How (not) to do food for toddler parties
N’s not had a birthday party yet. Well a proper one. He just had his cousin round for tea and a play. My intention is to hold his 3rd birthday party once the weather’s improved and I can turf all the…
Milestones
Playdates at home and away
I love watching N interacting with other children. Sometimes he’s just bossed around (by his 5 year old cousin), other times, he’ll be telling others what to do. He’s used to being with other children at both his nurseries, and…
First sleepover
Living within 2 miles of pretty much all of your close family means there’s never really a need to go for sleepovers. Usually if we’re going out in an evening, N’s Gran pops over to our house to babysit. But…
First swimming badge celebration
Last week, N’s class were given their first swimming badges. All except one in the class had managed to achieve their Stage 1 swimming badge and certificate (she doesn’t come to many of the lessons so had missed the weeks…
Mr Independent Pre-schooler – choosing his own clothes
The other day, my mother-in-law mentioned that although we’d missed the terrible twos, we were obviously getting terrible threes instead. I thought it wasn’t the case, but there’s definitely been a big change and independence is one of the things…
The terrible threenager year begins
I was really hoping that as we’d missed the terrible twos we might continue to have a really cheery little boy. Boy, how wrong was I! Ok, so generally N is still a happy little boy, but the last couple…
Interview with a 3 year old
I spotted this interview sometime last year, and did it with N when he was 2 ½. I can’t say his answers made much sense, so it’ll be interesting to see what he says now he’s turned 3. He’s now…
From toddler to pre-schooler – Turning 3
N turned 3 today. As he’s now in both nursery school and the pre-school room at his day nursery, I really should stop calling him a toddler, and refer to him as a pre-schooler (toddler is so much easier though…
Tongue tie speech therapy – done and discharged
I’ve mentioned N’s tongue tie before and the saga of getting it checked, referred and diagnosed. I’m astounded at how many people you mention tongue tie too who’ve had it themselves or their children have. And yet it’s never mentioned…
Pre-school birthday parties – sedate or charge around style?
As most of our pre-school friends are NCT friends, or similarly were born at around the same time as N, it means December and January are a veritable blur of birthday parties. I’ve decided that we’ll just have a birthday…
Potty training – heaven or hell?
As N’s almost 3 and starting in the pre-school room at nursery, I decided that maybe we should take a go at potty training. Post-Christmas, I had a week off work, so it was the perfect opportunity to at least…