Activities

Everything we get up to – activities, learning and play

Crafts
Not so creative talent
ByEmma January 3, 2021
Having N at nursery is a bonus when it comes to messy creative play as it means they get to do the tidying up and I get to enjoy the ‘pictures’ when they get brought home. Although I did decide…
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Play & Learn
Teddy bear love
ByEmma January 3, 2021
Although he’s always had some teddies (well, elephant, cow, polar bear, dog and teddy) at the head of his cot that occasionally he chucks out, Nathaniel’s never really been that fussed about cuddly toys. He has a small Peter Rabbit…
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Activities
Day Zero update, 101 in 1001
ByEmma June 19, 2018
In the last few weeks before getting back to work again, I’ve managed to tick off quite a few of my tasks on my 101 in 1001 days. There’s still a lot to go, although as quite a few were…
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Books | Parenting
Encouraging babies to enjoy books
ByEmma June 17, 2018
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…
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Milestones | Photography
Photo queuing
ByEmma June 17, 2018
I love getting proper professional photos taken of my baby. Of course I take loads of my own photos, but you can never get a nice background (unless you want to set the place up properly). It’s lovely to have…
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Parenting | Swimming
Baby separation anxiety at swimming
ByEmma December 30, 2020
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…
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Milestones | Music
Music is the food of baby love
ByEmma June 17, 2018
I love music and I really want N to like and appreciate it as I was able to growing up and now. Since 3 months old I’ve been taking him to Rhythm Time which builds up over the ages up…
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Photography
Black and white baby photography
ByEmma March 8, 2023
I wish I’d tried to get some arty shots of N much earlier on. His hands & feet have always been like monster baby versions compared to those of his little friends, so it would have been nice to have…
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Parenting | Play & Learn
Do you really need baby toys
ByEmma May 16, 2021
*Ad-contains affiliate links It’s really hard not to go mad with buying all the baby toys you see. There’s obviously the ‘in’ toys, currently the Jumperoo (a brilliant activity centre come bouncer, which has fans & people against it due…
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General family lifestyle | Swimming
Swimming babies
ByEmma March 31, 2023
Last Wednesday we had our first Waterbabies class. All very exciting and very cute to see all the babies in their happy nappies and wetsuits. Our NCT group (minus 1) are doing the session together, plus there’s another mum and…
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Swimming
Waterbaby – first baby swimming experiences
ByEmma March 31, 2023
I always thought N quite liked the bath as he seems to zone out, however now I’m not so sure as he never really smiles, laughs and simply refuses to splash. But he’s the same in the swimming pool (we’ve been…
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