Blog - Polly Jemima

Some resources for homeschooling through the CoronaVirus crisis

With schools all across the UK shutting this week, for who knows how long, hundreds of thousands of families have unexpectedly found themselves home educating. These times aren’t normal for...

Plant-Based Remedies You Can Make at Home

Do you like to take care of your health using natural products and home remedies? Here are some suggestions for herbal medications you can make yourself. Elderberry Syrup There are...

6 Ways You Can Revamp Your Family Room This Spring

Spring is the perfect time to brighten up your home, the days are getting longer, the Sun is shining more, so it’s a perfect time to capitalise on this, by...

The importance of one-on-one time for kiddos & 5 tips for special time

Kiddos thrive on connection and attention. With only one child, that’s easy to figure out – when I had just one, we had so much time just the two of...

Ways to support a friend who’s had a baby

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...

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...

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...

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 –...

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...

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,...

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...

Parenting without a village

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

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...

Mindfulness for Mama: Finding Peace in the Pause

Simple Daily Rhythms That Reduce Overwhelm as a Gentle Parent

30 little goals To make you healthier and happier this year

A lesson in letting go

How to simplify and slow down

A ‘Do Nothing Day’

Unconditional Self-Worth

5 things to do when you are in darkness

Mind the little moments

A ritual for letting go