Even if you have never had any children, I can almost guarantee that you have, at some point, seen a child throwing the biggest toddler tantrum ever! Why Do Toddlers Have Tantrums? Most toddler tantrums are known to begin at around 18 months, although they can start before and after this time. The [...]
Domain Authority (DA) basically means how highly your site will rank by search engines in comparison to other websites. The higher your Domain Authority ranking, the more likely your site is to rank highly on search engine results. DA is now used by most website owners as a way to self-assess “importance” on the web. [...]
Humans are thought to spend a whole THIRD of their lives sleeping! This comes as a huge surprise when we think of how many of us (myself included) have had those nights where we lay awake staring at the ceiling, or close our eyes just for them to keep opening themselves against our will. We [...]
Just after my Squidge was born (January last year): - I was still with her dad. - We had temporarily moved in with my parents so that we (I) could save for a mortgage. - We were looking at where we were going to invest for our family home. - I was already planning [...]
Most of my career has involved working with teenagers and dealing with teenage behavior and attitude problems. During this time, I have had extensive behavior management training and over 10 years of experience dealing with difficult teenagers. Many of the young people I have worked with have had mental health problems and/or a diagnosis [...]
I have helped children manage through their transitions between year groups and stages of education for over ten years. This has led to my understanding of exactly what the common fears and misconceptions are about starting High School / Secondary School. In this post, I will teach you what we as educators - and you [...]
Guest Post by Marlee from 'Dishes By Hand' It is my pleasure to publish Marlee on Life It Or Not. Marlee is a funny, witty and genuine mum blogger who has two of her own little Squidge's and somehow also finds the time to work full time as a nurse (all while still washing her [...]
Up until recently, I was very lucky to never have had any kind of chest pain. ...Until recently! In June 2018, I woke up to get ready for work at 5.30am after having a lovely nights sleep and hit the "Snooze" button so I could have my routine 15 minute lay-in (for some Mindfulness). My "Get [...]
Pinterest drives 80% of the traffic to my blog - so it clearly deserves my time and attention! Growing your blog traffic by boosting your Pinterest traffic is one of the most common methods of growing "the right" engagement. In my first ever month of blogging my Pinterest had an amazing growth of 22,000%. [...]
For our second trip outside of the UK - and our first time ever on a plane, my lil' Squidge and I took off for a girl's adventure to the beautiful Venice! Getting around Venice It was surprisingly easy to get me, Squidge, the stroller, my backpack - and a (large) [...]
