Christmas displays in Milton Keynes
Last year I took N to Milton Keynes to see the Christmas displays with my mum. I wanted to take him again this year (predominantly for me as I love seeing the displays), but he did love the train so…
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First Swimming refusal
Oh dear. This week saw a major meltdown and swimming refusal. Because we’ve been visiting my mum in the mornings, he has his lunch there, then we head to swimming with him having his nap in the car. Before we…
Getting out in the fresh air
The past few weeks haven’t created many opportunities to get out and about. Usually we spend a bit of time around the farm and then go out to explore places at the weekend, but with lots of visiting my mum,…
When is ill too ill for swimming?
When you’re taking your baby or toddler swimming, it’s always hard to know when they’re ill and shouldn’t be going swimming. They can’t tell you when they’re ill, and often, they could be a bit off colour but still be…
How do children cope with serious illness?
Illness, more specifically terminal illness, is something that you’d never wish on anyone and their families, but with children involved there’s always a worry about how they’ll cope and deal with it. I have to say, so far, N’s been…
Playing together as toddlers
N’s very definitely now at the starting to playing together stage, rather than playing alongside other children. It’s lovely to see the development of this, and how it differs when he’s with different children. At his day nursery, he’s the…
Say cheese – It’s school and nursery photo time
A couple of weeks ago N had his photo taken for the standard round of nursery photos. I was pretty optimistic we’d get lots of choice and some pretty good photos out of them for various reasons: Obviously N is…
Toddler habits: staring and people watching
N is terrible at staring at other people. He definitely takes after me in being interested in people watching (not in a stalkerish way, just in an interested in people way!). There are two things in particular he’s awful at….
Toddler excuses for everything
N is building up his bank of toddler excuses. He’s moved on from just saying no. In fact I don’t think I’ve heard him just say no for ages. Now we get ‘too dark for me mummy, turn the light…
Emotional bonding with babies
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…
NHS Choices or not? Not many in this case
Today I decided I needed to get my leg sorted out. A couple of days ago I thought I’d pulled a muscle, then yesterday it was lumpy and felt bruised behind and above my ankle and at the back of…
