Matter of fact children
It’s coming up for a year after my mum died. I can’t believe it’s been a year, and yet in some ways it feels like a lot longer. She’d been suffering for the best part of a year with an…
Parenting
Everything parenting and family oriented. Milestones, our family, growing up
Children’s birthday party and the nightmare child
So far, most of the parties that N has been invited to have mostly been via friends of mine – so NCT, friends from initial swimming classes, or neighbours. I expect this will probably change next year once he starts…
Swimming confidence and bathtime nightmare
After a good few weeks at swimming, but one missed due to chicken pox, we went back last weekend with me hoping that the week off hadn’t put N back a bit. Sometimes we find a short break does some…
Tongue tied toddler – tongue tie symptoms and solutions
I wrote previously about N being a tongue tied toddler, not knowing he had it until he was 2.5 years old, and then the faff and worry of whether it was affecting him. Luckily by the time we got him…
Getting back into the swing of nursery school routine
*Ad – sponsored post I’m presuming by now that all children of school age or nursery are back to school? For us, it really shouldn’t feel like we’ve gone back to nursery. N’s nursery school closed for the summer as…
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…
Food for thought on healthy eating and pregnancy diet with Aptaclub
When I fell pregnant I’d been on a diet – lots of healthy eating and exercise, and was at my ideal weight. Unfortunately, however much I wanted to eat well, my body was just craving food. No savoury or sweet…just…
Preschooler sweet nothings and a pretty christening
It’s always good when your child starts saying nice things about you. It’s not often N says much about people. Thankfully we’ve not had him pointing out people in the street and asking about babies etc, given he’s recently got…
Childrens appetites – how much do 3 year olds really eat?
However easy the child, parents always have concerns of some kind as their baby grows up. Eating’s one thing that’s always on people’s minds. It starts with the whole breast vs bottle worries – what do you want to do,…
Missing a child’s sports day
The summer holidays obviously don’t mean a lot to us yet. They will do next year before N starts school, but until then, we’ll be carrying on pretty much as normal. N’s nursery school has finished for the end of…
How to avoid swimming pool accidents
We’re not been having particularly successful swimming lessons the last couple of weeks. N’s happy enough to go swimming (once I’ve told him that he has to go swimming or he’ll not get to go out on the farm!), and…
