It astounds me how much N chats. He really is a chatty boy, and that’s great (although hard on the ears sometimes). Thankfully he doesn’t always talk at top volume, but it is incessant. I definitely believe that the amount…
Living within 2 miles of pretty much all of your close family means there’s never really a need to go for sleepovers. Usually if we’re going out in an evening, N’s Gran pops over to our house to babysit. But…
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…
When should you take children to the theatre? Tips on how to know they’re ready.
I still say I’m not a baby person even though we’ve had one. Considering that fact, I was surprised at how easily and automatic it was to bond with N even when he was just a tiny yellow bean. I’m…
After eating our main meal this lunch while away, I turned to a quick and easy recipe for dinner – pizza muffins. N’s a bit funny with pizza. Bizarre given most children lap it up. He’ll eat pizza at nursery,…
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…
We’ve got exciting plans for tomorrow. Stoneleigh Park is holding a Country and Livestock show this weekend; we used to go to the Royal Show when it existed (my mum used to take us, and then we’ve been since being…
Are balance bikes worth it for toddlers to learn to ride. Here’s our experience and why we chose the balance bike we did
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…
It’s so hard knowing when to lose the pushchair. Children go through phases with their pushchair. Quite happy to sit there. Then refusing to get back in when they’ve been given a chance to walk. Then refusing to leave it….
