Books made into films

There are several films being made from books that I love. The most recent one I’ve watched is Beautiful Creatures. I always prefer the book but I have to say the actors didn’t match my vision of what the characters looked like in my head, but that’s my opinion 🙂 My daughter watched the film…

Wife swap, seriously?

Television is not my thing, but since my daughter has to be rocked in the buggy most of the day because of her acid reflux I find myself stuck in front of it quite a lot these days 😦 I came across the TV series wife swap and was completely amazed by it. I would…

Acid reflux in babies

I have been unlucky enough to have a second child to suffer with the dreaded acid reflux. Fortunately my 3 month old daughter doesn’t have it as bad as her sister did but it still is a huge strain on daily life. With a busy household such as mine it can be he’ll at times,…

New babies and their odd behaviour

Why is it that certain sounds seem to keepNew babies quiet? My three month old daughter can be screaming her head off and yet if I switched on the vacum cleaner, she’s instantly silent. I’ve taken to leaving it running just so that I can get all the housework finished 🙂 She’s also quite fond…

Teenagers and their mobile phones

Anyone who has teenagers probably have to suffer playing second best to their mobile phones. You sit down to eat dinner and there they are phone in hand, fingers flying across the keypad completely ignoring your existence. Or the favourite among my kids is when they don’t answer your call but when you send them…