Lifestyle and Parenting Blog

The world is so used to using plastic products now that it’s sadly part of our everyday life. It’s cheap, convenient, easily available...

Are you planning on visiting Hong Kong with your children? If so, you are assured to be in for a treat. Hong Kong is a popular...

Dear, younger Gail Hi! It’s me, Gail. I’m you but only older and err…maybe just slightly wiser. I'm a kidding, you're still a bit of a...

My son is about to turn 2 and it seems all I am hearing just now is “when are you going to start potty training?” If you’re stressing...

I own more comfy pyjamas than clothes I can wear outside, what does that say about me? I am very much the type of person that changes...

Its March and its our birthday month! Yip, that's right we are all March birthdays. My kids, my husband, me, my nephew, my mother in law,...

This week marks 3 months since I started back on my antidepressant medication and by the time this is posted, I will have been to the...

The Bare Facts about ‘Natural’ Beauty Products. Bare Beauty Botanicals is an Edinburgh based natural skincare and home fragrance company....

This week I was interviewed for BBC Scotland, we discussed the fears I have for my children's future with social media and the pressures...

Mental health days are promoted as an essential part of a healthy lifestyle in adults but what about our children? Do they deserve a day...

January is the time, when after Christmas we have no money and no energy and decide to hibernate, well at least until pay day and what do...

Why is it that as soon as one person falls pregnant, 100 others seem to follow? It’s never just one person you know that falls pregnant...

So I stopped taking my antidepressants...again! I was feeling great! I was the cheerleader for my own mental health and I thought I had...

As soon as you fall pregnant, the chat about getting your children to sleep fires up and for me, 5 years down the line it hasn’t stopped....

Well that’s it then, all gone and packed away till next year. We have taken the tree and the decorations down today (it’s the 1st of Jan)...

The last year I have been obsessed with my Instagram, it’s been my little squares of happiness. A little place where I can daily ramble...

Keeping the children entertained can be an expensive job, so I have found many places in and around Edinburgh that are not only great for...

The big HO HO HO, is fast approaching and the pressure is rising to have the “perfect” family Christmas! That’s what Christmas is all...

If you follow me on Instagram and follow my stories, you will know the constant battles I have had with my daughter and dressing her in...

I can’t believe I am writing this but I read recently that a council has ruled that Santa Claus must be a man. He is FATHER Christmas....