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Hello from Day 15 of this new year. I’m so excited to be back in the writing mood as I’m bursting with interesting possibilities for the near and longer term future but have allowed time for thoughtful reflections on time passed. Many of the blogs I follow concluded with a review of their highlights from [...] My 11 month old baby girl is totally wonderful in so many ways but recently we are all marvelling at how she is able to communicate her thoughts and needs by using some of the signs we have shown her. If she spots a cat outside the window or in a book she strokes [...] Having considered a huge range of possible cures for our itchy feet Bealers and I finally found a house we may move to in a few weeks while off work this during this half term holiday (all five of us laid low with stomach bugs and filthy colds). Possible options have been wide ranging [...] Brushing two new little teeth I heard a couple of really sad and scary tales recently of young children (friends’of friends) having to have rotten milk teeth removed (one child was having to have twenty removed the other needed five taking out). I couldn’t believe it and wondered whether it was parental ignorance [...] Even as a grown-up prior to having school aged children I couldn’t help but think of September as a new beginning. I guess after so many many years in education where we had a lonnnnng vacation and then a fresh new start with new teachers,new subjects,new kit,new friends etc. it is inevitable [...] I’m going to come out and say it here and say it proudly that I’m actively not one of those mums who sign the kids up for swimming,ballet,soccer,music lessons,horseriding,Brownies/Scouts etc. Its partly because I am a bit lazy and not that good at committing myself to things but mainly its [...] Our little son was very good at communicating his need to watch tv before he could even speak. As 15 month olds they communicated with us via sign language as we had taught them from age seven months basic signs for milk,various animals,food,‘more’,‘help’. We made up easy signs when required and [...] As someone who used to have a job as a crisis management coordinator for a big global firm. I realised this weekend while talking to my uncle about oil prices and how heavily our island society depends on oil to transport food that my young family is currently woefully ill-equiped to cope with any kind [...] As we were fortunate enough to be given LOADS of second hand washable nappies I am really enjoying not having to use disposable nappies which I’m glad about as disposables cost a fortune (about £10 for a week’s worth of botty changes) and they also are super stinky in the household [...] The Willow Den in the background will get much leafier this summer Last March we bought the willow withies to make a willow den for the children as our garden has no shade after midday during the summer months. Withies can be bought from November-March in the UK when the wood is [...] | ||||||
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