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The importance of eating out with your children!

Written for Doddl.com by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. Pre-children, you and your partner may have enjoyed eating out in various restaurants, trying out different foods and experiences. I’m sure that you viewed these outings as fun and social experiences – we tend to be brought together with our friends and family by food and the occasion of it. Post-children it is very common that eating out in different restaurants (other than those which have the ‘child friendly’ signs) are a thing of the past and where you think you will go once the children are ‘much older’!!

Food and weaningRebekah Frankcom22 May 2019parenting, children, families, nanny, childcare, babies, food, eatingout

Make mealtimes about the experience - not just the food!

Written for Doddl.com by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. When we are feeding children it can bring about a great deal of emotion for us. There is overwhelming joy when the child/ren have eaten something that we have been slaving over for hours to make (there is no feeling like it!) or sheer disappointment and frustration when they sit and either refuse to eat what you have made or pick away at it saying “I don’t like it”. The emotions that we experience when this happens can often lead to irrational responses and a feeling that we want to give up and just stick to pasta and grated cheese for the rest of their lives!

Food and weaningRebekah Frankcom21 May 2019parenting, children, families, nanny, childcare, babies, mealtimes, experience

The Early Riser! (Part 2 of 3 sleep blogs)

Written by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. Early waking can be a very common issue at this time of the year - the mornings getting lighter earlier can trigger our little ones in to thinking that it is time to wake up! However, for some children it can happen at any time of the year and can be a very difficult thing to resolve.

Sleep, BabiesRebekah Frankcom16 May 2019parenting, children, families, nanny, childcare, babies, sleep, early risers

Is your baby ‘sleeping like a baby’…?

Written by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. What does ‘sleeping like a baby’ actually mean? The way that this phrase is used suggests that a baby who ‘sleeps like a baby’ is sleeping soundly straight through the night until the morning, but we all know that this is very often not the case for babies, particularly in the early days!

Sleep, BabiesRebekah Frankcom7 May 2019parenting, children, families, nanny, childcare, babies, sleep

Getting to know... Simon Berney-Edwards and his experience of surrogacy

We first met Simon at the Twins and Multiple Births Association volunteer day where he gave a talk about his and his husband’s journey towards becoming parents to twins by surrogacy. His talk was informative, sensitive and funny all at the same time and we wanted to get to know Simon a bit better. We hope you find our chat with him as interesting as we did...

Getting to knowRebekah Frankcom22 April 2019parenting, children, families, babies, twins, surrogacy, surrogate

Weaning fun...don't let it be stressful!

Written by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. If you are approaching the weaning stage with your baby you might be feeling quite overwhelmed with the amount of advice and products which are out there on the market. We’ve written this blog to help guide you through!

Food and weaningRebekah Frankcom8 April 2019parenting, children, families, nanny, childcare, weaning, babies, food, babyfood

We have to talk about it – ‘death’, ‘die’, ‘dead’, ‘dying’ - it’s part of being human!

Written by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. Even the title of this blog might make you feel uncomfortable – many of us find it difficult to talk about death at all, let alone with our children!

BereavementRebekah Frankcom4 March 2019parenting, children, families, nanny, childcare, Bereavement, support, grief

How to be the perfect parent… 7 ways to achieve perfection!

Written by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. Embrace and understand that parent guilt is real! Nothing that anyone says or does can make it any better.

OtherRebekah Frankcom4 February 2019parenting, children, families, nanny, childcare, instincts, goodenoughparenting

Routine doesn’t have to be strict!

Written by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. Holidays can often put our routines out of sync, and, after Christmas, this is the time to start getting back to a ‘normal’ routine – whatever that might look like for you!

RoutinesRebekah Frankcom4 January 2019Nanny, childcare, routine, tips, sleep, children, familyComment

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