Cousins return
N’s been missing his cousins, more specifically his youngest cousin, while they’ve been on holiday. He’s got 5 boy cousins and 1 girl cousin from 2 families, one of whom he used to do 2 days a week with to…
Family life
Everything family oriented on bubbablue and me, parenting, milestones, children, growing up
Chain saws – over and out
N seems to be over his chain saw incident from a couple of weeks ago. Well, I say ‘over’ the incident, obviously I expect him still to hate the sound of them if he’s close to them (similarly to public…
Fixing things and covering up
Toddler crafting and learning how to fix issues
Bashed up boy
Poor N’s had his biggest bump today. He was at nursery today, was running around outside, came charging up towards the open patio doors, tripped and went face first into the edge of the door frame. Ouch, I hear you…
Toddler thief
I appear to have a toddler thief. Mortifyingly, he’s removed Peter Rabbit from nursery. N’s comforters are his Peter Rabbit, bought for him at birth by his Granny, and his taggy blanket I made him. It’s Peter Rabbit causing the issues. Nursery…
Guest post: Baa Baa Black Sheep: In Defence of Decision
Although the strapline for this blog says it’s about the journey of having a child when you’re not a baby person, it’s not often that I specifically write about that. But when my guest writer approached me about writing a…
Knowing when to lose the pushchair
It’s so hard knowing when to lose the pushchair. Children go through phases with their pushchair. Quite happy to sit there. Then refusing to get back in when they’ve been given a chance to walk. Then refusing to leave it….
Behaviour – what level of strictness is too strict?
It’s so hard to know how strict to be with your child’s behaviour. Obviously the way you’ve been brought up makes a difference, and you have to contend with both parents’ point of view. But at least you can control…
Growth spurts equals increased expense
When N’s going through a growth spurt, it’s an expensive business. At least he’s only 2, but I hate to think how much it’s going to cost when he’s a teenager on a growth spurt to feed him. I mean,…
Do mums make the best drivers?
I’ve been driving a while now although not as long as I might have done, given I didn’t want to learn at 17, and only really learnt to help my job prospects on leaving university. First lesson I loved it…
Family fun and laughter
Over the last month or so, we’ve been spending a bit more time with my family due to my mum being ill. It means that N gets to know his uncle better as we didn’t catch up that frequently, although…
