The Growing Child Team know just how important you are in your young child’s learning. But do you know? Sometimes when we think of our children’s learning we think this is something that they will start doing when they go to pre-school or primary school. Well we here at Lifestart have [...]
Happily we’re approaching the summer months, long evenings and better weather… what else are you thinking about when you have a 2 something year old in the home? What else but learning to toilet train and lose those nappies you are now fed up looking at and changing!! Toilet learning is [...]
COVID-19 has created challenging and unprecedented times for everyone. As each day dawns we wake up with a sense of uncertainty of the day ahead. Although we can’t control our external environment we can control most of what happens in our home by maintaining consistent and flexible routines. Routines are tasks [...]
Families are spending so much time with each other. Being under one roof 24/7, especially during this stressful time can cause lots of fights among our family members. Let’s face it there are probably times we may be feeling irritated and grumpy. This is true especially if you have children! "It’s [...]
Covid-19 – What did we talk about before it? We're all stuck indoors and enduring each other’s company. Busy trying to keep our little ones out of mischief and safe in the home. I know it is a difficult time but we can make it a positive one. We're getting time [...]
For many of us we are spending lots (and lots) of time at home these days and somethings may push our buttons a little faster than normal. Fibs and lies can be such triggers. We can all picture the young child with chocolate all over their face denying that they ate [...]
Hello, my name is Claire and I joined the Lifestart team in 2015, as a Family Visitor. I work in the Belfast regions and I'm employed to be part of a joint programme with Tinylife. The TinyStart project was set up to support families of preterm babies. We help parents understand [...]
Fear and concern for our love ones around the issue of the coronavirus is everywhere. Schools closing (depending on where you live). Panic buying in shops. TV and radio continuously talking about rising statistics on how many have the virus and rising death totals. This is indeed a frightening time not [...]
My name is Deirdre and I joined the Lifestart team in 2017, as a Family Visitor working within the Tinystart programme. A joint project in conjunction with the charity, Tinylife who support babies born prematurely. I work within the Western Trust providing practical advice and emotional guidance to parents and their [...]
Have you ever wondered where your little one gets certain sayings from or how they react when something doesn’t go their way or how they walk or act? Well a lot of it comes from – YOU! You are the most important teacher in your child’s life (no pressure eh!) and [...]
