Pants, pull ups and nappies
N’s now 2 months off 3 years old, and is still no closer to being toilet trained. I say no closer, but we’re not so far off in the other direction. In the mornings when he first wakes up he’s…
Family life
Everything family oriented on bubbablue and me, parenting, milestones, children, growing up
How do children cope with serious illness?
Illness, more specifically terminal illness, is something that you’d never wish on anyone and their families, but with children involved there’s always a worry about how they’ll cope and deal with it. I have to say, so far, N’s been…
Playing together as toddlers
N’s very definitely now at the starting to playing together stage, rather than playing alongside other children. It’s lovely to see the development of this, and how it differs when he’s with different children. At his day nursery, he’s the…
Toddler excuses for everything
N is building up his bank of toddler excuses. He’s moved on from just saying no. In fact I don’t think I’ve heard him just say no for ages. Now we get ‘too dark for me mummy, turn the light…
Babysitting circles
So, babysitting circles. Does anyone still have them in their area? What are they, I hear you ask? When we were kids, we lived on a commuter village housing estate full of families with school age children. It was a…
Visiting penguins at Cotswold Wildlife Park
Visiting penguins at Cotswold Wildlife Park for one of the last wishes for a family member
The Red Tractor, and what it means to me
Red Tractors…not Massey Ferguson or Case tractors but the little red tractor you see on food. I’ve been reading quite a lot recently about the Red Tractor label, and it’s definitely becoming more visible and understood especially with Alex James…
Toddler dancing in the street, at home, at nursery…
Like many toddlers, N’s likes to wiggle. I’d call it dancing, but I’m not sure it’s really that. His dad’s been encouraging him. Not to dance (because his dad’s not keen on dancing, especially for boys, so it’s going to…
When the clocks go back
Any of my readers from overseas probably wonder what all the fuss is about come Autumn and Spring when blogs and twitter feeds are full of parents muttering about the changing clocks in the UK. Yes, if you missed it,…
Nursery run with odd toddler toys
Getting out of the door in the morning (like every other parent) is like a military operation. I have an hour Mondays-Wednesdays to get showered, make up on, hair done, get the 2 of us dressed, sort my lunch out,…
Turning a paddock into a dream garden
I was so happy to see that Activity Toys Direct had launched a competition with Tots100 to find bloggers to work with. With bloggers asked to design their dream garden, I knew this one was calling to me. We’re on…