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- What to do if a child swallows your medication
- When the Little One Goes Away
- Mutant Bavarian Mosquitos / No Child Out of Reach cntd
- 10 things to do lying down
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Category Archives: Kids
Silent Sunday
* MJM
Posted in Home, Kids, Photography, Silent Sunday
Tagged Balcony sandpit, photography, Silent Sunday
9 Comments
Leoni the Catkin bug
My 4yo went to a birthday party on Sunday afternoon. He returned clutching three things: a blow-up aeroplane, a large catkin and a Kinder Schoko-bon. The blow-up aeroplane was enormous fun but moving on … In my most innocent typing … Continue reading
Posted in 10-minute Crafts, Autumn, Entertainment, Kids, MJMnL Craftybits
Tagged catkin, catkin bug, Ferrero, googly eyes, Quick craft ideas, Schoko-bon, seasonal crafts
5 Comments
Silent Sunday
* MJM.
Posted in Germany, Kids, Parenting, Photography, Silent Sunday
Tagged Forest walk, Nature, photography, pine cones
15 Comments
Bong …
We heard the church bells donging “Wedding here … This is a wedding!” while we having lunch today and the question came for the first time ever: “Mummy, when did you get wedding’d?” “Oh, Mummy’s never been ‘married’ Poppet” I … Continue reading
Posted in Kids, Life Stuff, Parenting, Philosophising, Relationships, Single Mum, Single parenthood
Tagged Being single, getting married, wedding
4 Comments
Rekindled
For the last 2.5 weeks I have been lying flat on my back in my lounge. For the last 2 of those 2.5 weeks I have been a disobedient patient and, instead of doing “nothing,” I set up a makeshift … Continue reading
Mutant Bavarian Mosquitos / No Child Out of Reach cntd
The new generation of Bavarian mosquito is small, stealth-like and nasty! They tend to leave me and go for L when he is asleep. He now has a high bed and the net doesn’t fit properly around the ladder. He … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigning, Health Workers, Kids, No child born to die, Parenting, Save the Children
Tagged #healthworkers, #passiton, Africa, apis, bite, children, David Cameron, health workers, Kids, make a difference, malaria, mosquito, New York, No child born to die, No child out of reach, petition, save lives, Save the Children, UN Summit
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L’s new friend and No Child out of Reach
* Please sign the petition to David Cameron for more health workers here. Thank you. * When the big, fat packet came through the post, we were both excited but I was also a little sad; the girl in Ghana … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigning, Health Workers, Kids, Life Stuff, No child born to die, Parenting, Save the Children
Tagged #healthworkers, #passiton, David Cameron, make a difference, more health workers, Mozambique, petition, Plan International, save childrens lives, UN General Assembly, UN Summit
6 Comments
Moon Rising
* She leaned against the wooden rail and stared out across the fields, suddenly conscious of how much earlier the evenings were falling as she gazed at the sea of maize before her, flowery tips flickering in a deep golden … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Writing, Germany, Kids, Life Stuff, Parenting, Single Mum, Single parenthood
Tagged Child away, cold tea, drama queen, Full moon, moon rising, sunset, twilight
5 Comments
What to do if a child swallows your medication
Treatment (summary taken directly from St. John Ambulance website) Your aims: To maintain breathing and circulation. To arrange removal to hospital. If the casualty is conscious: Help them into a comfortable position. Ask them what they have taken. Reassure them … Continue reading
