Fixing things and covering up
Toddler crafting and learning how to fix issues
Family life
Everything family oriented on bubbablue and me, parenting, milestones, children, growing up
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…
Proud moment
It’s great when you hear someone else saying something lovely about your child. Obviously family say it all the time, but we’re biased, so it’s nice to hear it from someone else. We’ve had the worry about N having slight…
Interview with an almost 2 1/2 year old
These interview questions have been going round my Facebook friends recently. While I can have a conversation with N, he’s not really got into ‘favourites’ and ‘bests’, so I wasn’t sure how it would go. Needless to say, even after…
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…
Balance bikes – teaching bike riding for toddlers?
Are balance bikes worth it for toddlers to learn to ride. Here’s our experience and why we chose the balance bike we did
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…