A is for adult conversation Unless you want to burn a hole in your other half’s eardrums when they get home in the evening, find a way to get out of the house and meet other adults you can talk to. Babies are cute, but are very poor conversationalists. B is for bathing The baby […]
Parenting a Sicky Baby – Why it Sucks and How to Cope
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, […]
I Hate Playing (and that’s ok)
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 […]
Creative Garden Play
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 […]
Letting a Child 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 […]