We’ve marbled with ink and marbled with shaving foam and really enjoyed it so we thought we’d have a go at marbling with chalk. This is a really easy process art activity that even toddlers could do with a bit of help. Everything you need is probably already in your house and if it isn’t, […]
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Parenting Life and Humour
The Best Gifts for Kids in Lockdown – Keeping Them Entertained
Being stuck at home can mean only one thing. Boredom. While I’m usually keen on being frugal, my first instinct was to throw money at the problem. Our planned holiday was obviously cancelled so I decided to spend the money on some things to help keep them entertained at home. Here’s what I bought as […]
Free Range Parenting
What to do When the Kids are Bored
Bored kids are no fun to be around. They whinge and whine and flop themselves about the house. Their aim is to get you to provide some kind of exciting entertainment, usually one that involves you spending a fortune and them eating a lot of sugar. If you’d rather avoid that then I have some […]
Babies and Toddlers
Toddler Separation Anxiety
Leaving your toddler somewhere without you is hard. It automatically kicks the mum guilt into a high gear. If your toddler sobs their little heart out as you walk out of the door, mum guilt goes in to overdrive. We’ve all been there, which alone should tell us that we don’t need to feel guilty […]
Process Art with KIds
Chalk Marbling
We’ve marbled with ink and marbled with shaving foam and really enjoyed it so we thought we’d have a go at marbling with chalk. This is a really easy process art activity that even toddlers could do with a bit of help. Everything you need is probably already in your house and if it isn’t, […]
Older Children
Why We’ve Thrown the Curriculum Out of the Window for the Rest of Term
My kids have been brilliant during lockdown. While they have missed their friends and their activities and been sad not to see family, they have coped well. We’ve taken a very structured approach to school work, purely because structure and outline suits us a family. While there was been the odd grumble about school work, […]
Work at Home Mum
The Problems with Working From Home with a Toddler
Last week I unexpectedly had my 8 year old at home with me. I work from home so It was a work day for me so I had things I needed to get done. We muddled along fine, with him doing some Lego and watching a movie. The experience made me think about how different […]
Toddler Groups
Starting a Toddler Group
When Boy Child was just two and I was heavily pregnant with Girl Child I started attending a toddler group. By the time Girl Child was a few months old it was threatened with closure because the lady who had been running it was moving. With a baby and a toddler to look after I […]