Christingle traditions
Today we went to one of the local Christingle services. I was a little worried as I wasn’t sure how N would behave in the church having not been in one since he was christened. I was hoping he’d enjoy…
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Post pregnancy care
Today I fancied taking a break so I’ve got my blog’s first guest post from Sophie. I have to admit I was very poor at doing anything specific for post-pregnancy care. With an unplanned (I don’t refer to it as…
The Christmas tree is finally up
Whoop. Very exciting. Finally our Christmas tree has been brought down from the roof; I spend yesterday evening putting it up and decorating it. I have a purple and silver theme and have bought new items over the years. I…
Washing baby
I’ve blogged before about how N loves the bath, he’s not even that worried about shampoo and having his hair washed. He’s started asking for ‘moo’ (shampoo), and thanks to swimming, although he doesn’t shut his eyes, he is learning…
Christmas day at home
So with only a week to go, I finally managed to find out that we are having Christmas at home. Now, we are always at the farm or around just because the men need to do the feeding in the…
Christmas tag
I spotted this tag on another blog (Something about Sofia) and thought I’d take part, because how can you not take part in a Christmas tag? Q. What’s your favourite Christmas movie? The Snowman is the film I just can’t…
Scared to sleep
N’s always been a good sleeper, even as a newborn he’d sleep to a regular routine (although in short stages), so whenever he’s woken or struggled to get to sleep there’s always been a good reason like illness. But the…
It’s Christmas…party
Today was our NCT group’s Christmas party for this year. We decided to do morning rather than afternoon as most of the toddlers sleep after lunch which means afternoons are a nightmare for timings of getting together. We decided to…
Review: Colgate ProClinical electric toothbrush
I’ve never used an electric toothbrush but always fancied getting one. It’s just the choice and confusion that’s always put me off actually getting round to doing anything about it. However I’ve recently been sent the new Colgate ProClinical electric…
Staying away
Last week I had a couple of days out of the office and away from home on a European departmental work conference. It was meant to be 2 overnights in Barcelona but was changed to be local to our work. …
First Santa’s Grotto
I knew last year wouldn’t be a good idea to take N to see Father Christmas, and I should have known better this year really. But as our local village nursery was doing a small festive fete, I thought a…