Nicola Smuts Allsop has created an app that will help you pinpoint your best times for conception. The app is something simple that can be downloaded and used in the privacy of your home, using your and your partner's health information. This app will therefore not only be a huge help to couples … [Read more...]
Nicky’s loose tooth
We've reached another parenting milestone: Nicky's first loose tooth. He has been struggling with this tooth for about two weeks now. For the last week it has been difficult for him to eat hard foods as the tooth has been hurting. Finally today, it was so loose he could rotate it sideways. For … [Read more...]
How to make slime in South Africa (and bonus: how to clean it off the carpet too!)
Nicky watches a lot of how to / building kind of videos and recently got it into his head that he wants to make slime. So I went over to crafter blogger Rebecca's blog (In these Stillettos) and tried out this recipe. We had lots of fun with the slime... right up until the time it landed on the … [Read more...]
Eye exercises
I had to laugh at the expression the optometrist was using: "Eye push ups!" Well, apparently that's what we are doing. Lots of eye exercises. It all started a while back when Nicky had a vision screening at his school. A report came back that said there were issues with accommodation, convergence … [Read more...]
A Magical Easter
Easter is a special time - not just a long weekend but a celebration that Jesus is risen. It's been a good long weekend for us. On Friday we did what we normally do on a Saturday. Trip to the mall with Spur and the Toy shop. We got a present for an upcoming birthday. Followed by the Friday … [Read more...]
So… we have sensory issues..
It is never easy to receive some negative information about your child and it's even harder to write about it. This whole thing has been rather like a dark cloud hanging over me, until we decided to do something about it. Funny how not dealing with something and denying it really just makes things … [Read more...]
Nicky’s Dental Operation
At the beginning of the year we all trooped off to the dentist for a checkup. I had an awful time at the dental hygienist (two sessions of painful deep cleaning) but it's over! Dear Husband had a tooth pulled and a clean as well. Nicky... well, it was his first time (mom fail, I know...) but as it … [Read more...]
How to make a house out of a box
Nicky has been really sick this past week. One of the ways I know he really isn't himself is that there aren't a whole lot of his creations all over the house. He has basically been coughing in bed and not doing much. Finally, after two visits to the doctor and another antibiotic added into the mix, … [Read more...]
My big boy went to big school
This year marks a change for myself and Nicky. He will no longer be accompanying me every day to school. He has grown up into a Grade R child and is now going to a new school. We are both very excited about this stage but its also bittersweet. I will really miss my Noodle in the long morning … [Read more...]
Paper planes and helicopters
There are all sorts of things Nicky always seems to be busy building. We had just cleared most of the boxes away, and he was still building a house out of cushions and boxes, when we spotted a book at the library called "Flying High" which consisted of a whole bunch of flying objects you could make … [Read more...]