Windsor visit
Last week, N and I went to visit my nan. She doesn’t really get out of the house, and being over an hour away, we don’t get over there more than once or twice a year given full time working…
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Shopping and cooking with Flora Buttery
This week I’ve been shopping and cooking with Flora as part of a sponsored Collective Bias shop. In our family we’re a bit torn with spreads and butters…the OH is strictly butter (and it has to be British), while I…
50 Books Challenge: May round up
It’s been a while since I did a round up, mainly because I’ve read a couple of huge books (my Kindle was telling me they’d take 8 hours each, and I’m a pretty fast reader, although only really get an…
Chair play
N’s always been a bit of a fidgetter (aren’t all toddlers?), but he’s started playing with his (my old) wooden chair. He tips it over, then stands in it, then tries to sit on the floor in it, on the…
Swimming confidence
Building up swimming confidence takes time, although some children take to the water really quickly. N was a bit of a slow burner – started off ambivalent, then liked it, then hated with a vengeance, then loved it. I’m hoping…
Gardening introduction for toddlers
A couple of months ago I bought a little bucket with some strawberry seeds. I thought even allowing for my lack of gardening skill and interest we’d be able to manage that and that it would be a good gardening…
Toddler drink repertoire
It’s always been easy to keep healthy on the drinks front with N. His drinks repertoire has been milk (as much as available although he’s been requesting it less over the last week) and water. He’s started to get a…
Potty training
When does potty training officially start? When toddler first does a wee on potty or toilet? When parent is ready and states they’re starting their child potty training? I’m not planning to start officially potty training N until this summer. …
Review: 360, Milton Keynes
Yesterday N and I went to 360 in Milton Keynes for a meet up with some friends. We don’t get to see them very often, what with work and family, so we like to make the most of it so…
The Wool Fair
A visit to the annual Wool Fair in Shipston on Stour over bank holiday.
What’s the best swimwear for boys?
We’ve been swimming a while with N, since he was a few months old, and have been through a lot with him during our Water Babies journey. But as they grow it’s hard to know what they should wear. Having…
