Tandem just means one in front of the other, not necessarily at the same time; so for me there never was any question about whether I’d tandem feed. My son was still a baby (it was the day before his first birthday I discovered I was expecting again) and not ready to give up. Also … Read more
At what age is it okay to leave a child alone in the house? There is actually (quiet surprisingly) no law about not leaving your child home alone (regardless of age), but it IS an offence if in doing so you put them at risk (source) – Child and Young Person’s Act 1968. Punishment can range from … Read more
Sometimes as a parent I think you have to re-think your ideals. When our son was 14 he wanted to play violent games that were rated 18. You may be aware that I did my dissertation on violence in children’s television advertisements, and so really was not happy for him to play them. But, it … Read more
It’s really dark this time of year quiet early on in the day. Luckily we have reflective jackets, which are compulsory when driving in France. So we decided to take the children out on their bikes (and scooter). Our 9 year old is just getting to grips with a bike bicycle. And of course a … Read more
My children have been off school because 2 of them were sick and there is a 48 hour rule to prevent them spreading it around. Obviously this meant that they were bouncing off the walls and doing my swede in needing a bit of educational stimulation. You may have noticed that we looked at the Nativity … Read more
It’s almost the end of International Babywearing Week 8th-14th October 2012 and so I thought I would share my favourite carrier with you. I have tried many different types of slings but my all time favourite, and one I would recommend is the Connecta. The only problem with the Connecta is that your children will … Read more
If you’ve been following our Letter Learning Journey you will know that we have come to the Letter S. We previously did Spiders but also need something to stick onto our wall of letters so we made a Simple Snake We simply started by drawing a letter S onto some paper and cutting it out. Then … Read more
If you’ve been following our Letter Learning Journey you will know that we have come to the letter R. It seemed obvious to do RUBBISH My children are used to recycling because they know which “bins” each products go to (or go for washing up) so I thought we’d concentrate on reusing. I decided to … Read more
I feel so much agggggh right now that I feel I could actually explode. So I thought right Tea & Sympathy is what I need – and it is Tuesday after all. That and I could show you my Tea Cup pictures I took. My first born has Asperger’s Syndrome. He is very intelligent, and … Read more
If you don’t know me by now let me tell you that I can’t stand to have children crying. I hate the whole opinion that children are trying to manipulate and need to learn lessons or you’re making more work for yourself later on. If you think children should sit at the dinner table and … Read more