SugarSpice, with a dash of advice!

March 12, 2020

Your child’s ultimate how-to video

“Do as I say, not as I do.” The age-old commandment that parents swear by. If you haven’t said it, maybe you’ve thought it? Or maybe, without realising it, it’s been the message you’ve been sending your child all along. […]
February 7, 2020

The not so nice but necessary nature of trying again

As parents we want to protect our children. It’s our natural instinct. It’s how we’re hardwired. We want to keep our children out of harm’s way. That’s what we’re there for isn’t it? Keeping our kids safe?
December 18, 2019

Inviting the knights and wizards to the tea party

Our advent calendars are hanging on the wall and each day, after dinner, we gather to find the day’s incredibly small chocolate treat. You really have no choice but to top it off with a few pieces of Cadbury afterwards. […]
December 18, 2019

Shivers and all

Have you ever had that shiver run through your entire body when someone scratches their fingernails over a blackboard or when someone is working with polystyrene packaging? That feeling of something pulling together all your muscles involuntarily, causing your fingers […]
November 20, 2019

Looking for the signs

Okay, as a voracious reader this was bound to happen. Let’s get down to some Semiotics, or more simply put, the study of signs and their meanings.
November 5, 2019

The loopy path

Taking a drive with the family, going on a mini adventure with no destination in mind, just enjoying the journey together – I love those. But only so far as I kind of know where I am. I am more […]
October 18, 2019

Are you ready for an adventure?

As parents, who of us haven’t spent hours upon hours Googling and paging through the What to Expect… books, soaking up every piece of advice that we can from parents’ meetings to online forums, trying to find out what exactly […]
October 11, 2019

No parents were harmed in the course of our studies

I still remember one of the first things I was told on my parenting adventure – your child is unique, so take all the advice with a pinch of salt. Parenting advice is always subjective. Except when it includes safety […]
October 4, 2019

The love heart: an origin story

Remember drawing a heart around your and your crush’s initials in school? Or drawing a heart in icing on a cake or on a Valentine’s card? Our children start drawing hearts early on as well – they’re easy – and […]

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March 12, 2020

Your child’s ultimate how-to video

“Do as I say, not as I do.” The age-old commandment that parents swear by. If you haven’t said it, maybe you’ve thought it? Or maybe, without realising it, it’s been the message you’ve been sending your child all along. […]
February 7, 2020

The not so nice but necessary nature of trying again

As parents we want to protect our children. It’s our natural instinct. It’s how we’re hardwired. We want to keep our children out of harm’s way. That’s what we’re there for isn’t it? Keeping our kids safe? TweetShareShare
December 18, 2019

Inviting the knights and wizards to the tea party

Our advent calendars are hanging on the wall and each day, after dinner, we gather to find the day’s incredibly small chocolate treat. You really have no choice but to top it off with a few pieces of Cadbury afterwards. […]
December 18, 2019

Shivers and all

Have you ever had that shiver run through your entire body when someone scratches their fingernails over a blackboard or when someone is working with polystyrene packaging? That feeling of something pulling together all your muscles involuntarily, causing your fingers […]
November 20, 2019

Looking for the signs

Okay, as a voracious reader this was bound to happen. Let’s get down to some Semiotics, or more simply put, the study of signs and their meanings. TweetShareShare
November 5, 2019

The loopy path

Taking a drive with the family, going on a mini adventure with no destination in mind, just enjoying the journey together – I love those. But only so far as I kind of know where I am. I am more […]
October 18, 2019

Are you ready for an adventure?

As parents, who of us haven’t spent hours upon hours Googling and paging through the What to Expect… books, soaking up every piece of advice that we can from parents’ meetings to online forums, trying to find out what exactly […]
October 11, 2019

No parents were harmed in the course of our studies

I still remember one of the first things I was told on my parenting adventure – your child is unique, so take all the advice with a pinch of salt. Parenting advice is always subjective. Except when it includes safety […]
October 4, 2019

The love heart: an origin story

Remember drawing a heart around your and your crush’s initials in school? Or drawing a heart in icing on a cake or on a Valentine’s card? Our children start drawing hearts early on as well – they’re easy – and […]
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