A visit to Fota Wildlife Park

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Jun 13, 2011 in Life, Love, Play |

As I mentioned yesterday, we spent last week in Youghal, County Cork on our family holiday. We were a bit...

Spot the difference

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Jun 12, 2011 in Love | 3 comments

It’s been a lovely long week. We went on a family holiday to Youghal, Co. Cork. More about that during...

Baby Bowl

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Jun 9, 2011 in Life | 10 comments

I’m starting to think I am the only person in the country who didn’t know about baby bowls. Not...

Wordless Wednesday: Slide ‘n’ Joy

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Jun 8, 2011 in Love, Play | 7 comments

Time after time I’m reminded that it’s the simpler things – like whooshing down a slide...

Dr. Seuss’ ABC on the iPad

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Jun 7, 2011 in Love, Play, Reviews |

This week is a week for storybooks on the iPad for us, given that the rain is preventing us from venturing...

Fun with Spot on the iPad!

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Jun 6, 2011 in Love, Play, Reviews |

I’m not sure whether to review this as a book or as an app. Fun with Spot is a Lift-the-Flap book on...

An Irish Summer

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Jun 5, 2011 in Calendar Event, Love | 1 comment

Apologies for the lack of a post last night, but you see the sun came out and we had to take advantage of...

Broken Trousers

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Jun 3, 2011 in Love | 2 comments

The sun was shining here today – really shining! It actually felt like summer! So I decided to dress...

Breastfeeding in Mongolia

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Jun 2, 2011 in Life | 6 comments

I read the most amazing article today, and I just have to share it with you. Published on drmomma.org,...

Wordless Wednesday: Feeding the birdies

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Jun 1, 2011 in Love | 3 comments

Charlie was experimenting with the Hipstamatic app on his iPhone yesterday, and got some really interesting...

Save a life this summer!

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on May 31, 2011 in Life | 2 comments

Today, over on The Leaky B@@b facebook page (a wonderful breastfeeding support resource that I would...

Irish Childcare: Where are the men?

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on May 30, 2011 in Life | 11 comments

Although we are very happy with Little Man’s creche, one thing that Charlie and I really feel it is...

Loving the local library

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on May 29, 2011 in Life, Love | 2 comments

Yesterday was another rainy, windy day (don’t you love May in Ireland!), so rather than sit in the...

Tweet, tweet, tweet!

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on May 28, 2011 in Write | 6 comments

Something strange happened to me this week. I realised that I’ve started to like Twitter more than...

Mama’s take on Creamy Fish Pie

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on May 27, 2011 in Life | 2 comments

I don’t know what it is about me, but I can never just follow a recipe exactly as it is given. Even...

Stay connected!

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on May 26, 2011 in Life, Write |

Exciting news today everyone! I’m launching a Mama.ie newsletter to help you stay up-to-date with the...

Wordless Wednesday: One of those nights

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on May 25, 2011 in Love | 3 comments

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Our Playdough: One week on

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on May 24, 2011 in Play |

Just over a week ago, we tried a new Homemade Playdough recipe. We were pretty happy with the results on the...

Mammy, where was I when the President came?

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on May 23, 2011 in Life | 3 comments

Today was a special day in Ireland. President Obama came to visit us. That’s Obama of the Moneygall...

Trust your toddler

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on May 22, 2011 in Life, Love | 2 comments

In spite of everything I’ve read about Baby-led weaning, and about trusting your toddler not to let...