Nicole’s Night Time Chart

Posted on July 30, 2019

Nicole Night time Routine Chart  Keeping a bedtime routine chart will help you stick to the bedtime routine and even make it fun for your kids.  Keep this chart in a easy access place for kids so they can tick …
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Just simply worn out from trying – what went right today?

Posted on August 6, 2017

Everyday in my clinic I meet parents. Tired parents. Often quite simply just plain worn out. This parenting gig is a pretty full. Yes we know how much we love our children. But we are ourselves greatest critics. Often asking …
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5 Tips to Connect to your Child

Posted on November 24, 2016

There isn’t a parent I know that doesn’t start to count down the days leading to school holidays. As parents we are full of plans and love the change of routine that school holidays bring. Whether it be no more …
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How to Help Kids with Homework

Posted on February 10, 2016

  Parents the world over are so familiar the afternoon homework sigh! Now, that can be both kids and parents sighing… it can certainly be a drama or just part of the routine. So how can you as a parent …
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First born children are more intelligent than their siblings research reveals

Posted on October 29, 2015

By Patricia Murphy | 29th October 2015 |The Independant The first child born to a family is more likely to be clever than their brothers and sisters, a new study has suggested. New research carried out in a German University …
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Teaching Your Baby to Settle

Posted on November 21, 2014

Self-Settling guide for a baby who is not yet standing. At the recommended sleep time, swaddle your baby (if your baby is still at the swaddling stage) and put her in bed on her back without a dummy.  Walk out …
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Sleep & Lack of & Performance

Posted on October 27, 2014

Tired at work and run down?  How’s your sleep? Our workplaces tolerate even promote very little sleep Sleep is one of the basics that everybody needs – food, water, oxygen and sleep.  Yet sleep in our fast paced modern world …
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Celebrate success in your family

Posted on September 30, 2014

With goals, you fly like an arrow, straight and true to your target I still have the empty champagne bottle that a friend gave to me as a gift to celebrate the publication of my first book.  Why haven’t I …
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The pre-handwriting skills your preschooler needs

Posted on September 2, 2014

This article was written for Kidspot by Nicole Madigan with additional information from Babysmiles – Nicole Pierotti  One of the first things our children learn at school is how to write, but there’s no need to wait till they start school …
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Birthday Etiquette

Posted on August 19, 2014

Making cakes, buying and wrapping presents, making lists, having friends over… the last month or so has been a mammoth time in my family for birthdays.  I certainly feel as though I’ve been through a marathon. Despite all this activity …
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