When Lockdown Version 1 happened, my hair really suffered, like I’m sure a lot of you. We were unprepared and then when we realised it was going to last several months, getting hold of home haircut sets and hair dye was virtually impossible. My family eventually settled for our version of a ‘Home … [Read more...] about The environmental benefits of getting your hair cut
The environmental impact of a vaccine
Since the beginning of the pandemic, there has been non-stop talk of a vaccine for SARS CoV-2 which will put this whole coronavirus episode behind us and allow us to move forwards. At the time of writing, there are hopes that a potential vaccine will be available from December of this year. In the … [Read more...] about The environmental impact of a vaccine
Let the learning continue…
We personally were relieved when the kids went back to school. Yes, we were worried about them catching coronavirus and passing it on and then we were worried about the societal impact of children going back to school and the numbers of cases escalating across the country as a whole. However, we … [Read more...] about Let the learning continue…
Pool palms
My youngest enjoys his swimming and partakes in a local swimming club on a rather regular basis. With the easing of lockdown in the UK, his club restarted a few weeks ago. He was especially jubilant, his siblings were a little jealous (as it was hot and the pool looked so inviting) and we, as … [Read more...] about Pool palms
The ‘joys’ and perils of homeschooling in lockdown.
Many of us with school age children will have experienced the peculiar ‘delight’ of having to homeschool our children during lockdown. For the majority of us, whose only stress used to involve the dropping off and picking up, ensuring their uniform was clean and fitted, together with … [Read more...] about The ‘joys’ and perils of homeschooling in lockdown.
The downsides of being manly in COVID-19
Since the coronavirus pandemic started, we’ve all heard of how children are disproportionately protected from severe disease and then we started hearing that adult women were more protected than adult men from severe disease. [Guan WJ, Ni ZY, Hu Y, Liang WH, Ou CQ, et al. Clinical characteristics … [Read more...] about The downsides of being manly in COVID-19
COVID toe
At the time of writing, we are in a state of “eased” lockdown; things aren’t as strict as they have been but we should all still stay at home as much as we can and if we must go out, we should practice social distancing and stay 2 metres away from people who are not from our own household. Time … [Read more...] about COVID toe
Hand washing in a pandemic
At the time of writing this blog, we are in the middle of lockdown with the prospect of possibly another 3-4 weeks of lockdown to continue. We should all hopefully be observing the government advice of staying at home as much as possible, only venturing out once a day if we need to exercise, get … [Read more...] about Hand washing in a pandemic
Stay positive…
We are living in an extraordinary period of time that we’ll remember for the rest of our lives and hopefully will never be repeated. It’s like warfare against an invisible foe whose main aim is to cause social discohesion and death to the elderly and weak. We can’t treat it (yet), and our only … [Read more...] about Stay positive…
Allergy to taekwondo
Once upon a time we had one child and we enrolled him as a toddler in various activity clubs in the area to get him out and socialising with other toddlers and also to get me out and socialising with other mums. I don’t think this is an uncommon thing in modern times. Now we have … [Read more...] about Allergy to taekwondo
