Autumn's Mummy 
Collaborative Post¦ On top of looking after your kids, it’s important to look after yourself. Being a parent can be physically and mentally challenging. This can take its toll on the mind and the body.
Get seriously ill and it could affect your ability to look after your kids. This is why it’s so important to look after your own health as well as your child’s. Below are just some of the ways in which you can look after your own health as a parent.
Collaborative Post¦ Good oral hygiene is a must. Not only does it mean your mouth and teeth are clean, but it’s also ideal for the rest of your body too. After all, as you chew and swallow, heaps of bacteria are entering your body and this bacteria all needs to be processed. If hygiene is not kept up, this could develop into different illnesses and cause a lot of complications.
Another result of not keeping up with basic oral hygiene is that teeth can decay more quickly, resulting in pain and discomfort and a loss of confidence. You’ll soon find yourself needing emergency toothache relief or even needing teeth removed if you don’t practice good hygiene. Thankfully, this can easily be avoided by maintaining better oral health.
Collaborative Post¦ It’s odd to think that this time last year, we were just starting to realise that the Coronavirus pandemic wasn’t going to be over quickly. With many of us furloughed or working from home, we had been under the same roof as our partners for far longer than we had ever been before. I certainly never thought I’d spend such a huge amount of time with my husband until we were pensioners! Of course, this has gone on for far longer now and has affected people’s relationships in many ways. For some, it has strengthened bonds, while others have been tearing their hair out and even filed for divorce. Others have managed to find love in the Covid-19 pandemic, despite the odds being against them.
Collaborative Post¦ Sometimes, we see a couple and just know that they are destined to be together. They fit together like perfect puzzle pieces, and they make relationships look like a breeze. A perfect relationship is what many of us aspire to have; however, there’s no recipe for a perfect relationship, and sometimes, they can be hard work.
Unexpected things happen that can quickly strain a relationship and add unwanted pressures. Often, these pressures can be hard to manage, and relationships can break down. Thankfully, there are some ways to manage the hardships and get through them.
You know when you’re laying in bed and instead of deciding to just sleep, your brain decides to think about all sorts of things? Things you could have done differently, things you should have said, people you shouldn’t have given the time of day to? Well, the last year has kind of been like one whole session of that for me. I guess being on furlough due to the pandemic, being too pregnant to move and getting trapped underneath a sleeping baby has given me far more time to ponder than usual. One thing I’ve thought about why things didn’t go well with ex-boyfriends and I’d love to hear your stories too!