Social media week so far has been a time to connect with some amazing people! It has also been quite easy to identify sessions that are of interest, register and attend – all seamlessly without having to print out one piece of paper! During #smwLagos week of meeting people, learning about strategies to navigate the […]
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Diary Adventures of LagosMums: DALM | When Natural is Best (Shea Butter) A mum was talking about her babies skin due to extreme eczema. She lived abroad at the time and her foreign doctor at a point advised her to send for Shea butter from Nigeria! The doctor said this really was the best remedy versus
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Diary Adventures of LagosMums: DALM | Quality Time when Nanny-Less If you live in Lagos, the Christmas period comes with it the annual journey of most domestics going to their hometowns to spend time with their families. Nannies travelling home cause the most palpitations. This is usually because they are going away during this very
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You know those big weddings we are reputed to have in Nigeria. Especially the big Yoruba weddings usually paid for by the parents. It starts with the introduction of the family members, then the big engagement ceremony accompanied by the overnight party. Next is the wedding day with the religious element, Nikkei or church wedding
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Diary Adventures of LagosMums: DALM | Mummy what is Halloween? When your child asks you what Halloween is you should think about how you answer. First of all by the time he or she is asking they are old enough to know that there is something called Halloween. They are also inquisitive enough to want to
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Reposting from RomanceMeetsLife, written by Yetty Williams There are very few times in life when someone will say to another person “Ah… ah, you didn’t tell me!” with a real look of semi-betrayal and wonder at the fact that they were left to figure this out themselves. You see, when studying for a big exam you
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We have all probably heard about the performance and twerking of Miley Cyrus at the awards show. There has been such an outcry from her behaviour and the transformation from her previous disney character. Most of the comments i have heard have been negative. What happened to the wholesome picture of this girl in Disney
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Diary Adventures of LagosMums: DALM | Why is Lagos so dirty? So the other day I was in the car with the kids as we were on the way to the dentist when the older one asked me why Lagos is so dirty? She mentioned a few other places in her opinion that were not
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This is a post about changes in parenting from a mums viewpoint 1. When I held a child, I looked into his face or at what I was doing with him. Had the iPhone been invented and if technology had allowed me to, I would have certainly checked emails and texted friends, often ignoring the
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Sarah Ockwell-Smith, a parenting expert discusses the concept of gentle parenting. Her definition of gentle parenting can be summed up with three words: understanding empathy respect See the table below for a table summarising the differences between gentle and mainstream parenting – which are you? is there a difference? source: sarahockwellsmith
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