February, 2020 - Polly Jemima

Feeling Perpetually Tired? 3 Tips to Help You Reset and Find Your Balance

There are days when you will feel tired, especially after working so hard, but that tiredness should go away after some rest. If you are continually tired, this should be...

6 baby items that you actually need!

If you look at baby magazines or websites, you’ll end up with a huge list of ‘essentials’… things that supposedly you can’t live without once you have a newborn. The...

Oren Sage Malachi – 8 Month Update

Happy Eight Months! Time is flying far too fast, and he is getting so big! He’s not quite mobile, but pulling himself up a lot, and if you leave him...

Little ways to help yourself heal

As I talked about in my post ‘5 ways to support yourself‘, it is vital to put your support in yourself, to learn how to take care of yourself and...

What I learned from some lost photos

On Saturday my phone told me it needed to do a system update, having done them hundreds of times before, I clicked update, thinking nothing of it. Half an hour...

Loving our Postpartum Bodies

Before I became a Mama I never gave thought to what my body would look like post-partum. I guess I just presumed it would ping straight back into shape –...

Coming home to me

“I have lost and loved and won and cried myself to the person I am today.” Charlotte Eriksson In the last few months I’ve felt more me than I ever...

13 mantras to boost your self-worth

I’m the worst at negative self-talk, or rather I should say I was the worst. For most of my life the voice in my head was a very negative one,...

Five kids. One house. Four cats. A dog. Homeschooling. Schooling. Self-employment. Family life. Kids commitments…. One single Mama. It sounds a recipe for chaos, and truthfully, sometimes there is. Yet...

10 Ways to bond with your baby

Whether you are a first time Mama, or you’ve done this gig once {or more} before, it’s still important to factor in some bonding time with your new baby. Mama and...

Life after an abusive relationship

Eighteen months ago, I took the kiddos out for lunch. Bumped into a friend, and it ended up being a day that would change my life completely. Sat having lunch,...

Parenting without a village

Rasising a family without a village can be an incredibly challenging part of parenthood

These days

Sundays always roll around to fast. The weeks are flying by at double speed I’m sure. I never seem to have quite enough time to do everything I need to...

Support your Mental Health – 5 simple steps to help

I remember times when I was in the midst of a bout of depression, or my anxiety was sky high, desperately wishing for support from someone. What I wanted was...

5 Tips for Instilling Healthy Sleep Habits in Children

Helping your kids get into better sleep habits now will not only help with their overall health, wellness and productivity right now, but it will also set them up for...

Month: February 2020