Don’t have space for separate bedrooms so need your children to double up? Sharing a bedroom doesn’t have to mean lots of compromises. Award-winning interior designer and e-designer Amanda Foster of Foster Decor shares her top tips for designing a shared bedroom for your kids that allows them to still have a space of their own.
One of the biggest struggles for new parents is putting their baby to sleep. In fact, new parents could lose as much as three hours every night of their baby’s first year – resulting in new parents losing up to 133 nights’ worth of sleep in one year alone.
Kelly Nairne, marketing director at Bugaboo, global pushchair providers, said: “Sleep is crucial for both the parents and the...
Busy Mum of four & hacks queen Casey Major-Bunce @majormumhacks has over 400k followers on Instagram who love her fun & creative ideas.
Casey believes some of her natural resourcefulness and ability to think outside of the box result from her dyslexia, which she now considers her superpower.
She shared some of her top tips for Easter with us:
We love going for fun family days out , but they can get expensive really quickly!
One way I have found to keep costs down is these handy Robinsons squash pods and the quick milk milkshake straws.
My daughter loves drinking squash and can easily empty her drink bottle. There are lots of places where you can top up a drinks bottle with water, so these little pods are great to add to...
If you find putting sun cream on your children we have two great tips for you 😃
We are loving all the lovely sunshine at the moment, but I'm not enjoying the daily sun scream battle! so to try and make life a bit less stressful in the mornings I have found three parenting hacks, which have worked for us.
1. Use a make-up brush to apply sun cream to their face. My son found this much...
With the warmer weather finally here we are all enjoying spending much more time outside in the sunshine. We all know how important sun protection is and these little rollerball sun creams are so handy for quick applications, plus they are a great size to keep in bags.
The only downside is that they can be quite expensive! So, for a quick tip, did you know...
We saw this ice lolly hack recently and had to give it a go! If you have drinks cartons in the fridge, like smoothies or orange juice, you can easily turn these into ice lollies to make an extra tasty, cold and healthy treat.
All you need to do is get your carton of choice, we chose a smoothie and cut a small slice in the top. The slice needs to be just big enough for you to slot an...
With the warmer weather finally here, my two little ones are loving having more Ice Lollies to help them cool down. The only challenge I find with ice lollies is when they start to melt and run all over the children's hands and, inevitably, all over their clothes!
I have found an excellent parenting hack to help reduce sticky fingers from ice lollies melting! Cut a small hole in a...
RCOT publishes OT Life Hacks to support children’s mental health and wellbeing
As part of Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week 2023, the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) has published a series of life hacks to help support children’s mental health and wellbeing.
Developed with the expertise and knowledge of occupational therapists, the life hacks aim to help...
A new study by GoCompare Home has revealed the biggest cleaning TikTok hacks and trends of 2021!
Thanks to the likes of Mrs Hinch, cleaning has become more popular than ever. On popular social media site TikTok, Clean-Tok receives an overwhelming 13,000,000,000 views , encouraging a new level of cleanliness.
To help you keep you on top of the most popular cleaning trends,...
