Month of firsts 12
August’s month of firsts is going to be a short one. We had lots of fun at weekends and the week off we had before the school term started, but in terms of milestones and achievements it’s been more of…
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20 Great posts preparing you and your kids for starting school
With N starting school, it was time to start thinking about school days. I’ve written my own tips about preparing a child for starting school, taking you from the offer letter through to just before starting. But what have other…
13 essential tasks for preparing children starting school
We’re only a couple of weeks off starting school (every day I get asked, ‘when’s September?’) but I think I’ve got a pretty good grasp of the things that need to be checked off before starting. So I thought I’d…
Introducing the Ultimate Kids Bucket and Spade List
You’ve heard of a bucket list, but here’s a bucket and spade list for kids including everyday and more aspirational dreams
9 signs that you’re the parent of a four year old
Four year olds are a total breed apart from children at other ages. Two year olds have the terrible twos (well, many do, we seemed to avoid that one). Three year olds become threenagers. We had an extremely challenging little…
How to teach kids to ride a bike the easy and no tumble way
Bike Week is always in June, so get your children cycling and out and about as a family over those summer months. Way back in 2015 there was a proud mummy moment. N learnt to ride a pedal bike, and…
Out of our control – Primary school allocations
With only a few days to go until parents hear about primary school places for reception class, the anticipation is building, and I’m becoming a little more anxious. With our county, 91% of children got their 1st choice place at secondary…
Children’s birthday party and the nightmare child
So far, most of the parties that N has been invited to have mostly been via friends of mine – so NCT, friends from initial swimming classes, or neighbours. I expect this will probably change next year once he starts…
A little pot of gold and silver – saving for children
I’m big on saving. I think it stems from my childhood, when my mum brought us up on her own after my dad died. She was always careful with money, and ensured we had savings accounts that were used specifically…
7 Tips for Toilet Training boys (part 2)
After yesterday’s toilet training post about how we N did it, I wanted to share my top tips on toilet training boys. Ok, so really toilet training any toddler, but slightly more relevance to boys given that’s what I’ve got…
Ikea fun and little handy man
N is very definitely better at the physical thing than the whole drawing and art area. Although he will sometimes pick up a pen and say he’s drawing a tractor or a person, and there may be a vague shape…
