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…