Have you ever had one of those days where, despite knowing full well that you’re not a bad parent, have gone around giving people the impression that you’re completely useless? That was me this morning. It should have been pretty straightforward really – Kate joined Dylan on a pre school trip to a nearby farm …
I don’t mind admitting that I’ve been a little stressed of late. The job search, the subsequent uncertainty about moving house now I may be temporarily ‘sans vocation’ and an assortment of other first world problems have left me feeling rather up against it all. As a result, I *may* have become a little more …
This post is about a monumentally shit night’s sleep. I’m writing it straight after an equally awful one, so please forgive any bitterness. Xander has, of late, been a complete nightmare during the hours when children of his age should be fast asleep. He was already rubbish at sleeping through the night – I think …
I knew this day would come. It did with Dylan and there was no reason to expect Xander to somehow dodge this inevitable landmark, but it’s still caught me off guard. He’s started giving us hints of what he’s going to be like when he’s angry. And, yes, the early indications are that we’re not …
From this Monday forward, I’m joining forces with one of my favourite bloggers, Sarah, from Hello Wall… The Voice of Sarah Miles in co-hosting The Monday Club. I’m really chuffed to have been asked to co-host this great linky. I hope that my being on board will coincide with it going from strength to strength, …
Waterloo, The Alamo and that bit of land the 300 Spartans were rather attached to. To this patchy list of memorable battle grounds must be added the name Polegate where, only last week, a significant victory over a formidable and determined adversary was clinched. We got Dylan to sleep in his ‘big boy bed’. Oh yes! …
It struck me recently that we have probably over indulged Dylan in certain respects. Not in terms of buying him too many toys or giving him too many treats, you understand. No, just with letting him be a little lazy with things he could be doing for himself. I don’t think of this as a …
Dylan has been doing lots of new things lately and there are no two ways about it, the little monkey is getting cheekier by the day. It seems as though he had it all stored in reserve for once he’d cracked walking because, since we took him out for his first stroll in real, big …
Dylan has a new favourite thing: guess what it is! A new food flavour? Nope. A new educational cartoon? Wrong again. How about a new sound that he’s experimenting with? Not even close. No, his new pastime of choice is to joyfully hit me in the face. The first time he did it was on …