Our life with our toddler
Ok, ok, I’m being dramatic but at this moment in time, the dummy is beginning to grate. I was determined before Boo was born that she wouldn’t have a dummy. Sleepless nights ensued and I found the hubster sat holding one of the little blighters in Boo’s mouth one day and that, my friends, is…
Is it just me or is anyone else struggling with #100HappyDays? If you’ve not heard of it, you have to post a photo of something that makes you happy every day for 100 days to a social media outlet like Twitter, Pinterest or Facebook. I thought it was a lovely idea and it is, however…
So you’d think the fact that we live on a farm would mean we have enough animals to keep us amused, wouldn’t you? Well that is true but when it comes to the more exotic kind of beast, I’m pretty sure the Department for Environment and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) don’t allow even the likes of…
I think we’ve all become numb to the news of various high street retailers going bust. I suppose Woolworths was one of the first big names in the British retail industry to go and a large number of others have followed. These big high street names just can’t compete with online shopping and, the ever-encroaching…
All children develop at different times. I remember stressing over my daughter crawling and walking. As a shoe-fanatic myself, I was simply dying to get Boo her first pair of shoes. Fast forward over a year and boy am I regretting being so eager. As she was a late walker however, I have faired better…
I am ashamed to say that I watched Celebrity Big Brother last night. It was on Channel 5 at 9pm-prime time viewing for older children and all I can say is, I am glad that my child is too young to watch it. Three of the contestants-one man and two women were cavorting in a…
We went to a kids party yesterday. As Boo is nearly three, we are still at the stage of me going with her. We have been to countless parties since she has been born and it is just a minefield of party etiquette which no-one ever tells you about. As party goers, it’s the mothers…
Being a parent can sometimes feel isolating. You can loose touch with what is going on in your friend’s worlds let alone the world at large. When they are very young especially, your life revolves around feeds and changing and you get obsessed with sleep, toilet habits and whether they’re warm/cool enough. Now my Boo…
So last night the elves (my husband and I) did the thing I had been dreading. We put my daughter’s ELC cottage kitchen together (http://www.elc.co.uk/Wooden-Cottage-Kitchen—Red/136819,default,pd.html#q=cottage%20kitchen). I had been worrying about it for a while. I could see us up until 4am Christmas Day morning doing it and, with a day of play and cooking to…
Tonight I wrapped my daughter’s presents and as I hid them behind the chair in the living room, I heard Peppa Pig’s voice booming from within the wrapping. Batteries in kids toys are a double edged sword at Christmas time. On one hand you want them to enjoy the toys you have bought them. On…
