What’s life like as a family of 14?

Daily Life for Dundee Family of 14 The Hanns Part 3 of My Interview with 16KidsandCounting Star and Mother of My Life My Big Family Wedding Narrator Catch Emma on BBC breakfast at 8:40am Tuesday February 26th 2013 Emma Hann tells me, “We have routines but nothing is very strict in our home and we tend … Read more

Are we really that fixated about Money?

You really can’t escape the story about Heather Frost, unemployed Mum of 11, having a 6 bed Eco “Mansion” being purpose-built for her.  She says that she’s been misquoted when she spoke to the Newspapers, who claimed to want to run a story on “large families”. Since then it seems that the Media want every … Read more

Step by Step Egg Carton Roses

You may have seen these lovely Roses we made from Egg Cartons. Here’s my step by step in photos. I cut the big box into each cup. Here my son had great fun playing with them – stacking, counting etc. Then we painted them. I talked about inside and outside. It’s easier to paint inside … Read more

Trying to do the Best for your Child (DLA)

When you have a child there’s no doubting that financially it’s a large commitment, one that you can’t really comprehend. Some people try to save up and make sure they can “afford” a child before they have their first, or subsequent children. Some things inevitably you cannot predict; how many days off sick your child … Read more

16 Kids and Counting: Interview with Sue Radford Part 2

I think that no matter what you do as a parent, whatever approach you take, then there’s always going to be someone telling you that their way is better, but with 16 Children I think that the Radfords are more in a position than most to comment. The New Show 16 kids and Counting airs on 11th … Read more

Earth Day

What better way to teach children about the World around them and how to preserve and protect it than by joining in with Earth Day (Sunday April 22nd 2012). The first picture below, is of a tree in our backgarden. You cannot really tell from this picture but the tree has died. But it doesn’t … Read more

My First Time

I heard of Mooncups years ago – guess when you visit parenting forums it’s one of those things that come up. It was always something yukky – people don’t like change do they?! And so it was never something I had actually thought about using. When I think about it I’d not even looked at … Read more