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I didn’t read parenting books, go to NCT classes or even really prepare for parenthood before Alfie arrived. They talk about routines, feeding, sleeping, everything. I sometimes wonder if I maybe should have? We started life as a family of three off by winging it and quite frankly we have done just that as life…
Autumn Activities & Adventures Autumn is such a colourful season. The deep oranges, browns, reds, the dark greens make Greenland and Trees make for stunning photos. But autumn can also be a season for some great activities with toddlers and children. So here is a list of things to do with your little ones to…
Screen time. Should it be limited? This, I find, is such a controversial topic! You could be anywhere on a scale of ‘no screen time’ to ‘screen time as much as they want’ or somewhere in the middle. Screen time can be anything from watching TV to playing on an iPad or on a smart…
Alfie is nearly two. I’m told that “the terrible twos are coming!” The terrible twos are already here, let me tell you! Alfie has mastered the terrible two strop of throwing himself on the floor crying. Normally for no particular reason, or if he doesn’t get what he wants. He is a master at throwing…
“I think we need to take him to A&E”. That is a sentence I never expected to say. It definitely wasn’t one I expected to say on numerous different occasions over the past year! Just over a year ago was the first time we had to take him to A&E. It was one of the…
How has the Summer been and gone? We’ve just gone back to work, and this term is going to hit us with a big bang! I’m going to do a quick round-up of the whole summer. You’ll soon see how crazy we were having not much time off at all! We’ve had 46 days off,…
If you read my Breastfeeding: When do you stop? then you will know that Alfie used to be a booby monster and I thought that our breastfeeding journey was maybe coming to an end then. We are now two months down the line. Alfie fed like crazy after I published that post, typical hey? But…
This weekend my brother came down to go to a gaming festival, Insomnia, with Dan for their birthday presents. It ran from Friday – Monday and Friday was an all day thing with an evening event, so they’d be gone ALL day.
Let me start this post by saying I am not ready for potty training. Not at all.
We’ve recently been to the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Rooftop Restaurant in Stratford-Upon-Avon for Afternoon Tea for my mother in law’s Mother’s Day and Birthday present. Yes, as always, we were late and didn’t have a weekend free to fit it in!