Bathtime bonding with Matey
Having had Matey bubble bath used during my childhood, I’ve always been keen that N uses it too. So I was interested to see the book they’d developed as part of the ‘Making bathtime fun’ initiative. The creation of the…
Thoughtful discussion
Flu vaccine nasal spray – does your child get it?
It’s the cold and flu season now, and already it seems that some pretty horrendous colds are going round, and hanging round for some length of time. And this time of year also brings the flu vaccination programmes with it….
Embarrassing trip to the barber’s
I love going to the hairdressers myself (despite my hairdresser being unable to cut my fringe for some reason – I always end up trimming it and sorting it out myself when I get home), and I think N quite…
Pottering about with sticks
Having had colds for a few weeks, and the weather not being great, we’ve not managed to get out and about that much recently. But never one to agree to staying inside, N’s happy to make the most of any…
The man in the moon
N seems to be obsessed with the moon this week. I don’t know whether they’ve been looking at books about the moon at nursery because we’ve not been talking about it at home for a long time. Every evening before…
Conkers here, there and everywhere
Here, there and everywhere. That’s what the conker situation is like in our house at the moment. We didn’t manage to get out to collect conkers last weekend, but we didn’t really need to thanks to N’s nursery school. I…
From organised to last minute
I’ve turned into my worst nightmare… I used to be really organised. I’d plan everything in advance – dance weekends would be planned almost a year ahead, to book in to visit friends we’d have to book months in advance,…
Children and signs of being ill
We’ve been fairly lurgied up the last week, although N seemed to get over his pretty quickly, and instead, mine’s the cold that’s been lingering. However, he did have a real mix hit him. Two days running I was rung…
Don’t want to go…toddler refusals
Uh oh, I though as we drove up to his nursery school and N piped up from the back seat ‘Don’t want to go to this nursery school’. I know it’s a new nursery and the past few weeks he’s…
Great toy sales offers but poor availability
Do you love a good offer? Of course, everyone does, because however much money you have, you always want to get a better deal. And nowadays with the internet it means there’re more deals around and more people can find…
Child bulldozer…emotional child?
I’ve never thought of N as a particularly emotional child. He likes lots of hugs and kisses (licky, slurpy ones – although he doesn’t get the licking part thankfully, he just makes a slurping sound near your face!). But he’s…