Dec 12, 2019 | Common Injuries, Injury Prevention, Issues for Parents, Moms, Women's Health
There you are in the kitchen with a crying toddler, a baby crawling around your feet, and a pot boiling over on the stove. Everybody is hangry and you are rushing to get some food into those bellies. So you scoop up the crying child, prop them on your hip, and carry...
Sep 21, 2019 | Injury Prevention, Issues for Parents, Women's Health
Are you dragging yourself around all day wishing you had more energy? Are simple things like getting up from the floor difficult? Do you have mysterious aches and pains that have appeared out of nowhere? If so, you are definitely not alone. What would make you stand...
Jan 19, 2019 | Children, Issues for Parents, Personal Stories
Last Christmas was the breaking point for me. I remember standing amongst the chaos on the 26th of December and feeling upset to the point of nausea. There was so much stuff. Everywhere. Flung carelessly in every corner. Already discarded less than 24 hours later. Not...
Nov 15, 2018 | Issues for Parents, Personal Stories
Mon chat est mort. This is the title of the book my daughter has written and illustrated at school today. My cat is dead. Well, this should be an interesting read. I pick it up not knowing quite what to expect. To give you a little background, we had to put our cat...
Aug 31, 2018 | Child Safety, Issues for Parents, Personal Stories
For those who know me, it will not come as a big surprise that I am not a big Doug Ford fan. I just can’t abide by someone who prioritizes the price of beer over the price of healthy nutritious food or prescription drugs for the working poor. I could go on all day...
Nov 24, 2017 | Issues for Parents
Spoiler alert – I am about to seriously date myself. I grew up in the day when we came home from school, got into our play clothes, and disappeared out into the street. At supper time mom would throw open the door and holler for us to come and eat. The message was...
