Family Wellness Mama

( Photograph from: http://www.fotopedia.com/items/flickr-10475141 )                                A few weeks ago I read that Lance Armstrong would (again) be fighting off fresh doping allegations. "Can't they leave that poor man alone" I said to my partner "why is it that whenever anybody achieves something amazing in this world, there's a rush to discredit them or bring them down." Although I was upset at the allegations, there was no doubt in my mind that Lance would come out on top. You see Lance was part of something, not only was he the greatest cyclist ever, he was on my list! My list of wonderful and inspirational people, sporting heroes, civil rights activists,even  politicians! People who have beaten the odds to achieve their goals or change society for the better. The 'you can do anything' list will be my go to when my son is older and (as we all do) loses hope or doesn't believe in himself. If this happens I always imag

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Captain croc cerca 2008 I was going through some old holiday snaps and found this picture from a weekend at pontins - Usain Bolt you have a lot of explaining to do.

Apologies for the lack of post over the past week but we've been away on our happy holidays! Can you guess where we've been from my professional quality (cough cough) pictures?

We've all been there, mid way through the weekly shop and all hell breaks loose. No not a drunken chav caught trying to smuggle a frozen turkey out under their jumper, but your own child rolling around the floor like a possessed earthworm while the entire supermarket looks on in horror. The supermarket meltdown can cause even the most organised of parents to break into a cold sweat. They can rear their ugly heads when you least expect them, for as trivial a reason as a refused bag of sweets, and can turn your little angel into a unreasonable, screeching monster. Once a your child is in full Supermarket Meltdown (or SM) you have three options: Wait it out - All children will calm down eventually but parent's should be prepared to face the horrified stares of fellow shoppers as the drama unfolds in the aisles. Bribery- Bribery is an instantly effective way to deal with the SM but it's important to be aware that children are very clued in to adults responses and

Yes that's right, having reached the end of my tether I have decided to smash up all of the clocks in the land. How else can I fit in the one hundred and fifty two million things on my to do list? seriously how! I have worked out that as a full time working parent I spend 16 hours awake. 16 hours seems like a lot of hours right? Wrong, lets see what happens when you break down the average day for this modern parent: Morning Rush 1hour - The mad morning rush, spent shooing my son around the house whilst simultaneously feeding, dressing and bathing him before sprinting off to the car for... The school/work commute 2 hours -   Two hours of my day spent whizzing to and from school or work in rush hour traffic. Must all schools open at the same time? Work 9 hours - Although I'm only paid for seven of them, for my lunch hour I'm trapped within the confines of my workplace and the other hour accounts for the stuff I inevitably take home at the end of every day. Dinne