Children’s parties are a nightmare. I’m not sure that anyone would say they’re without hassle. I am being fairly relaxed about N’s ‘non-birthday’ party (apart from potentially having to do a few sun dances to pray that it’ll be dry…
Four year olds are a total breed apart from children at other ages. Two year olds have the terrible twos (well, many do, we seemed to avoid that one). Three year olds become threenagers. We had an extremely challenging little…
I spotted the ’73 Questions’ meme on Mum turned Mom, and decided I’d give it a go. I enjoy these memes, but blimey they take a long time to think about and answer! 1. Were you named after anyone? Not as…
I expect most of my regular readers or instagram followers will have seen the photo of N in a slightly odd get up of a supersized jacket. I feel very sorry for him (not enough that I wasn’t going to…
If you’re a parent, you know there’s a moment when you’re answering your child’s questions and you realise that you might have gone too far, and given them far more information than they need. And possibly opening a whole can…
However much I set out everything for the morning the night before, it always seems like a rush. Of course that might be due to me wanting to read in bed for as long as possible now I’m back into…
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…
Both N and I are a tad on the chatty side…(except him on the way home from nursery). I’ve always been of the belief that a child will be a lot more stable and happier if they have things explained…
N does make me laugh sometimes…and exasperated. He comes out with the funniest things, and he’s also already perfected the ability to not tell me anything about what happens at nursery. At least at the moment, I have handovers from…
