Bedtime
N’s always had quite a good bedtime routine. He enjoys it, whether it be bathtime or stories, and is generally really good at settling down. We know he’ll be good at going to sleep if he says ‘bye bye’ when…
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Meal Planning Monday: 11th March 2013
This week is where things start to change routine-wise and we’re not sure what’s going to happen with teas now I’m back at work. Before I would have done my mail meal at work where possible as there was a…
Toddlerisms 7: Mine
Turning 2 means the likelihood that ‘mine’ becomes one of a toddlers favourite words. With N it’s taken over from ‘no’. Everything is ‘mine’ at the moment. He’s not got the ‘yours’ yet, just ‘mine’. So, that’s food. Grabbing the…
Park visit
We had some lovely weather earlier this week, so decided we would walk round the to nearest park. It’s about 1.5 miles away walking by the road (annoyingly shorter across the fields but that’s not practical with the pushchair) so…
Singing repertoire
N’s broadening his singing repertoire. We now have 5 recognisable songs. It’s strange because one of his little friends who seems to hit all the usual milestones at the same time as him, sings Twinkle Twinkle and her speech is…
Baby hints and tips part 1: sleep
My best friend had a baby back in November, her first. It was great being able to talk about and share all my learnings as well as those of my friends, and she was like I had been, asking for…
Car colour practise
As mentioned before, N’s not too hot at colours. I lie, he knows the names of the colours, and nods if I ask what colour they are. But he’s still obsessed with saying yellow to everything. Although now we have…
Meal Planning Monday: 4th March 2013
We’re here again on meal planning Monday. I have to say, after a few months of being at home and having to cook every night, it’s really hard to keep thinking of interesting meals to cook quickly – whether that…
Toddlerisms 6: Grapes
N loves fruit. I imagine most children do (especially over veg, although he does love veg too), but I think N’s slightly obsessed with it. So much so that it’s always the fruit he tried to make a grab for…
Feeding the Ducks
Yesterday we decided we would go to Stratford to feed the swans and ducks. The forecast was dry and looked quite good so I was optimistic we might get a bit of sun. Of course we went too early so…
Toddler friends
Being 2 seems to be the start of having friends. Before N’s been happy to tag around after his old cousins, and vaguely do activities at nursery alongside other children, but it’s great to see him really connecting with other…