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07 March 2024

Packing Tips For Family Holidays

Part of the excitement of going on holiday is the lead up to it, and all of the preparation that goes with it. There’s nothing quite like that build up to a holiday, but if you’ve got children, the build up can often be doubled, or even trebled! Preparing for a family holiday is a lot of work, but with these essential packing tips for family holidays, you’ll be able to pack pronto!


Packing tips for family holidays
Be prepared for emergencies with these family packing trips

28 February 2024

The Secret To Getting Started On Decluttering Your Home

Do you feel overwhelmed by the state of your house? Whether it's tidy, but crowded or a total mess the answer to making things easier is decluttering. Quite simply the less you have the more spacious your home feels and the easier it is to keep tidy. Getting started on decluttering can feel even more overwhelming, where do you start? Don't stand in your living room looking around at all the chaos. The secret is to get more focused. If you take small steps towards decluttering your home, and keep on top of it regularly, it shouldn’t feel so overwhelming.


Shelves filled with arts and crafts in a big mess
If you are feeling overwhelmed decluttering can help, but it's also hard to get started

08 February 2024

The Kit You Need To Have On Hand For Christmas and Birthdays

When you become a parent a little organisation goes a long way. Gone are the days where you can quickly pop out to the shops to get something and children aren't known for their patience. Picture the scene: it's your child's birthday and after ripping the paper off their presents they want to play with one of them now! First you have to get it out of the box which might require scissors or even a screwdriver and then you discover it needs batteries so you have to find those, and then you definitely will need a screwdriver to get those installed. It might just take a few minutes, but for an excited child on their birthday it can feel like hours. Whether it's Christmas Eve or the day before their birthday, make sure that once the last present is wrapped that you have everything to hand in one place to make present opening goes to plan. 


The items you need to make sure present opening is focused on the presents rather than frustrations
A little preparation helps Birthdays and Christmas go more smoothly

29 January 2024

Age-appropriate tidying and cleaning tasks for under 10s

I am a big fan of teaching your children to help out with the housework from an early age. Teaching your children to clean from an early age has benefits for everyone in the household: from helping children to learn the value of work through to lightening the load of those that normally carry out the housework. But you may be wondering what exactly your children can help out with, and what household chores are age-appropriate for under 10s.


A child cleaning a sink, image from Canva Pro
What age should you get your children involved in household chores

19 January 2024

What To Buy When Moving Out Of Home For The First Time

Moving out of the family home for the first time? Whether you’re moving into student accommodation, or perhaps buying a home of your very own, there are certain items that you’ll need to get you started.


On top of the likes of a laptop and your clothes, there are things that you may not have thought about when moving out of the family home for the first time. Of course, if you’re buying or renting an unfurnished home, you’ll need to think about all of your furniture too, but if you’re renting student accommodation or a furnished home, here’s a list of all of those little things that you may not have thought of to give you a home away from your family home.


The kitchen area in IKEA
Make sure you have what you need when you move out of home

18 December 2023

How To Survive School Holidays

As much as it’s lovely to have the children home from school and getting to spend time with them as a family, it can also be a little daunting having whole blocks of time to fill with them. You may even wonder how you’re going to survive the school holidays! With 14 or more weeks holiday a year that's a lot of time to keep your children entertained.

This is particularly true if you usually work and either take annual leave to be with them, work flexibly or put self-employed work to one side during the school holidays. It’s very difficult to savour every moment when the house is a mess, you’re breaking up the 34th fight of the day, your income is potentially taking a hit and you’re fielding the 7,896th request for a snack!

Children on school holiday enjoying themselves
Whether you are at home or going away these tips will help you get through the holidays with less stress

15 December 2023

Simple Organisation Tips for Busy Families

Constantly forgetting a pound of a morning for non-uniform day? Living in a home filled with clutter? Rushing around like a lunatic to get to clubs / parents’ evenings / kids’ birthday parties? If all of this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. Keeping your family organised can be difficult.


A family playing together. Stock image from canva pro
Bring order to the chaos with these organisation tips for busy families