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Last year the children’s Grandma and Aunty Becky gave them each a sum of money for Christmas and birthday presents (they also came with a mountain of gifts but that’s another story). We were thrilled as it meant we were able to buy them each booster seats for the car. The remainder of the cash [...] Edie,my three year old daughter asked me sleepily ‘Mummy why do people die?’. I was slightly taken aback but not hugely as I haven’t shied away from the subject of dying whenever it has arisen during the past year. Eg:I’m always very cautious about their safety when we are walking on the narrow [...] Both my kids have successfully beaten two irritating habits this month with the aid of sticker charts fashioned from games published in two of the comics they have been given. My daughter was coming into my bed each night at least once usually twice. I was having to wake up to escort/carry her back to [...] Whilst on the way to taking the kids pre-school yesterday I saw a group of three people who appeared to be looking for something on the ground at the edge of the village field by the car park. ‘Oh look’I said to the children ‘that man must have lost something very small [...] I’ve just been given a calendar for 2007 which has lots of nice pictures and quotes about motherhood. Here are some of the less cheesey ones. ‘Children should be educated and instructed in the principals of freedom.’–John Adams ‘My mother had a great deal of trouble with me but [...] We keep a towelling covered cold compress (bought from Tescos about two years ago for £4) in the top drawer of our freezer. It is worth its weight in gold when it comes to soothing a poor howling child who has whacked or grazed their head/face/eyebrow/knee/elbow/ankle bone/nose/finger on something hard/sharp/pointy/stony/concretey/car-doory. Usually my kids will manage [...] Whoops. Deary me I think I may be awarded this week’s Amateur Parent award for not knowing/thinking/guessing that all other parents send their kids off to school with a frozen ice-pack inside the children’s lunch boxes. So far this term my two have had ham,tuna and yohurts all left to brew at room temperature [...] I don’t know if this miracle cure will work in every household but my new best friend is a manual timer (we call it The Pinger). Each child is allowed to have a 5 minute turn with the toy causing the dispute while the other(s) set the timer. As if by magic small child who [...] | ||||||
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