Over the past 5 months of blogging, I have sporadically brought up DD2′s anxieties. My post about Separation Anxiety encouraged a torade of comments – both helpful and sympathetic, many readers pouring out their own experiences and feelings during childhood. Despite small progress in this area, ‘the worry monster’ has reared his ugly head again. [...]
Babies do generally NEED a lot of sleep, yes, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they will easily get as much as they need; its up to parents to work with our babies to help them get the sleep that they do need. So often I hear people struggling with bedtimes, night wakings and nap times; [...]
Where the husband works they run a number of projects and courses, confidence building, arts and crafts, cooking, that sort of thing. One of the other projects they run is a gardening group, a farm on the outskirts of Southend very kindly gave them a small plot of land so that people could go out [...]
How did i get here? Where has the last eleven years gone? One minute you’re dropping them off at Reception, then next they are off on their own to BIG school! Well, that told me. And there I was filled with a huge mixture of emotions all in one go…..sad that my not so little [...]
I pulled out an old journal recently and the entry seems appropriate to share today – Father’s Day. A little background before I start… at the time I wrote this, Keith was in the end stages of his life, and in and out of reality. He was barely aware of his surroundings, and there were [...]
Yip, you read that right. Chicken Fish. In much the same vein as Pastas Soup – that’s pasta with an ‘s’ to make it plural obvs. – Chicken Fish is a creation by (mother.wife.)me to aide with the Tinkerous Toddler’s intake of nutrients. Whilst Pastas Soup was, and is, a mixed vegetable soup containing ‘invisible’ [...]
This time last year we were all set for the imminent arrival of baby K-D. All the baby equipment was new and shiny. The OH was minus bags under his eyes and I had lovely pert boobs. I had read and digested nearly every baby book known to man, even reading aloud the bits that [...]
You see Lance was part of something, not only was he the greatest cyclist ever, he was on my list! Like this?Read more… Recommended by the
If you were to ask my four year-old-daughter what I was best at, she would tell you “Tidying up really quickly” or “Making cheese straws“. She is right about this, as it happens – but there is more to me than my mad cleaning skills and handy ability to whip up cheesy snacks. Honest. There [...]
Miss C reminds me of my Sister, Miss Baby K’s mum. When my Sister was younger, she loved animals. Of course, she still does but I’m not sure if she has the same passion for them as she did when she was about 6 or 7 and decided to jump in a pond to save [...]
The summer has WHIZZED past at an alarming speed. Next week I am sending four of my five back off to school – teen will be beginning her GCSE journey in year ten, tween starting out at senior school in year seven, and L & H heading in to years five and two respectively. Like [...]
A couple of weeks ago we went to one of our favourite shopping places, we never really shop there, more go for a little wander around and have a look at different shops. It is one of my favourite places but was also the last place we had been as a family before Rhianna died [...]
As my daughter approaches school age I have started wondering about how important “being good” actually is in a child and wondering if it is actually not that desirable after all… Like this?Read more… Recommended by Hertfordshire Mummy
Successful career, the breadwinner or income boost to make family life easier, however much you do or don’t enjoy the day job, keeping enough time and energy for a demanding family too is a hard juggling act. Like this?Read more… Recommended by Coombe Mill: Tails from the Farmers Wife
Dear Stig, You have been with daddy and me for almost 6 years and it’s a long and winding journey we have traveled. It feels like it started yesterday but at the same time there seems to be no beginning, as life before you is hard to remember. The first day we met, you leapt [...]
This is a great activity for little boys, but obviously girls love this sort of thing too!! We play with shaving foam in the bath a lot; its a lovely sensory material thats pretty irresistible to touch when its all puffed out like this: Like this?Read more… Recommended by Creative Playhouse
Dear Winter: you have performed well in 2012 – short days, bitterly cold nights, frosty car windows, adequate rain not to mention a storm or ten. I heard it was a good ski season too..but I wouldn’t know. The thought of frolicking around in the alps makes me want to kick a snowman in the [...]
Silent Sunday Like this?Read more… Recommended by Samantha & her two little girls
We found this gigantic spider in nanny’s garden today…should we test him for doping? Like this?Read more… Recommended by the life of a modern parent
This morning is not like any other, anticipation for what is to come has adrenaline coursing through my veins. Nothing can stop me from doing this today. It was a chance meeting that led me to him and now I can’t wait until the moment when I see him again. Like this?Read more… Recommended by [...]
