Top 5 places to take the kids in London (A guest post by Jacintaz3)
Today I’d love to introduce to my first ever guest blogger on Mrs D plus 3. How exciting!! I met Jacinta from Jacintaz3 through the Digital Parents International Blog swap and we will be guest...
View ArticlePainting and Messy Craft for under fives
If you’re a regular Mrs D reader you’ll know that I really hate mess (especially painting and messy craft)!! I don’t cope well with it at all, so these two little cuties really tested my abilities to...
View ArticleHow to catch a pet rabbit
After A LOT of thinking and re-thinking and more thinking! I finally decided to let the kids get a couple of bunny rabbits. They’re actually very cute (I did have my doubts) and the kids have named...
View ArticleTips and activities for kids at home on sick days
Last week was a VERY long week, and boy was I glad to see the weekend! Both my girls have been at home sick, so all our routine went completely out the window. With winter officially tightening it’s...
View ArticleSydney’s whale season at the National Maritime Museum
Well whale season has hit Sydney and the only whale I’ve seen so far has been at the National Maritime Museum in Darling Harbour. Not through lack of trying though. Every day I stare out to the...
View ArticleRules of the playground
This morning I read about an incident on a Facebook parenting forum about a mum who was extremely upset because her little girl (who looked about age 3) had been hurt by some bigger kids in a local...
View ArticleToddler Tantrums! A parents survival guide
Follow my blog with Bloglovin “NO!”, “NOOOOOOOOO!!!”, “Me no like it!!”, “It’s MINE!!” and “I want DADDDYYYYYY!!” are just a few of my tiny terrorist’s favourite phrases at the moment. In fact she’s...
View ArticleHow to work from home with kids?
Image credit: Life of Dad Now that is a million dollar question. If there was magic formula that I could share with you all, I am pretty sure I would be a very wealthy lady right now (and then I...
View ArticleThe 7 Habits of Happy Kids
It’s hard having my parents live on the other side of the world. Even though I speak to them both most days I still miss physically having them here. We are very lucky that the kids still have a...
View ArticleCollaroy Beach playground – new and improved
Collaroy Beach playground has got to be my all time favourite on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. I’m actually not the biggest fan of playgrounds. After nearly 8 years of pushing kids on swings, trying my...
View ArticleSave your sleep with the sleepmaker mattress selector
This post is written in collaboration with Sleepmaker mattress selector. I’m not sure what I love more, my bed or sleep?? I’m going to go with sleep (I think), especially since I haven’t had as much...
View ArticleDon’t forget Dad! Written for PND awareness week.
After my first child was born I was very unexpectedly struck down with Post Natal Depression. I know ‘struck down’ sounds a bit dramatic, but that’s how I felt. I went from a perfectly normal...
View ArticleThe importance of reading to your child. A guest post by Jennifer Birch
The lovely Jennifer Birch, who is a writer and strong advocate for childhood literacy contacted me a few weeks ago and asked if she could write a guest post for my blog. I happily obliged. Take it...
View ArticleA home made advent calendar with a British paints ‘Retouch’ review and giveaway
My beautiful friend Amanda and I have a yearly tradition where we clear our diaries for an ENTIRE day to make our own advent calendars. We only started it last year and so far it’s the best girly...
View ArticleWhat to do when your child stops believing in Santa
It never even occurred to me the realisation that Santa isn’t real might actually be quite devastating to a child. Until this morning that is, when a huge force of the mummy guilts knocked the wind...
View ArticleSchool Readiness. What is the right age for your child to start school?
School readiness can be a really controversial topic these days, especially here in NSW where there is no set age for your child to start school. I have a fabulous guest post from Neva Poole sharing...
View ArticleDad’s Saturday morning with the kids (without mum)
I’ve just spent the last 4 days on a jam packed adventure to the Gold Coast attending the Pro Blogger Conference. While I was away I left Mr D in charge of the troops. I knew he’d be more than fine...
View ArticleInfasecure Evolve Caprice car seat review 2015
Can you make a little girl any happier than giving her a PINK carseat?? We were very kindly gifted an Infasecure Evolve Caprice car seat a couple of weeks ago from Infasecure, and it has been...
View ArticleOur Camping adventures at Nambucca Heads (part 1)
Well I don’t mean to brag or anything I think I am getting this camping malarky down to a fine art! We decided to split the drive into two halves this time, as quite frankly, anything more than 3 hours...
View ArticleBack to school! 2015 Here we come…….
We had such beautiful weather over the summer school holidays that I think the clouds sucked up half the ocean and then decided to dump the whole lot on us, on the first day of school. Usually I hate...
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