Review: Our ‘must have’ toy
Like all families with children, we seem to be overrun with toys (and books). Luckily N seems happy to play with almost all of them, rediscovering old toys in the bottom of the toy bucket as well as enjoying any…
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Sunday supermarket sourness
Today we had to nip to the supermarket (again!). We had a choice of car parking space due to no-one really knowing that it was open longer hours on Sundays due to the Olympics relaxation of trading hours. We were…
Toddler training and toddler chores ideas
It’s great having a toddler…if you train them well, you can have your own little servant. They can even start having their own responsibilities. Toddler chores. We’ve not got quite that far but N does have a touch of it…
What’s funny now?
N’s a pretty cheery little boy and always has been. Lots of smiles does make it easier to work out if he’s a bit off colour. There’s certain things that are always going to make him laugh: Daddy coming into…
What makes one baby group work and another not?
Over the past year and a half N & I have been to lots of different baby & toddler groups. We were lucky at the beginning having had a group of good NCT friends where we could all agree to…
Taking babies to work
It was a while ago now that the tv show was on, but there was recently a documentary on BBC2 about a company who trialled an American work idea of having parents bring their babies into work with them. The…
Summer sales
I’ve said it before, I’m a fan of shopping. I have to admit that I’m not keen on shopping for myself at the moment (predominantly because I’ve got loads of clothes that I can’t get into so don’t really want…
Little dancer
Every development toddler email newsletter I receive seems to have mentioned that this is the stage where toddlers are on the move (mmm, think we’ve had that stage for a while, although running is definitely a favourite at the moment)….
Cultural entertainment
N’s not really a fan of the television. Well, he doesn’t seem that fussed by it, even though (naughty me) it tends to be on all the time as background noise. I always mean to put the radio on but…
Samsung Hope Relay
I’d seen the ads on various websites and in emails, but didn’t really think much more about them. But I’ve now decided to try and film N (well, I’m not putting myself on vid!) doing something ‘sporty’ to upload onto…
Bye Bye – new words
“Bye” is N’s current favourite word. His vocabulary’s growing gradually, still obsessing with animals and their noises, but he loves saying “bye” and waving as he leaves places. (Waving to say hello is also popular, but less so). It…