Last week I swapped all of Athena’s 9-12 month clothes from the 12-18 month lot. I’d been squirreling away on ebay buying bundles, buying the odd bit here and there when I saw it, and had a lot of things given to us from my friend Amy now her daughter has grown out of… Read More
The transition from the cot to the ‘big bed’ can be a difficult time for children who feel secure in the comfort of their familiar cot. How can parents help them to have a smoother transfer? image source Move from cot to bed: when is the right time? Every child is different, therefore there… Read More
Totsbots easy fit // Bambino Mio Solo Grovia Hybrid // Little Lamb one size So we’re just over half way through real nappy week and I wanted to do a little update on our progress. We’ve used all the nappies at least twice now! There is still a lot of terminology I don’t know,… Read More
Rather excitingly Athena is getting in on the blogging lark… so over to her for this post! Yesterday afternoon mama shut my toy box, I was pretty miffed! What was I going to play with now? But then from behind her back she pulled a blue bag… It got dangled in front of me… Read More
7 I love her face as she gets pushed higher and higher. I love her fluffy hair flying upwards in the wind. I love the squeals of delight she makes. I love it when the baby swings are busy, so I can sit her on my lap on a big swing and share the… Read More
Collette from Going on an adventure tagged me in her post reflecting on where she was and what she was doing ten years ago. I had fun trying to remember what happened then, and 10 years ago is a relatively short time. I can only imagine how hard it will be to remember 2004… Read More
As one of the Bahlsen Book Club members I was sent a copy of ‘The School Gates’ by Nicola May to enjoy with a couple of packs of biscuits… If you’ve never heard of Bahlsen biccies before then you are missing out! The Leibniz ones have chocolate on top that are impossible to eat without… Read More
So a little updatey post from me today. I had a lovely day yesterday, Rhyme Time at the library (where I bumped into an old colleague who moved to NZ a few years ago and now has a baby and lives near me!) and then a little shop perusal (my ma gave me dish for… Read More
So actually she’s 10 and a half months now, but hey, who’s counting? I won’t do another one of these till she’s a year old in June now anyway… Eating: the last few weeks have been a bit stressful for us weaning wise. She went from eating everything offered to basically squishing everything and… Read More
I have fond childhood memories of visiting the Amberley Museum with my mum when I was small, and then as a school trip in year 5 or 6 (I remember someone being sick on the coach too!) so was really looking forward to heading round to find out what’s changed and seeing the museum from… Read More