Mornings with kids can be chaotic, especially when they wake early and there’s 465 hours until you can drop them at school. If you’re looking for ways to keep them entertained and (relatively) quiet, here are five tried-and-tested screen-free morning activities for kids that work in our home. Workbooks Alfie and Charlie both enjoy doing these, though Charlie obviously needs a lot more parental help with reading and understanding the questions. Some of our favourites are: Magnetic Tiles These have been a winner in our house since Alfie was 18 months old. In the beginning it was all about colour and shape sorting (they still love to do this sometimes),…
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Was there ever a more convenient snack than the humble bliss ball, made popular by the Bondi-living, Lululemon-wearing, selfie-posting women of the 2010’s? (oh hi, it’s me). Well let me answer my own rhetorical question; the answer is no. And you know who loves bliss balls even more than 2014-Jess? Mum-Jess. I have made more variations of bliss balls than I care to think about, but for mums, these post-natal bliss balls are the ones I keep coming back to. I make them for friends in the post-partum period, and I have a stash in the freezer for myself and the boys, quite literally at all times. Made with almond…
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There can’t be many times in life that scramble your brain more than those first few weeks after having a baby. Your uterus feels like it’s turning inside out, night might as well be day and your shower is interrupted 17 times by those phantom baby cries. So, if you’re visiting someone who’s experiencing all of this for the first time (plus the hormones! Oh the hormones!) and wanting to bring a gift that will really, truly be useful to them, I’ve got eight gift ideas for first-time mums here for you. Freezer meals and easy snacksAlmost unanimously, my friends tell me that meals are the absolute best gift they…
