As a baby grows into a toddler and onwards, childhood influence is an interesting one to watch. I’m sure there are plenty of parents with older children that area despairing or pleased at their childrens’ influencers but at the moment…
Mummy gets my bag ready for nursery the night before, but I like to include my own things just as we’re walking out of the door. Anything to cause hassle and panic is great fun, although there is the danger…
There’s a whole load of reasons why people write blogs. Some aspire to be writers, or want to write something for them, others want to share some learnings or experiences they’ve had. Others, like me, start out wanting to journal…
Now N has the hang of the language thing, I’m finding we have some great conversations. Some are a little loopy and irrelevant as you’d expect for a 3 year old’s thought processes. Others involve out and out lies and…
The other day, my mother-in-law mentioned that although we’d missed the terrible twos, we were obviously getting terrible threes instead. I thought it wasn’t the case, but there’s definitely been a big change and independence is one of the things…
When should you take children to the theatre? Tips on how to know they’re ready.
I think we’ve been to our last birthday party for a few weeks. The last one was interesting with N to say the least. It was held at a soft play that we’ve not been to since he was probably…
I’ve mentioned N’s tongue tie before and the saga of getting it checked, referred and diagnosed. I’m astounded at how many people you mention tongue tie too who’ve had it themselves or their children have. And yet it’s never mentioned…
N is usually pretty well behaved. We missed the terrible twos. Although we seem to have got a bit of the ‘threenager’ behaviour coming out now. Most of his extreme behaviour (well, anger) when it erupts is down to his…
I’m astounded at how many people speak or touch before thinking whenever there’s a baby or pregnant woman on the scene. It drives me mad. Pregnancy Before you’re pregnant you never realise how quickly your body seems to become other…
I think I’d mentioned a while back how I’d suffered a DVT. It seems to be resolved, but as I’d had one years ago (with neither having been brought on by anything in particular), I’m now having to take warfarin,…
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