This Month: March 2013
March 2013 is sponsored by trying to get past the doctor’s receptionist to see an actual doctor.
If you manage to get to see your GP via a receptionist, please email us with hints and tips on how to do it.
It seems never a month passes without new social rules and faux pas becoming the norm. This month, we update you on the latest way of behaving on the pavement.
Rules now include:
1. Making sure your dog does a huge poo on the pavement and then tramp it over the next 50 yards of the street.
2. Spit on the pavement so we can all see your bodily fluid glinting in the winter sun.
3. Walk really slowly but keep meandering from side to side so no one can get by.
4. Bump into a neighbour you haven’t seen for twenty minutes and block the entire pavement by chatting about crap for half an hour.
5. Finding the next clean space of pavement and encouraging your dog to cover it in poo again.
If you haven’t seen Justin Fletcher in or on something in the last twenty minutes then don’t panic. Justin is touring the UK from the end of this month. The UK arena tour Justin & Friends will see him on stage as a whole host of Something Special and Gigglebiz favourites. Tickets are available now and are priced from £13.00 for children, with family tickets from £52.00 (for four people and subject to booking fee). For tickets and the most up to date tour information please visit: www.bbcliveshows.com.
Do you consider yourself to be a pushy parent?
“Oh yes absolutely. My daughter is six but I think it is so important to get them to aim high.”
Joanne Lloyd-Phillips
Mother of one
“I think I am a little bit. I have two children in junior school and I do try to enthuse them with different things.”
Anna-Rose Jenkins
Mother of two
“Not really. I have two under five and I think it is as important to give them down time. They are pushed into far too much too early.”
Shona McDonald
Mother of two
‘Rock The Cradle’ Organic Scalp Oil from organic and Fairtrade baby skincare pioneers, Organic Monkey, contains a moisturising blend of organic oils including, Coconut, Sweet Almond and Geranium essential oil to help relieve dryness and restore skins natural balance.
£7.50 30ml
www.organicmonkey.co.uk
The Fill-Your-Pants.com collection of reusable nappies offers parents the flexibility of disposable and reusable absorbent pads in one. There are more than 30 designs of the one size fits all nappy system.
From £10.99
www.Fill-Your-Pants.com
The Sounds Good Reading System has been specifically developed to help reluctant or struggling readers, especially where conventional teaching methods may be failing.
£19.77 per month
www.soundsgoodreading.com
Just in time for the Easter Holidays, this DVD, Little Princess – I Love Animals, is sure to delight her young fans and parents alike. Out on 25 March 2013.
£9.99
Available from stores nationwide
www.littleprincesskingdom.com