The clothing top-bottom gap
I’m not a fan of the top – bottom gap between trousers and top. I don’t like it on myself (the thought of showing knickers or worse ‘builder’s bum’ is horrendous!), but I don’t like it on babies either. Vests…
Author: Emma
Mum of 1, farmer's wife and living a guilt free family lifestyle with a school child.
Soft play brings out the best and worst
It was a toss up today as to whether we went to a wildlife park or stayed nearer home and went to Rugrats & Halfpints soft play. Given the weather was a tad cold and potentially rainy, soft play won…
Cousin adoration
We’re very lucky in that our immediate family on both sides are within 7 miles distance of us, and OH’s family are within a mile or so. It means N regularly sees both his grandparents and his aunts, uncles and…
Allergy or sensitivity
We’ve been lucky as N doesn’t seem to be allergic to anything…or didn’t until a few weeks ago. He came up with a red blotchy face the day after I’d put children’s sun lotion on him, then 2 days after…
Teething – incisor number 1 arrival
Finally, after him having been teething since January seemingly non-stop (last tooth’s arrival in early March), we have incisor number 1. It’s a top one, and I can see the other top one just under the surface so hopefully that’ll…
Like mother, like son
Worryingly I think N is showing even more traits like me than he was before. He’s always enjoyed flicking through books and is getting more obsessed. I’m not sure whether that’s like all toddlers, or whether he’s turning into a…
Magic microwave meringues recipe
We love meringues but if you just want to make eton mess it’s easier buying meringue nests. Make your own 2 ingredient microwave meringues
Animal sounds
Most children probably start with ducks, dogs or cats, but obviously being a farmer’s son the obvious ones to start recognising would be those he can see out the windows or when we go for a walk down to the…
National Forest Adventure Farm
Seems like ages ago now, but around the Easter holidays we’d been quite busy meeting up with various online mum & baby friends. The last occasion was a trip to The Forest Adventure Park at Tatenhill, nr Burton. A friend…
Trendy Toddler
I love little clothes (ok so I like shopping, but even if you take that away, little clothes are cute). Lots of people say that girls clothes are so much more interesting (and I have to say I’ve seen some…
Empathy in toddlers starts here
I’m not sure it’s quite the emergence of empathy yet, but N’s starting to take a lot more notice of what other people are saying or doing. He’s never really been that fussed about trying to copy other people’s actions,…
