I was interested to read about a study currently being undertaken in Canada, which is investigating the effects of sleep deprivation on the brain. Not least because this subject is rather close to home at the moment! I’ve been struggling with tiredness a lot lately. There are a number of factors at play. My busiest …
Amelie is getting more and more adventurous as she explores the house. She loves her brothers’ bunk bed. She had been climbing onto the lower bunk to steal Xander’s cuddly toys for a while, but upped things a notch this week. The other day I followed her in expecting to find her playing with teddy bears. …
Amelie has a new favourite thing. As is usually the case in such situations, it isn’t hers. Well, it wasn’t hers. It is hers now though. Years ago, before children were even on the radar, Kate’s brother gave her a Gizmo toy for Christmas. On a recent visit to the loft, I found a box of …
Somehow or other, Amelie is 18 months old already. It’s a whole year and a half since her dramatic arrival. I’ve got no idea how the time has passed so quickly, but here we are with another little one who is getting into everything. Her speech is really coming along and she has added plenty …
We were spending some time at my parents’ house yesterday when Amelie got bored. We were watching a family film together but she clearly wanted to provide the entertainment herself. She loves their house and their front room in particular. This is because there’s a recessed fireplace that makes a perfect stage for little ones. She …
Amazingly, the decent weather we were enjoying this time last week has continued. It would have been rude, therefore, not to spend as much time outside as possible. It has been a hectic week with lots of ups and downs so it was nice to visit my parents on Friday for a chilled-out catch up. My …
The much-welcome decent weather has seen us daring to venture outside at long last. Amelie, for one, is loving it. She really enjoys investigating the garden. I have to admit that, for the most part, our back yard is a tip at the moment. We have a bathtub and basin out there following building work! While we’ve …
It’s been a while since I wrote a post about Amelie, so it’s definitely time for an update. First things first, she’s now at the stage where we don’t know how to refer to her. She’s somewhere between baby and toddler at the moment – she’s been mobile for ages, but still looks like a baby. So what …
Having worked as a magazine journalist/copywriter/social media manager/web editor sort for the last ten years – that’s my CV in a nutshell, in case you’re interested – I’m no stranger to the importance of brand identity. The alarming thing is that Xander – who only recently turned three – is just as good when it comes to …
Xander has been a cheeky little bugger of late. That’s not groundbreaking news, I know. He’s two years old, testing his boundaries and has long since established himself as the family clown, but he’s become even more audacious in his approach to mischief recently. For example, he’s got very good at calling people names, albeit very …