Why use a babysitting agency?
All sorts of things spring to mind when someone mentions getting a babysitter through an agency, but let’s see what you really get……
We are all out to save some money, and for a night out, by the time you pay for a meal, drinks and taxis, babysitting is another cost to consider.
New to Perth?
The emotional and logistical issues that come with moving to a new town, city or state, let alone a new country are enormous. Multiply that by 4 when you are moving with your partner and children.
Our parents are petrified
Cherished Cherubs deal with scared parents every week.
How does it feel to leave your baby with a stranger for the first time?
How to take the stress out of Christmas shopping with kids.
It is less than 7 weeks until Christmas!! Are you cheering or panicking? Do you know who is on your Christmas list and what you are getting for everyone?
What is meant to be a festive time of year can often become stressful and upsetting. For parents there is often nothing more demanding than trying to organize shopping trips with their little ones in tow or in between school & kindy times.
Who would want to be a babysitter?!?!?
Yucky nappies, tantrum kids, vegemite on white couches, who signs up for this type of job?
Julie from Cherished Cherubs Babysitting has written what her typical afternoon and evening looks like when she is asked to babysit with the West Australian based agency.
Where do you stash the Christmas presents????
It is great to be organised and have the Christmas prezzies wrapped and under the tree early, but with kids this is riddled with spoiler alerts. They feel, they drop, they sneak a peek, and it all takes the fun out of the surprise.
10 moments when you will realise being a parent suck!
New parents take note, being a parent is not all fun in games.
I was around a pool the other day when a parent of a young child was descending the steps into a rather cold pool with her 2-year-old on her hip.
10 tiny moments to cherish as a parent
We signed up for parenthood, is this what we wanted? Last week I wrote about when being a parent is not so much fun (check out Last week’s Blog), but there is a definite flip side.
Why can’t kids entertain themselves anymore?
Are we doing too much for our children, so they don’t know how to entertain themselves?
As a parent I have never found myself saying so often ‘find something to do’.
Are your children rejected or likely to be rejected by their peers?
Everyone wants to ‘fit in’ and be liked. As a parent we love it when our children have nice friends to play with.
