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Parenting a Sicky Baby – Why it Sucks and How to Cope

Written by Josie

Sicky baby on mum’s shoulder with a muslin

My first baby was a sicky baby. He didn’t have reflux (although he did have colic) he was just sick on a far too regular basis. It varied between just a bit of “spit up” (what a lovely phrase that is!) to full blown projectile vomiting across the room. As he was my first baby, […]

Filed Under: Babies

I Hate Playing (and that’s ok)

Written by Josie

Mum sitting on the floor looking bored while child plays

Did you know that, statistically, it’s quite unusual for an only child to go on to have more than one child of their own? As an only child, I can kind of understand it. People with siblings imagine that only children are lonely, but if you’ve been one, you know that being an only child […]

Filed Under: Parenting Life

Creative Garden Play

Written by Josie

Creative Garden play - The Children with their creations.

When I was a child I spent hours playing out in the back garden. It was my go to activity when I was bored. We didn’t have a huge amount of space but it was full of fun stuff that I could get creative with. When I looked at our back garden, while it’s a […]

Filed Under: Free Range Parents

Letting a Child Play Outside Unsupervised

Written by Josie

Boy Child starting to play outside unsupervised

Boy Child is 8 now and we’ve decided it’s time to let him play outside unsupervised. Some of his friends are starting to play out, he really wanted to join them and often complained he was bored at home. I was certainly playing by his age and I’m keen for him to have some of […]

Filed Under: Free Range Parents

Melted Crayon Cards for Easter

Written by Josie

Melted crayon cards for easter

While I’m not a big fan of crafts, I do love a bit of process art. These melted crayon cards for Easter  involve my number one favourite craft activity, melting stuff! They are simple to make but do require an adult to do the melting bit. What you’ll need to make melted crayon cards: Some […]

Filed Under: Seasonal Process Art

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A blog about trying to raise independent kids while retaining a sense of humour. Me: I’m Josie, a 44 year old introvert and former librarian. Them: My husband Chris, Boy Child who is 12 and Girl Child who is 10. The others: Hera the cat and Baxter the dog. Read More…

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