow can mean a poor night’s sleep – and over time this can affect pretty much Read more…
How do you wake up in the mornings? I’ve written posts before about how to be a morning person, and about morning routines… but then I started thinking about how important it is to wake up in the right way too. It’s all very well having a nice morning routine Read more…
Stress is a big thing these days, with 13.3 million working days lost each year due to stress. We all feel and react to stress in our own way, but it can be a leading cause in a whole raft of both mental and physical problems including depression, anxiety, heart Read more…
Earlier this week I published a post listing things you could add to your morning routine to improve your day. It occurs to me though that the best way to get a good start on your day is to get a good night’s sleep! Here then are XX things you Read more…
I love my sleep. I know you probably enjoy getting a good night’s sleep too, but I really love sleep. I prioritise getting a good night’s sleep over almost anything and everything else. Both mine and S’s bedtimes are pretty much set in stone, even on the weekends or during school Read more…
It’s Mental Health Awareness Week this week. I’ve written a lot in the past about my own mental health struggles, but the theme for Mental Health Awareness Week this year is about “Surviving or Thriving” so I thought it would be good to talk about the difference, and how I Read more…
Ok, that title is perhaps a little sensationalist – but it got your attention, didn’t it? This is not a foolproof guide, but it is a list of the things I do that help S to get plenty of sleep. S goes to bed between 6 and 6:30 every night. Read more…
Anyone who has followed this blog or my social media accounts will know that we have not been doing much sleeping lately. Since Christmas S has had trouble sleeping, and we’ve often been found at 3am watching The Snowman yet again. We’re both completely knackered and fed up with it! Read more…
Hands up if you’re tired? I really am at the moment; S has not been sleeping well since just after Christmas. She often wakes several times in the night, or will wake up and be unable to get back to sleep for several hours. A new thing for the last Read more…
Just lately, I’ve been getting up at 5:30am to workout, meditate and read before getting S up for nursery. When I mention this to people they say things like “I wish I could do that” or “you’re lucky you’re a morning person.” It’s not that I’m necessarily a “morning Read more…
Last year, I reviewed Sarah Ockwell Smith’s Toddlercalm. It’s an amazing book which I would recommend to all parents with toddlers. When I heard she’d written a book about sleep for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers, I was really excited. When you mention that your child has any sort of issue Read more…
I make no secret of the fact S shares my bed; I love that she’s right next to me. Over the weekend I read a post on Mummascribbles that inspired me to write about my own experience of co-sleeping. When we were in hospital, we had the most fantastic nursery nurse Read more…
I think it might be time to put S into her own bedroom. She’s coming up on 19 months old. For a brief period when she was first born, she slept in a moses basket for a few weeks before I just gave up on it, and decided to just Read more…