Bleurgh
Well, I never knew how much conjunctivitis would hurt, but I hate it turn up in one eye during a meeting at work. I just thought it was dry eye to begin with, but then it felt like it swelled,…
Family life
Nativity sets
Christmas is coming to our household (in mind if not in actual visual siting), and I’ve been trying to locate a nice traditional nativity set that N can grow up with. When we were children, my mum had a lovely…
Building Christmas spirit
I’m trying to get N excited by Christmas. Obviously he has no idea what it is, what it’s about, but it’ll be good to have someone else in the house who likes Christmas and gets excited by it, in contrast…
Blooming temperature again!
And yet again, N has a temperature. He was fine this morning, ate breakfast, went to my sister-in-law’s as usual with no problems, then on the way home from work (on the journey from hell as there were problems on…
Thought for the day: Loos
Ok so it’s to do with parenting in a very round about way, but what is it with loos (or toilets, whichever you prefer)? Is it only me that dreads going into a public toilet cubicle where the lids down…
Teaching toddlers rude words and actions
I was hoping to have some lovely photos to share of N at the fair, but unfortunately he’s been off colour today so the nearest we got to the fair was driving past a couple of rides on the outer…
Mystery toddler clothing surprise
Today was a bit of a manic start to the day. I was due up north for a 10am meeting, so OH was due to be keeping N entertained from before 7 and then taking him to nursery. Usually although…
Mini farmer in the making
I don’t know why I’m surprised, but N (like all this cousins before him), love going out on the farm with his dad. Luckily now it’s getting to pheasant/duck breeding season, it means there’s more opportunities for him to go…
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…
Returning to work
Two days in and I can’t quite believe that people say they like going to work to get a break from looking after the kids. I reckon it’s the other way round, but maybe we’re lucky in that N’s quite…
One born every minute – Dads
One Born Every Minute starts again on Channel 4 at 9pm this Wednesday 4th January, with the theme of dads. They’ve linked up with NetMums to get people to share their birth experiences and here’s mine with my thoughts on the…