As I’ve mentioned (a few times) before, N is starting school in September. I’ve been seeing on social media everyone else’s last days at preschool, and reading all about other parents’ emotional ‘end of nursery’ posts. We’re probably not the only ones, but it seems like it sometimes. N goes to 2 nurseries – one…
A first nursery nativity play
Note to self, in future always arrive at school events 10 minutes beforehand rather than 2 minutes before. For N’s first nativity play at day nursery, I arrived to find I was the last parent by miles to arrive, and poor N was gazing round obviously looking at all the parents and wondering where I…
The dreaded nursery phone call
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 phone display. My heart always sinks as you never know what the problem is. This…
Childhood influence – forever friends?
As a baby grows into a toddler and onwards, childhood influence is an interesting one to watch. I’m sure there are plenty of parents with older children that area despairing or pleased at their childrens’ influencers but at the moment with N, it’s just really interesting to watch his friendships develop and evolve. N’s now…
What to take in a nursery bag
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 of getting shouted at. The things mummy says we need to include are: Change of…
