• 19 September 2012
Where are your manners, please?

  Last week one of my readers brought up the subject of manners and is it good manners for a child to interrupt an adult as they talk

  • 19 September 2012
Candlestick candy Jars

This is such a fun, easy to do and also ‘tasty’ arts and craft project to do with your kids. It can also be a great gift to give t

  • 11 September 2012
The Wise Ones

  Until I was five years old I spent vast amounts of time with my grandparents. Looking back to me it was a magical time spent, I wou

  • 11 September 2012
Things to do with Baby – Family Tree

With Grandparents day this past Sunday, it presented us with another great opportunity to get the kids involved in an arts and crafts project.

  • 06 September 2012
Back to school FAILS..to avoid

  Call me a bad parent, but I am definitely one who relishes the end of the summer holidays and the day that my children head back to

  • 06 September 2012
Baby Chat – A Pre-schooler’s first day

As everyone started back at school, I worried for my three year old, who would be beginning a new class as well. 

  • 31 August 2012
Things to do with baby

Since ‘Play Clay’ was a very important distraction in our house this summer, instead of buying large volumes of play dough pots, I

  • 31 August 2012
‘We’re BORED!’

‘Mom, we’re bored’ I hear one of my children scream as I take refuge in my peaceful ‘kid free’ home office, cowe

  • 22 August 2012
The Wonderful World of Sisters

I never had one when I was growing up. A sister that is. I would look on enviously at my friends as they either conspired with or complained a

  • 16 August 2012
Here’s your 20 questions…and more!

Dawn breaks over the Jayasinghe household and as I rise to the sounds of birds chirping and other morning noises, as clear as a bell I hear my

  • 16 August 2012
Baby Chat – Memory Keepsake Box

  It goes without saying that the day your child is born is one that will be etched in your memory forever. A day that you will rejoi

  • 15 August 2012
Bring out the OLYMPIAN in you!

With the past weeks of Olympics fever taking over the World, hopefully this has encouraged all households around Sri Lankan to make a lifestyl

  • 07 August 2012
Restaurant ALERT, the kids are coming out for dinner!

  I am sure all parents can relate at the stress involved in taking your children out for dinner. I am not talking about the child fr

  • 05 August 2012
Do we ever stop being parents?

The other day at a family gathering, one of my many aunties accosted me in the hallway saying ‘Dahling, we LUV your page. But I don&rsqu

  • 24 July 2012
The ‘Sippy cup’ Etiquette

  For all those non-parents out there, deciding when to move your toddler on to his or her first cup, might seem like some tedious mu

  • 24 July 2012
The War against ‘CLUTTER’

As a mother to three children I fight the ‘clutter war’ on a daily basis. Don’t worry we all have that ‘ONE’ cup

  • 17 July 2012
Should we CRITICIZIE?

Would you say that the ‘Sri Lankan’ way of parenting, involves criticizing your child and asking questions later. Do we bombard ou

  • 17 July 2012
Dealing with late night visits---from your child

Regular sleep for a parent is a vital component in their sanity, ask a sleep deprived parent would they choose winning the lottery over a good

  • 05 July 2012
Don’t let yourself go ‘BELLY-UP’!

One of the perks of being pregnant is the ability to eat anything at anytime. Everyone is sensitive to a pregnant women’s culinary desir

  • 05 July 2012
Badly in need of a Sibling

When I was growing up I always knew that when I was a mother I would have lots of children, it was one of my certain goals in life like going

  • 19 June 2012
Are Dads cooler than Mums?

‘Wait till your father gets home’ is a statement I use a lot in my house when the kids have had the umpteenth fight or have ganged

  • 04 June 2012
Acceptable ‘CRIB’ behavior

After planning and waiting for baby for the last nine months it is also important to make sure that you have chosen the right crib that will p

  • 31 May 2012
The not so SWEET truth

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that too much sugar is definitely bad for children. Yes I admit I too have succum

  • 31 May 2012
The mystical middle child

My son is our middle child. He also happens to be the only boy flanked on either side by an older and younger sister.

  • 22 May 2012
Separation Anxiety

My oldest daughter used to suffer from severe separation anxiety; at least I thought it was severe because I used to feel like the worst

  • 15 May 2012
Pretty Little Liars

So Parents, I am unfortunately in the thick of things, the lying years. My eight year and three year old have found out that I am not really a

  • 14 May 2012
Baby Chat - My Life is controlled by one of them….that is a THREE YEAR OLD

Yes I can safely say that my husband and I have given up our lives just to please our three year old. My husband will sleep on the edge of

  • 07 May 2012
Why are girls so mean?

I have noticed that when my children have arguments amongst their peers, they do it differently.

  • 07 May 2012
Baby Chat – A mother’s day letter.

Dear New Mum-to-be, This letter I write with gladness in my heart and joy in my spirit for you because of the amazing journey of motherhood

  • 02 May 2012
Baby Chat –‘THUMB’ struck The war on thumb sucking

When a newborn sucks their thumb, you can hear the rounds of awing and cooing that go around the room from the proud parents. Unfortunately &l