I have never really been a baby person, and hadn’t been around young children much before we had N. Strangely I wasn’t too worried about it – I think that comes with being an over 30 mum, having lived my life and having confidence in my ability to pick up most things (if I stayed…
What love is…when you have children
When I was a girl, one of the chores we had to do was the drying up on a Sunday. Of course it was drying up minus dishwashers. We always fought over the best tea towels and one of my favourites was the Love Is…cartoon strip one. It was a cartoon of a little couple…
Living Arrows 2017 week 2 – gappy smiles
If there’s one thing that N does really well, it’s lose teeth. The new year has started with lots of gappy smiles. He’s not quite six yet, and on Friday tooth number 6 fell out at school. So the tally is 2 swallowed, 2 lost (on the farm and on a shoot), and 2 brought…
Tips on avoiding having a fussy eater through childhood
I might have been a fussy eater when I was a child, but now I love food. I can’t deny that. And that’s why, when I hit 28 and my metabolism went to post, I’ve found it easy to put on weight. That, and moving in with the OH who does a physical job and…
Hugs and kisses, and pretty girls
I was never a demonstrative child. As far back as I can remember I hated when people came to visit and said ‘Give xyz a kiss’. As I got older I wasn’t even keen on giving my mum a hug and kiss. That just wasn’t me, although I did get a bit better the older…
