*AD – sponsored review Over the years we’ve used a variety of childcare options for N. From day nursery, to nursery school, family, friends and after school club. We’ve also had N looked after occasionally inbetween nursery and work ending…
As we’re getting closer to the end of the school year, and primary school places have been allocated, parents start to worry about their child being ready for school. Starting school is polarising. Many believe that the Scandinavian way is…
The long summer holidays are almost upon us which brings pleasure for children, and some parents. And horror for other parents. School holidays are when many parents (mostly mums) probably wish they only worked term time or were stay at…
As a working parent, there’s one thing I always dread after sending N off to nursery. Biting? Fighting? Bad language? Inappropriate actions that his dad’s taught him? Nope. It’s the dreaded nursery phone call with their name flashing out on the…
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…
So, babysitting circles. Does anyone still have them in their area? What are they, I hear you ask? When we were kids, we lived on a commuter village housing estate full of families with school age children. It was a…
Like any other nursery, ours keeps learning journals for each child. As parents we can sign them out as and when to peruse at leisure and see what they’ve been up to. Always useful when you only get a short…
Now the summer holidays have hit, it means N’s childcare is changing. He used to do two days a week being looked after by my sister-in-law, which he and his cousin thought was brilliant. Plus it meant being only round…
Nursery have a new feature…a mud kitchen. I used to think N was bad with sand, but at least that was dust-able off (and even when he mixed it with water, it wasn’t too awful on the washing front). But…
I’ve just realised how easy it is to jinx good thoughts. People usually say I’m a bit of a moaner and that I can be negative. However, I like to think I’m a realist.  My theory is that if you…
N was so cute today. He loves going to play at his youngest cousin’s on the days he goes there (not entirely sure he’s going to cope once the cousin starts school in September), and today was one of those…