For me potty training has to be one of the worst parts of parenting. I really wasn’t looking forward to potty training my youngest daughter, and was literally hoping she would just decide she wanted to wear big girl pants and that would be it. She likes to do everything her big sister does, and…
We are a family who loves to travel, as you’ve probably guessed already. It’s taken some practice to make getting around with 2, and sometimes 3 kids, stress free but we are starting to feel like we’ve nailed it from where to take the family on holiday to making packing for the kids as easy…
One of the things I adored about Christmas was giving gifts. I enjoyed writing Christmas lists and choosing what I was going to buy and what presents would suit each friend or family member. This was before I had children. When I had children suddenly the whole world of present buying became a very different ball game.
Recently I’ve been thinking about how to keep the girls busy through the autumn. There is a little part of me that is sad about the wet and cold weather coming, and getting them out to the park becomes not being quite so easy. One thing I haven’t been doing with the both of them…
One thing that sporty parents are always keen to do is introduce their kids to sports from a young age. The idea is that if you get them hooked early, they’ll grow into athletic children and, later on, fit and healthy teens. But how early can you start teaching sport to your offspring? You might…
Princess requires a lot of interaction, and it’s not always possible to give it to her with the needs of a baby to meet at the same time. I have three days a week when it’s just me and Little Pudding at the moment, but I have spent very little time with just the preschooler….
I think one of the biggest challenges for a busy parent is providing their children with a healthy balanced diet. It is something I struggle with almost daily along side juggling the demands of busy family life. I know when I’m at work, having just finished the 9-5, coming home and providing a good home…
Princess turned 3 last week, and she had been waiting for this day for about 6 month’s. It wasn’t the birthday, per se, but the idea of a party that had captured her imagination. She’d been to a few now, and was looking forward to one of her very own. We haven’t had a…
We have been buying tickets to go to the Children’s and Families events at the Djanogly Theatre since September last year, and everytime we go we have been buying the tickets for the next production. Last time I was feeling a little rushed, and made a snap decision to by the family tickets to the dance…
We’ve had a rough time of it these last few weeks with the children and getting sick. To say I’m sleep deprived is an understatement, but so is everyone else in the house. We are passing a grumpy hat round as we can only have one person be grouchy at anyone time to avoid complete…
We really love taking the girls to the theatre, it is definitely one of our favourite places to go. Princess really enjoys it now, and gets really excited when she knows we are going to see a performance. Even Little Pudding, at 8 months, is transfixed by the storytelling that the theatre can bring to…
I was so looking forward to the Christmas break, having family time and eating too many chocolates then the nursery Christmas newsletter arrived and it all came flooding back. The truth about Christmas with a toddler is that nursery is closed for a week and a half. Oh no! What were we going to do. Playgroups cease…
At the weekend, we took the girls for another swimming session. Princess gets really excited at the thought of going swimming now and we are able to use it as a motivational tool to encourage her to do things like….BEHAVE! Bless her, she can be a little monkey, especially when he is tired. We wanted…
When HUGGIES® challenged us to get our little ones swimming this winter, I really wasn’t sure how it would go. If you read my last post you’ll already know that I can’t swim which makes motivation a little difficult. I’m desperate not to pass on my fear of water to my children, and I have managed to make…
I have a confession to make, well I probably have several but for the purposes of this post the one I’m going to reveal is that I cannot swim. It’s something I’m not particularly proud of. It stems from a fear of water that developed from an incident in the school pool when I was…
I know how this stuff works. I’ve been in this parenting game for nearly 17 years now. I should be well practised at it for crying out loud but I didn’t appreciate what a game changer having 2 under 3 years old would be. It’s not that it’s easy with one, but when you have…