The 5 stages of brushing a toddler’s teeth

Posted in Parenting by Susie on Wed Sep 04 2019

If you have ever tried to brush a toddler's teeth, you will totally understand, and most likely sympathise, with what I'm talking about. We're currently in the midst of the war with our daughter and twice a day, we go to battle.

Kids haircuts?? Do they Love them or Hate them?

Posted in Parenting, Motherhood, School holidays by Susie on Wed Sep 04 2019

Preparing your young man for his first haircut.

By Dave H - Owner Hairmasters, Stony Stratford

In my last 30yrs of cutting hair..I have experienced the good and bad preparation of bringing your young man for a haircut for the very first time.

This can be made a fun and exciting experience of preparing him for his first trip to the barbershop.

How would my job be advertised?

by Susie on Thu Aug 29 2019

How would my job be advertised?

I’ll be honest, parenthood was never something I thought about growing up nor was it on my life plan. I had been told when I was younger that it may be difficult for me to have children so, after a mourning period, I put it to the back of my mind and focused on my career. When I found out I was pregnant I was happy, but naïve. I told the vice chairman of the charity I volunteer for that the baby would simply “tag along with me” and “fit into my schedule, not the other way round” (Yes. I actually said – and believed - this. I am actually crying with laughter writing it now, what the hell was I thinking?!?).

Due to personal reasons, it is not likely that I will return to work much before Lady S is 4. I have had a whole host of people who have told me this will be hard or impossible. I even had someone tell me that when they read SAHM, they think ‘loser’ – he didn’t look so smug when I had finished lecturing him on the merits and hardships of being a SAHM and I still forward him emails detailing the hard work raising a child is. However, it got me thinking, what would the CV of a SAHM look like?

How would my job be advertised?

I’ll be honest, parenthood was never something I thought about growing up nor was it on my life plan. I had been told when I was younger that it may be difficult for me to have children so, after a mourning period, I put it to the back of my mind and focused on my career. When I found out I was pregnant I was happy, but naïve. I told the vice chairman of the charity I volunteer for that the baby would simply “tag along with me” and “fit into my schedule, not the other way round” (Yes. I actually said – and believed - this. I am actually crying with laughter writing it now, what the hell was I thinking?!?).

Due to personal reasons, it is not likely that I will return to work much before Lady S is 4. I have had a whole host of people who have told me this will be hard or impossible. I even had someone tell me that when they read SAHM, they think ‘loser’ – he didn’t look so smug when I had finished lecturing him on the merits and hardships of being a SAHM and I still forward him emails detailing the hard work raising a child is. However, it got me thinking, what would the CV of a SAHM look like?

Our WIKI’D Visit to Drusilla’s Park in East Sussex

by Susie on Thu Aug 15 2019

We returned to one of my favourite childhood days out last week. Ten minutes from #thewikinana’s house is the amazing Drusillas! If you’ve not heard of them, they are a family business based in Alfriston East Sussex, half zoo, half theme park and adventure playground. And it’s brilliant!!

I should be a size 10!!!

by Sarah Jayne on Tue Aug 13 2019

As I write this, I am sitting in my front room with aching legs and a back that is screaming out for paracetamol and an ice pack. Am I training for a marathon? I only run for the ice cream van and even then it’s a push. Am I perhaps starting a new exercise routine to get my body into a shape that isn’t a circle? No, I’ve simply been following the training regime that is parenthood and man is it a tough teacher.

My Look? Dragged through a hedge backwards!

by Sarah Jayne on Fri Jul 05 2019

What is that?’

‘When did I have something green?’

‘God I hope that brown stain is coffee and not remnants of a bumsplosion?’

I love my child... but!

Posted in Parenting, Motherhood by Sarah Jayne on Tue Jun 11 2019

I love my child…but!

Let me start this post by saying I love my daughter to death. Seriously, she is quite possibly the most amazing human being in the world. The reason I have woke up daily, and nightly, for the past two years. I laugh at least once every day and always get the biggest cuddles in the morning. I love her with an intensity that is unprecedented; however, I don’t always like her! That’s right, I’ll say it – sometimes my child is a bit of a dick.

The Enchanting 'Stargazing Pods' at Alton Towers

by Susie on Tue Apr 23 2019

Glamping fans, this one will top them all!! We had a truly brilliant time last weekend at the new Stargazing Pods at Alton Towers, and recommend you take a look for your next trip away. My little Wiki family and I were lucky enough to be invited to the launch event on 'Look Up to the Sky Day' which included an introduction from Stargazing Lives Mark Thompson, followed by the most sensational silent pyrotechnics (awesome fireworks without the noise) display I have ever seen. And all under the twinkling of the stars in the night sky and surrounded by the amazing Stargazing Pods. Thompson enthralled the little ones and showed us all how to spot the Milky Way among other constellations. It helped that it was a perfectly clear night and the sky looked specactular.

Eating out with Happy Little Eaters

by Susie on Fri Apr 12 2019

I have teamed up with kids’ mealtime blogger, Grace Willis, from Happy Little Eaters, who writes about reducing fussiness and creating happier mealtimes and has given her top suggestions on eating out with the kids. Hopefully this will make for happier (and calmer!) times on your Wiki days out and times in nicely for this Easter break!

Back in skis! Our first lesson at Snozone!

by Susie on Wed Apr 10 2019

We had an amaaaaazing time on Saturday morning at Snozone at the Xscape, Milton Keynes! A REAL SNOW ski slope, this place is incredible and is as realistic a skiing and snowboarding experience as you wI’ll get for an indoor ski centre!! The “mountain” is a little steeper and bumpier on one side which makes it perfect for boarders and experienced skiers, while the other side is a bit of a shallower incline and perfect for beginners...and despite having been on the slopes many times in the past that’s definitely what we all were!