Trying Out Inversion with a Teeter Table Review
Age is a funny thing. You’re skipping through your days quite happily,and as long as your health isn’t disastrous I don’t think you tend to give the mechanics of your body a second thought, do you? And then one day you notice you’ve started to “ooh!” when you sit down suddenly. To gather yourself before you stand up from a low seat. To think twice about carbs in the evening (and Gaviscon makes a...
7 Ways to Stay Cool When You Sleep
We’ve all been guilty of complaining about the long winter, only for summer to come and us to start to protest that it is in fact, too hot. Us Brits aren’t great with the heat, it’s no secret. We become so used to the cold that once it peaks 14 degrees the shorts are on, the barbecue is fired up and the suntan lotion comes out. During the day the extra heat certainly doesn’t go amiss, however, when you’re trying to sleep, it can get a...
5 Ways to Protect Your Kids’ Eyes This Summer
There’s sunscreen lotion for your skin but how do you protect your kids’ eyes from the sun? We‘ve got the lowdown on what you need to do to make sure your kids stay safe this summer… Start early with eye protection. Too many people realise in adulthood that they should have been protecting their eyes when they were young. It’s never too early to start, especially bearing in mind that 80% of a person’s lifetime UV exposure...
Are your kids standing on their own two wheels? Cycling. It’s a Good Thing.
I think every kid loves to cycle – not only is it just about the very fastest they can go without someone else being in control, but it also gives them an enormous sense of independence and freedom. And what parent objects when their child says “I’d like to go out on my bike”? “No, you may not go out in the fresh air and get some really good exercise.” said no parent, ever. And of course it’s...
7 Tips To Get You Sleeping Like Sleepy McSleepyface.
A good night’s sleep. It’s a small thing, isn’t it? I’m actually blessed in that I can sleep anywhere. Anywhere at all.I think we absolutely take it for granted in our youth… and then we have babies.I was lucky that pregnancy never affected my ability to sleep (I’m well known for my ability to nod off anywhere. On my honeymoon I slept through a drive along a river bed in Kenya, my snoozing...
Special Gifts for him – the Spa Day. Yes, really. #ChristmasGiftGuide
One of the very best presents I’ve bought Mr LittleStuff in recent years was a Spa Day. I know, it’s not something that normally leaps to the top of a male Gift List… but I have no idea why not. Men are just as rubbish as women at taking time to stop and look after themselves – and let’s face it, who on earth doesn’t want a day of being looked after and cosseted? Exactly. Of course, when you say...