COMFYMAMALIFESTYLE

  Is your office making you sick? Have you heard of sick home building syndrome? This is a condition in which people in a building experience symptoms of illness or become infected with chronic disease from the building in which they work or reside. Here are some of the possible symptoms: Allergies,headaches. blocked or runny nose, dry, itchy skin dry, sore eyes or throat Coughing or wheezing, rashes tiredness and difficulty concentrating Why does this happen? This is because office spaces are usually closed environments with airtight doors and windows. This means that even with the best ventilation systems, indoor air quality is often still poor and polluted.  As you work in enclosed spaces with so many other people,This makes it easy for odours to build up and become unpleasant. This can lead to stress, allergies, and anxiety among workers, which has been shown to reduce productivity, increase sick days, and generally decrease happiness. Becoming familiar with the atmosphere...

Are you struggling with a picky eater at home? If your child refuses food or eats the same things over and over, you're not alone. It can be a frustrating and exhausting experience to try to get your child to eat. But don't worry, with these tips, you can improve your child's eating habits and make mealtime a more enjoyable experience for everyone. To get started, however, let us clearly establish who exactly a picky eater is and what signs show that your child is one. Let us conduct a simple test to find out. Simply put, let us diagnose and test before treatment, as it were. Who is a Picky Eater? A picky eater is a child who is particular about the foods they eat, often refusing to try new foods or rejecting certain textures, colors, or tastes. Signs that Your Child is a Picky Eater Find below a test to determine if your child is a picky eater. To make it more interesting, I have created a unique personality for each type of picky eater. The Plain Jane : Your child prefer...

                 M ornings are crucial to how your whole day pans out,a disorganized mornings more often times than not results in a disorganized day(speaking from experience) my kids were always going to school late even when i woke up as early as 5.00a.m. The mistake i was making was doing everything in the morning, picking out clothes, cooking from the scratch without prior prepping e. t. c I had to  restrategise because it was stressing me out a whole lot, i couldn't get things done, chores and work were piling up, unfinished projects because I was running the race against time, it seemed the  24 hour day was  not enough , I had to make adjustments and came up with a plan to start my day on a more organized note. I came up with a 9 step plan to achieve this.          They are as follows; 1.Write out your plan for the next day. 2.Make sure your kids homework is done and place t...

As a stay at home/work from home mom, you deserve some TLC, you know you do(i picture you nodding your head in agreement) but you pause and think, no time, can't waste money............. well that's not a problem here because i know you race against time constantly coupled with the fact that we spend most of our money on our kids, little is left for us to spend at will. As such we start cutting out luxuries like spa treatments and we become pros at diy like myself. however if i can't go to the spa, the spa will come to me right in my house. I'll be sharing with you how you can achieve this managing time and money. I really want you to try this because it's a good and cheap way to destress, it's soothing and you sure won't look like the stereotype stay at home mom when you incorporate this into your routine from time to time. It's budget friendly, all you have to do is raid your kitchen pantry. To get started, here's what you need to cr...

  I struggled for years with keeping my kids lunch hot enough for them to eat so the food does not go bad or become too cold to eat. I have bought countless food flasks with promises of keeping the food hot for 8/12/24 hours but all were to a large extent false promises. Another challenge is that, practically speaking,schools can't possibly spend all day reheating the food of every child, therefore some schools let you know in advance to pack your kids' food in thermos that could keep the food hot for long periods of time. On the other hand some schools don't have microwaves to reheat cold food.  School would resume in a short while and I'm still thinking. .... how i would solve this problem? As usual, i did further research and found a tested method to achieve this. I have done this research to help you mothers out there to cross out one more thing from your multiple to do list. Read further on how to achieve this in 3 easy steps. USE A THERMOS . Ther...

I've been all about back to school food ideas on my instagram handle comfymamalifestyle and Facebook page comfymama blog. You may wonder why, well truth be told, I'm excited and relieved school is resuming (don't get it wrong, I love my kids a whole lot and would miss them but mama also needs some break) back to my flow of thoughts, so I also want to make going back to school fun for them through food.  For each time they open their lunch box, I want them to be excited and look forward to each day to open their lunch box and see the surprise mama gives them everyday.  For my son who is a picker eater, I want to make it easier for his teachers at mealtimes so they don't have to spend so much time persuading him to eat. With this food art idea, I guess he'll be excited to eat and I can sneak in veggies without it being so obvious.  So sit back as it were and see my picture collection of fun food art ideas(collated online to make easy for you to view in ...

I have been down the road of constantly yelling to get my voice heard and exercise my authority as a parent but i realised it doesn't yield much or positive results rather it led to my son being more aggressive, expressing himself less and withdrawing from me. As a parent, I feel terrible afterwards, having headaches and stressed after a yelling episode. To counteract these negative effects, I had to make a U turn to change my approach and parenting style.    So do you find yourself shouting or yelling at the top of your voice just to get your kids to listen to you?  Do you loose your cool and flip out on your kids for every mistake they make that annoys you? Would you like to stop this cycle of yelling, get your kids to listen to you without yelling? You might reason that dealing with kids and getting them to listen to you can be frustrating(i agree with you). Parenting is hard no doubt but we can make little adjustments here and there in our parenting techniq...