Qualifications to be a children’s nurse – 100 years ago
From this fabulous book – first published in 1911 – inherited from her grandmother, Suze St Maur shares its tips on how to bring up children. In these excerpts we discover what it took to become a children’s nurse. What a long way we’ve come since then… “The Woman’s Book: Contains everything a woman ought [...]
Is my 8 month old daughter at risk from paedophiles?
There are some discussions going on in various fora that I am a member of, stating bluntly that putting pictures of my baby on Facebook is putting her at risk of paedophiles. Well, I’m sorry, but bollocks… I mean, I don’t subscribe to that mode of thinking. I posted pictures of my daughter at less [...]
How I become the Nappy Lady
Anyone who knows me personally knows that I am not a naturally maternal woman. You won’t offend me by pointing that out. I love my children dearly, but I belong to the old-fashioned school which says that a mother’s role is to train her children for independence. Not be their personal slave until they move [...]
Gifts for an African child- some tough choices
Something happened here on International Women’s Day(IWD). After reading my blog DO THEY KNOW IT IS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, the Birds on the Blog were so touched by the plight of girls in the developing world that they decided to sponsor a girl in Ruhanga a remote village in SW Uganda And by the end [...]
In her shoes: My descent in entrepreneurial hell
In her shoes is a series of anonymous posts from women in business, sharing their experience. In your comments you are asked to answer the question – What would you do in her shoes? My story began 9 months ago; it is a story of self-realisation, friendship, love and betrayal. After 11 years at home [...]
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