Hungry Children
I came across this article today on BBC news about permanently hungry children. A tad worrying, as at the moment, N would be one of those children who doesn’t stop eating. If I let him, he would eat all morning from breakfast…
Food & Drink
Fruit & Fizz: Homemade ice lollies
Last week I spotted some homemade lemonade lollies on a blog, remembered the lolly moulds I bought on sale a couple of years ago, and decided to get some Pinterest ideas. I’m still trying (not that the OH’s having any…
Eating out – are restaurants failing children?
The last couple of days saw a report out from the Soil Association and Organix about ‘child-friendly’ (or not) restaurants (link http://www.soilassociation.org/outtolunch). If you’re someone who takes your children out to eat, then it can make interesting reading, to see how…
School dinners vs packed lunches
Last week, there were indignant voices from parents and others about proposals that schools should ban packed lunches (ok, so I’m behind…) I’m all for making life easy as a parent, and having good school lunches would definitely do that. …
Reviews: Local restaurants – Banbury area
On a mission to get more involved with the Collective Bias community I’m a part of, I agreed to take part in their first Social Fabric blog hop. I happily signed up thinking ‘ooh great, I get to write my…
Great British Summer – Wimbledon, Strawberries and Bombay Sapphire
As part of a sponsored shoppertunity with Collective Bias, I was asked to go British and enjoy those typically summer activities…Wimbledon, strawberries, along with Bombay Sapphire. I’m a big tennis fan having played a lot when I was younger, and…
Shopping and cooking with Flora Buttery
This week I’ve been shopping and cooking with Flora as part of a sponsored Collective Bias shop. In our family we’re a bit torn with spreads and butters…the OH is strictly butter (and it has to be British), while I…
Toddler drink repertoire
It’s always been easy to keep healthy on the drinks front with N. His drinks repertoire has been milk (as much as available although he’s been requesting it less over the last week) and water. He’s started to get a…
Creative ‘baking’ with a 3 way Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate bark recipe
Ad – sponsored post I hadn’t realised when I agreed to do this Cadbury Dairy Milk post for Collective Bias®, that today was National Baking Day. My challenge was to make something creative with Cadbury Dairy Milk. Although we didn’t officially…
Review: Kiddies food kutter
N’s been proficient in using a fork since around 13 months old, but it’s hard to know when’s the right time to introduce a knife at meal times. A couple of times I’ve tried as he’ll often use a spoon…
Water guzzler
I’m a tad worried amazed about N at the moment. He’s always liked a drink…water that is, not beer (although the OH is always trying to trick him into drinking the dregs and froth of his Guinness – bleurgh, N obviously…
