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Going Green, Natural Solutions For Household Cleaning with Thieves + Essential Oils Workshop for Mums

My decision to embrace a natural lifestyle was set in motion when I became a mother. It started as a thought, an idea, a seed that was planted into my mind when I first learnt one should learn to read the ingredients on the bottle. My husband suffers from chronic eczema and childhood asthma. Likelihood his…

When siblings fight

The next thing that annoys me the most apart from unreasonable tantrums is sibling fights. It's natural to want to step in immediately and stop the fight (whatever it is) or assume that it's the older sibling's fault. Step back and observe. Let the children learn to solve their own conflicts and step in when…

Hobbies & Discipline

I've been recuperating. Daily grind of motherhood & being a SAHM of two boys left me with a huge writer's block. We've been maid-less & car-free for four months going on to five. The brutal truth is that being a SAHM with zero help can be an extremely isolating, mentally exhausting task. It took me…

Trip to SEA Aquarium: Instagram vs Real Life becos #reality

Thought I might write a fun blog post today. I came across some peeps on social media posting #instagramvsreallife - #reality isn't always what it seems on Instagram. Here's our series of what really went down behind those Instagram photos of our (not so) recent trip to SEA Aquarium at Sentosa. Image credits @coffeeandtoastmama 1.…

10 Fuss-free Montessori Practical-Life Activities (Evan at 2 Years)

"The greatest development is achieved during the first years of life, and therefore it is then that the greatest care should be taken. If this is done, then the child does not become a burden; he will reveal himself as the greatest marvel of nature." Maria Montessori   A moment of truth, it is really,…

Capturing Beautiful Memories: An Interview with Wonder Portraits Founder – Raeann Allaire Heng

It began as a gift. A simple analog point-and-shoot Kodak camera which Raeann received when she was seven. That sparked her journey in capturing memories and years later, gave her that inspiration and courage to start her own photography business. |Is your baby photogenic? Wonder Portrait's looking for baby models to be featured! Plus a…

When Play Is The Highest Form Of Research

So, recently, I did a little social experiment with my boys. I removed 80% of all the toys lying around the house just to see how the boys adapt to having little toys. Before that were tonnes of toys lying around in every corner, 5-6 Montessori activities on their shelves, a pile of art stuff…

Finding Joy as a SAHM

  Five years. That's how long it took me to fully embrace my role as a stay-home mum. I stopped being the worst critic on myself, my choice & my lifestyle. A fixed mindset since childhood played an enormous factor in my judgemental inner voice, together with my search of new identity in a world…

Product Review: Dapple – Safe Natural Way to Clean Those Drippy Messes

Turning eco-friendly is an automatic switch turned on once most Mommies discovered they are pregnant. I remembered studying every chemical ingredient of baby safe cleaning products available in the market so that I can make the most informed choice. The amount of harmful ingredients in many so called 'organic' baby cleaning products are alarming! These…