I can honestly say that, for me, potty training is the worst part of being a parent. I just don’t think I am very good at it. Added to that, once you’ve got them used to sitting on a potty, you then have to get them used to sitting on a regular toilet and that…
I’ve got a bit of a confession to make. When I was at university, my friends and I regularly watched Teletubbies. They really were all the rage with toddlers and students alike. Now I am a mother, I was so pleased to hear that a new series had been made but my own personal love…
It seems, in the last three months, I have stopped being a mother. Not fully, I still have two children and I am definitely still 100 per cent mother to Boo. With G though, while I am still mummy in the traditional sense-loving and caring for him, I have become so, much more. I…
A couple of years ago, I wrote a post entitles 10 things you said you wouldn’t do with your children but do. Maybe your first child is a trial run, maybe you learn your lesson. I think I have done things differently with G. So here are my top five things I did with Boo…
There comes a time in a child’s life when they are caught in a type of limbo. They no longer want to sot in the pram-think back arching and screaming. Yet they are not steady enough on their feet to walk unaided, all of the time. We have been going through this lately. Baby G…
If you follow my blog and social media channels regularly, you will know my often chequered relationship with prams and pushchairs. My last experience with an umbrella-fold pushchair was when Boo was one (four years ago now) and I am not going to lie, I was sceptical. If you read my post about My…
Some people may be putting their trees up today. Some may already have their decorations up. I am going to try and hold off just one more week. Not least because we have so many decorations, it may take me a week to prepare and then get it all up. With young children though, it…
Last year, sleep specialists Silent Night surveyed parents about sleep. Please don’t spit out your drink. I know any parents reading this will laugh wildly. Nothing prepares you for the lack of sleep. Nothing. Although Boo maybe almost four but we still go through peaks and troughs of sleeping through and then waking up two…
Recently we had to say goodbye to the afternoon nap and it seems at three-and-a half, we are on a roll of saying goodbye to routines and activities which at one time were as regular as brushing teeth or asking for juice in the morning. The latest bereavement is the little seat in the supermarket…
Toddlers, pre-schoolers-those illusive little creatures somewhere between the ages of two and four. Some of the traits mentioned below could be seen in a younger child but, with six months to go until four, I am hoping we will be saying good bye to them then. If you have just had your first baby and…
