One of the most important jobs a parent has is to make sure their children are ready and prepared for being let loose on the next phases of their life. We get them through the baby and toddler years, through…
Most children enjoy helping cook, or at least bake, from an early age. Baking tends to be what we parents start with letting them join in as they’re usually enthusiastic about eating cake. But children are often able to start…
When you have children, teeth seem to become a topic of conversation and sometimes concern. There’s not always a lot of information about them. And when children only see a dentist once every 6 or 9 months, you can’t always…
I love the spark and enthusiasm of children. The ideas they come up with that they believe just can’t fail. I’m not sure that N’s latest ideas are that realistic for a 9 year old and his friend to make…
Birthday parties might be fairly limited at the moment given social distancing and other Covid restrictions around the world, but sometimes it’s good to have ideas for later. Parties to look forward to once everyone can mix again. Or even…
Fair play is something I’ve been big on even back as a child. N seems to be stricter about it even more than I was, but maybe that’s just me looking in on the way he believes and acts, as…
I do like the occasional blogging tag, and spotted this Controversial Parenting Tag one over at Life as Kim. While I’m not going to preach others on the way they parent, I do have quite strong opinions on what worked…
N has always been a good eater. Breakfast he can sometimes take it or leave it, but otherwise he’ll eat good meals and then be hungry in between. People always say children’s eating increases at times of growth spurts. But…
My OH would shudder and say it’s all about girls. But I think it’s so important that boys are taught about periods before puberty. And that’s before girls puberty, not boys’. There’s less of a stigma talking about them now…
Not every parent loves a birthday party. Especially with the hassles that can crop up. From people not rsvp-ing, to children changing their mind about themes, and the expectations and costs that can be involved. Thankfully ours have been fairly…
Recurrent tonsillitis is horrible and it’s not made everything while we’ve been at home as good as it might have been. In so many ways, we’ve been lucky for lockdown. Living on the farm means there’s some normality – the…