Diary Adventures of LagosMums: DALM | Can You Lose Weight During Your Vacation? My big question used to be can you lose weight during your vacation? You know those summer months – It is a long holiday, children are home from school and perhaps you travelled for the summer. For a long time travel and…
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Dear Stay-At-Home Mum, Who Has Your Ear Time?
Our “Dear Stay-At-Home-Mum Series” contributed by Mrs Sandra Akpujiha is a lovely piece that takes you through a typical day in the life of a stay-at-home mum in Lagos. This series promises to make you laugh your worries away and learn a few life lessons along the way. You can read the other stories in…
My Experience Weaning My Child
As a first time mum, I was knocked into the reality of breastfeeding by the pain, cry, bites and engorgement in the first few days and I never remained the same. Although I made the decision to exclusively breastfeed my baby for 6 months based on the recommendation during my antenatal classes, I didn’t realise…
Could Online Monitoring Apps Be Bad For Parents
Online monitoring is a big question in many discussions with parents. Everyone wants to know how to monitor their children’s online activities and get recommendations for which online monitoring app to use. I advise parents not to rely solely on apps for monitoring their child’s actions online. It is more important to spend quality time…
DALM: How A Gift From A Wedding Caused An Accident
Diary Adventures of LagosMums DALM | How A Gift From A Wedding Caused An Accident Are you one of those people who cannot get enough plastic bowls at weddings or parties? You might want to read how a gift from a wedding caused an accident. Weddings in Nigeria are notorious for giving out all sorts of…
What Storks The Movie Is Teaching Your Children
Is Storks harmless or Not? Do you know what Storks the movie is teaching your children? For most people, when a new movie comes out rated PG or FAM, you think it is safe for your children to watch. Frankly we welcome the family time as there are not many opportunities for family activities in…
Lazy List For Raising Empowered Girls
Many times we jump onto the trending hashtags and retweet for the day. We recently celebrated the international day of the girl child and apart from retweeting, I have been asking myself what we can do to really make an impact. How can I, how can you make a difference? While on the way to…
My Trip to the Most Beautiful Place Ever
Sleep, good food, scenery, shopping are probably what most people want when they go for a relaxing holiday right? Anyone who lives in Lagos knows that feeling to get away from the hustle and bustle now and then. The economy this year made travel more challenging for many families thanks to the exchange rate fluctuation.…
5 Ways To Teach Children About Their Roots
It is increasingly difficult to teach our children about our roots as we become more developed or modern as a Nation. We start to lose out on some of the traditions that form the essence of who we are as a people. It is interesting that God created us in different Nations and people for…
A Mum Says Keep Calm and Give Me an App
DALM: Keep Calm…..And Give Me an App Okay, I’m a working mother of 5, juggling the demands of kids aged between 13 (read fashionably lazy teen) to a 6 month baby (read adorable but exhausting bundle of joy and broken sleep). In addition to this I am running a small business in Lagos (read “101…