Parenting

Why Women Don’t Return After Maternity Leave

Before I became a parent myself it was hard to understand some of the reasons why women don't return to work after having children.  On a few occasions I was told by some of the large corporates that they struggle to retain women in the workplace after they have had their second child.  (These are… Continue reading Why Women Don’t Return After Maternity Leave

Skyping Daddy
Parenting

Top Tips for Skyping & Facebook Messaging your Toddler

Recently my husband has been doing a lot of travelling. In fact he has been away for 42 out of 44 days.  To help my toddler cope with his daddy being away we have been using technology to communicate. We have used a combination of Skype and Facebook Messenger to communicate during the 44 days… Continue reading Top Tips for Skyping & Facebook Messaging your Toddler

Fun with Trunki
Parenting

Top Tips for Travelling with Babies and Toddlers

A friend asked me the other day for some tips as they are travelling with a toddler and it got me thinking.  I did a lot of travel with our first child and now that he's a toddler and our youngest is still a baby we've done both the toddler and baby travelling.  Here are… Continue reading Top Tips for Travelling with Babies and Toddlers

VTech
Parenting

Toy Companies Need to Tighten Up Security

As a parent of two youngsters I am both shocked and disappointed that this week two of the major toy manufacturers, Mattel and VTech have been pulled up with security breaches in their products.  There is a worrying trend with internet enabled children's toys and security concerns that makes me think we should stop and… Continue reading Toy Companies Need to Tighten Up Security

Parenting

Philips Kids Headphones – Volume Capped!

We often review headphones here on GirlyGeekdom however it is rare that we have headphones sent that are designed and made especially for children and that is what happened this week!  Philips have just released their Kids headphones which are suitable from 3 years old +.  These headphones are volume capped to 85Db to protect… Continue reading Philips Kids Headphones – Volume Capped!