I suppose it’s one of the things that just happen when you have learned enough words to really express yourself, but 3yo seems to know exactly which excuse to use and when.

Read more »

3yo cried all the way to nursery today. Why? Because his jumper was the wrong colour. He was wearing his school jumper. It has the school emblem on it. It is green. 3yo wanted a green jumper on, just not his ’school’ jumper.

This got me thinking. From 3 to 11, he will be wearing the same jumper to school. Well, not the same one, he will have to move up sizes. But it will look the same. He has no choice about this, he has to wear school uniform. I am undecided on whether this is a good idea though.

Read more »

I love getting comments on my blog. When they are actually in response to the post. When they are from other Mums and Dads. When they are related to my website; be it babies,  toddlers, pregnancy, or being a mum.  If people are going to try and spam my site, I wish they would:

1. spell correctly.
2. have correct English and Grammar.
3. realise my site catches spam and just not bother.

I spend a lot of time deleting spam, however – this one caught my eye. It is so bad it is funny. It is worth publishing (without it’s links to strange and useless sites).  Read more »

In the days Before Son (BS) I was carefree, drank too much, swore too much, drove too fast, went to bed too late and thought junk food whenever I wanted it was OK. Pregnancy and motherhood changed all that.  Read more »

When I was young, preschool kids TV meant Playschool each morning and Bagpuss or the Flumps if I was lucky. We certainly had no dedicated Kids TV Channel.

It is probably impossible for children today to imagine only 3 TV channels and no kids TV on a Sunday. Black Beauty was the best Sunday TV had to offer in my day. Read more »