Children grow so quickly, but when you see them every day, it’s hard to see it until they grow out of their clothes. Or are stood next to someone else’s child and you realise they’ve shot past them in height….
I’m not a fan of guns, I don’t have an urge to shoot them, but I appreciate that in the countryside they can be invaluable for pest control. Having said that, I have tried shooting a couple of times. Once…
N’s now turned 5 – yes, that final week of him being 4 rushed past like anything. So I remembered to sit down and do my birthday interview with him…now he’s a year older. We’ve been doing these since he…
I do have some interesting conversations with N. Many of them seem to be about human bodies so I do sometimes wonder how his questions come about. A favourite recently has been about blood, and why we have it in…
October, while busy, has felt like a quiet month of firsts for us. It’s included lots of bike rides, visits to the park and elsewhere, school and more, but very little in the way of big first achievements…or so I…
The year is whizzing by, and apart from the one huge first – starting school, I think we’ve been fairly short on first achievements. For N it’s all been about starting school. In September, N has Gone straight into full…
It seems N is now all about boys. He’s been talking recently about all girls being ‘bogey girls’ (including me, his aunt and other previously girl friends). And over the last couple of months he’s turned anti-princess. It started when…
I’m a big tennis fan. Well, not as much as I once was, but racket sports are my thing. At school I used to pretty much play everything in a team being tennis and squash captain at 6th form. Once…
It’s September which means only one thing. School time. Yes, it’s finally here, and N’s had his first day at school. While many mums have found it really emotional and have worried about how empty their life is, I was…
August’s month of firsts is going to be a short one. We had lots of fun at weekends and the week off we had before the school term started, but in terms of milestones and achievements it’s been more of…
With N starting school, it was time to start thinking about school days. I’ve written my own tips about preparing a child for starting school, taking you from the offer letter through to just before starting. But what have other…
