I’ve been waiting to write this post for ages and, to be honest, it’s probably a teensy bit premature. You see, instead of writing a post about all the problems we have with getting children and babies to go to sleep and getting them to stay asleep, I wanted to …
So as a parent of a… well, of a child… there are certain tricks or strategies that are required to get the child to do what you want them to do, or not to do what you don’t want them to do – or just to keep you reasonably sane. …
Chris and I both work from home – together. We run (or fail to run) the home – together. We bring up our children – together. Yes, of course, there are things we disagree on and areas where one of us would like the other to do better – I …
About nine months ago we decided to banish the TV from the living room. OK, actually, when I say ‘we’ I really mean Chris. It was something he’d been talking about doing for a few months and I’d resisted. Vehemently. I liked having a TV there. I liked ironing in …
This is a post for Josie’s Writing Workshop. This week, I could have written something for each of the prompts (perhaps because I’m doing some serious nano-wri-mo procrastination), but this is the one that decided to come out. You might have preferred an angst-ridden delving into my past, that you …
If you’re a parent and you tweet, it’s very likely you’re aware of Kirstie Allsopp’s (of Location, Location, Location fame) campaign against homework. And I see and hear other parents complaining about homework and saying they are homework free. I just don’t get it. What is wrong with homework? I …
This afternoon, I spent 5 minutes or so making a new word flip book for Rosemary, using a Post-it pad. She’s been doing very well with the flip book I made a few weeks ago and that we’ve been adding to, which started off just with the first letters they …
Superheroes Witches Hope you all had a fantastic Halloween.
It’s my birthday today and to celebrate I have two giveaways for you. Vosene have recently developed a range of preventative nit hair care, designed to repel nits. We’ve had some for a while and so far Rosemary (and the rest of us) have stayed nit free, though I keep …
Clothing at Tesco sent us these halloween costumes to try out – and the post office finally got them to us yesterday. It’s a little late to get them in time for Halloween, but it’s half price on what they have left, so why not stock up on some costumes …
