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The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Toddler Truth...

My nearly three year old daughter is developing the most wonderful kind and caring nature.  She also has a strong sense of what is right and wrong and has developed the beautiful, although sometimes slightly embarrassing, trait of just saying how it is. I sometimes wish I could get away with half the things that she says but the need to not tread on toes or get people's backs up is always at the forefront of my mind.  I can spend hours listening to her too because most of the things that she says actually makes so much sense. I've written down a few of the gems that my daughter has come up with, both so that I never forget them an so that I can share her completely honest and innocent views and put a smile on a few more faces. Little one's views on my driving... "Phew! We made it".   This said after I parked the car outside of her nursery before drop off.  I drive ridiculously carefully with her in the car so I think that this little seed may have been p

Snow, colds and Olbas Oil

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So, it seems that we are in for yet another bout of snow.  Joy!  Snow days, children at home because of school  closures , disruptions to your daily work routine and people in two minds as to whether it's a winter wonderland or a woeful waste of time (how can you tell that I'm self-employed, hey?!). The horrendous cold and flu bug seems to also have made a comeback.  It leaves you feeling completely drained, ridiculously miserable, exhausted and full of cold.  Generally, rubbish really.   I'm not a big one for dosing myself up to the eyeballs with cold and flu meds so, when I need to, I do my best to use natural alternatives that help relieve the nasty symptoms.   Olbas have a fabulous range of products that I've added to my household 'winter cold survival pack'.   I think that most people know of or have heard of Olbas oil; the one that you buy in the little 10ml bottle.  It's brilliant for putting on a tissue next to your pillow when you sleep, br