Hospital visits
Hospitals are a hard one with children. You’re never quite sure whether you should take children in with you to visit people. It’s a toss up between making the person in hospital happy as well as the child being able…
Thoughtful discussion
Toddler chores
N’s big on toddler chores at the moment. He loves helping out; getting used to helping doing things round the house (however unhelpfully at the moment) may (fingers crossed) mean he’s more willing to help when he’s older. So far…
Children’s daily surprise
When is it that children lose their daily surprise and their discovery of everything being exciting with the world? Wouldn’t it be great if we adults got so excited about the day. Each morning, N seems surprised when I go…
High maintenance children
It’s always a bit hit and miss as to what type of child you end up with. Obviously you’d expect them to have some personality traits similar to the parents, but they could end up being totally different. After seeing…
Socialising vs life and work
I’m now back working full time. My old job was an hour’s commute so to do nursery runs, I had to reduce my hours. Unless you’re very lucky, it’s hard to find a job that’s shorter hours. Then there’s the…
Sorry & cuddles
Generally N’s quite a good little boy. We rarely (touch wood) have tantrums, and even when we do have a bit of a mood swing and moan, he seems to be quite easily distracted to avoid whatever incident might be…
2 year old and photo session
I wanted to get some photos done of N when he hit 2, and missed out on our Pixifoto free visit when it came just after Christmas. But our local softplay has a several relevant businesses that work out of there…
New job
After finishing my last job, I had the luxury of some time off job hunting. Toss up between big commute again (lots of available great jobs, mostly further than previously) and trying to find something closer to home (unlikely in…
Hair wash time
N’s now got to the washing stage. Washing himself. He’s always been quite keen on cleaning his face with wipes after eating, but now he wants to wash himself in the bath. Usually we just bubble bath – we’ve been…
Bedtime
N’s always had quite a good bedtime routine. He enjoys it, whether it be bathtime or stories, and is generally really good at settling down. We know he’ll be good at going to sleep if he says ‘bye bye’ when…
Toddlerisms 7: Mine
Turning 2 means the likelihood that ‘mine’ becomes one of a toddlers favourite words. With N it’s taken over from ‘no’. Everything is ‘mine’ at the moment. He’s not got the ‘yours’ yet, just ‘mine’. So, that’s food. Grabbing the…