Encouraging babies to enjoy books
Oooh, I found this test your vocab to test the size of your vocabulary. Ok, so it’s nothing to do with children (well, if you have kids, you can test theirs as well which will help with the researchers), but…
Parenting
Everything parenting and family oriented. Milestones, our family, growing up
Baby separation anxiety at swimming
One of the groups we decided to do was swimming. I’m really keen that N will enjoy being in the water, not be scared of it and be a good swimmer at an early age. I quite enjoy swimming although…
Nappy change wriggler
Arrrgghhh! My guess is that there’s lots of mums (and dads, grans etc) struggling with their wriggling babies during nappy change times. Ours has started to get ridiculous over the last couple of days with N flipping straight onto his…
Baby brain must be true
I’m usually a really organised person – lists are definitely close to my heart, and since having N they’ve been more crucial than ever. I (think) I was fine when I was pregnant (on the whole – only a couple…
A few of my favourite things about N
Babies grow so quickly their favourite things come and go without much notice. N’s current favourites are both annoying and amusing: 1, Gurning. My son used to have a lovely smile (well he still does when he chooses). But now…
Does anyone know their baby’s cries?
I know I still don’t after 9 months. Before you have a baby, everything you read seems to suggest that you’ll get to know what the different cries are from your baby, but it’s all still a mystery to me….
How to help progress toddler speech
I’ve been trying to find some similar subject blogs to this one to follow (I follow lots of handmade/crafty blogs which are much easier to find, but finding non-American parenting blogs seems to be a lot harder), but discovered this…
Eating habits
*Contains affiliate links N’s eating is coming along really well. He’s gone a bit off vegetables (unless they’re the only thing put in front of him)…he seems to be a bit of a carb freak (bread, croissants, naan bread, cheese…
Does having a baby change your appearance?
It’s a question that my friends and I have discussed at length. We all know someone who since having kids looks a lot older due to lack of sleep and stress, but we also always know of someone who’s the…
Highchairs in restaurants
What is it with highchairs in restaurants and their lack of trays? So many eating places provide high chairs for babies/toddlers, but so few of them seem to have trays. Ok, so it often means the high chairs are much…
