Mmm! This year’s perfect kids’ board game

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Oct 29, 2015 in Featured, Reviews |

It’s midterm break this week, so we took advantage of the school holidays and headed to Kilkenny for a...

One foot after the other

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Oct 6, 2015 in Life | 9 comments

When my daughter was born, I promised myself I’d relax and enjoy her babyhood, safe in the knowledge...

The first KonMari purge

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Aug 9, 2015 in Featured, Life | 5 comments

It started when the kids went to bed last night, and then again as soon as I woke this morning. We finally...

The Clothesline Tidying Challenge

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Aug 3, 2015 in Featured, Life | 5 comments

I love the idea of a tidy house. We always want what we can’t have and all that. Since having...

Slow and steady wins the race

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Jul 18, 2015 in Featured, Life, Sleep | 5 comments

I’ve written here before how reading Elizabeth Pantley’s No Cry Sleep Solution was a...

Bressure – another stick to beat us with

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Jun 2, 2015 in Breastfeeding, Life | 3 comments

Have you heard of Bressure? Neither had I until it was coined recently by Channel Mum, the latest enterprise...

Three simple letters – Y E S

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on May 18, 2015 in Calendar Event, Featured, Life |

I don’t have a story to share about a special couple close to me whose dream it is to walk down the...

And then it’s over

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on May 4, 2015 in Breastfeeding, Life, Love | 15 comments

A month or so ago, I had a rare day. I took some time to myself at my husband’s urging. I never take...

Let’s go for dinner #IPBAwards 2015

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 29, 2015 in Featured, Love, Write | 20 comments

Let’s go for dinner they said. That’s how it began. A simple suggestion and discussion that...

Guest Post: The Art of Saying No

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Mar 22, 2015 in Featured, Life | 12 comments

 This week I’m delighted to bring you a guest post from my friend and fellow blogger Kate, of...

St Patrick’s Festival

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Mar 16, 2015 in Calendar Event, Life | 3 comments

If you’ve got kids, and you’re living in Dublin and you haven’t made your way to Merrion...

Feed me Feed me now!

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Mar 12, 2015 in Featured, Life | 17 comments

This too shall pass. I’ve long sworn it is my parenting mantra. And yet time and again I find it hard...

Blog Awards are a Busy Business

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Feb 27, 2015 in Life, Write | 5 comments

What a month! Mama.ie has been taking a back seat because I am working behind the scenes with my fellow...

Pine Cone Lion Craft

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Feb 1, 2015 in Craft, Featured | 2 comments

When I looked back on 2014 at the beginning of January, one thing that really disappointed me was to see how...

Lessons learned while on crutches with kids

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Jan 5, 2015 in Featured, Life | 2 comments

The absolute freedom of it. I went back to the office today. While there I walked unaided – and only...

14 from 14

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Jan 4, 2015 in Calendar Event, Life | 12 comments

We’re into the first weekend in 2015 already so I’m a bit late with a 2014 round-up, but it was...

Just call me Hop-a-long

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Dec 1, 2014 in Life | 7 comments

Disaster! A lovely weekend away to Belfast did not go at all to plan for us. And so I find myself on...

Sleep is for the weak

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Nov 3, 2014 in Life | 4 comments

The toddler and I are just back from two weeks in Vancouver, where we visited my brother, his wife, their...

I Won Best Parenting Blog!

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Oct 5, 2014 in Life | 20 comments

I still can’t quite believe it. It’s funny – when I set up the Irish Parenting Bloggers...

To my birthday boy

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Oct 1, 2014 in Calendar Event, Love | 11 comments

Five seems such a significant age. You’re a schoolboy now, full of personality and opinions. To me, it...