New job
After finishing my last job, I had the luxury of some time off job hunting. Toss up between big commute again (lots of available great jobs, mostly further than previously) and trying to find something closer to home (unlikely in…
Thoughtful discussion
Hair wash time
N’s now got to the washing stage. Washing himself. He’s always been quite keen on cleaning his face with wipes after eating, but now he wants to wash himself in the bath. Usually we just bubble bath – we’ve been…
Bedtime
N’s always had quite a good bedtime routine. He enjoys it, whether it be bathtime or stories, and is generally really good at settling down. We know he’ll be good at going to sleep if he says ‘bye bye’ when…
Toddlerisms 7: Mine
Turning 2 means the likelihood that ‘mine’ becomes one of a toddlers favourite words. With N it’s taken over from ‘no’. Everything is ‘mine’ at the moment. He’s not got the ‘yours’ yet, just ‘mine’. So, that’s food. Grabbing the…
Singing repertoire
N’s broadening his singing repertoire. We now have 5 recognisable songs. It’s strange because one of his little friends who seems to hit all the usual milestones at the same time as him, sings Twinkle Twinkle and her speech is…
Car colour practise
As mentioned before, N’s not too hot at colours. I lie, he knows the names of the colours, and nods if I ask what colour they are. But he’s still obsessed with saying yellow to everything. Although now we have…
Toddlerisms 6: Grapes
N loves fruit. I imagine most children do (especially over veg, although he does love veg too), but I think N’s slightly obsessed with it. So much so that it’s always the fruit he tried to make a grab for…
Toddler friends
Being 2 seems to be the start of having friends. Before N’s been happy to tag around after his old cousins, and vaguely do activities at nursery alongside other children, but it’s great to see him really connecting with other…
Miserable kids
Miserable kids really aren’t what you want. Children, especially young ones, should be full of fun and laughter, excitement and interest. Thankfully N is a happy chappy and even though he occasionally has a bit of a wobble and cry…
Night night
As I’ve said before, N loves reading so of course before bed we have to choose a book (or 2) to read. Today we had Cock-a-Doodle Quack Quack which is a lovely book about a baby cockerel being born, but not…
The Best
Chuckle chuckle. Who’s the best in our household? According to the OH, it’s him. He keeps trying to indoctrinate N by telling him ‘Dad’s Best’ in the hope that N will repeat it back. Unfortunately it seems to be failing….
