You know those books that you mean to get around to reading, but never do, yeah that. You see there’s a theory about a Selfish Gene and how we all need to fight for survival of the fittest. That is the only explanation I can see to all these “benefits” stuff. People who are not … Read more
One of the reasons we have children is so secretly we do not have to grow up – surely? How else would you have the excuse to muck about and play with toys? I think that is why it is such genius that these retro toys and films are really popular right now – you … Read more
Over at The National Trust you can find 50 things to do before you are 11 3/4s – here is Number 46 = Outdoors Rock Climbing. There are many benefits to getting children outdoors rock climbing – and these days you can get them lessons from as young as three years old, with harnesses to ensure safety. Here … Read more
Gromit Unleashed is a 10 week (1st July-8th Sept) long public art trail, of 5 foot high sculptures of Gromit. Aardman Animations have teamed up with local communities and businesses to help raise money for the Wallace and Gromit Grand Appeal, www.grandappeal.org.uk the charity for Bristol Children’s hospital. The appeal is raising 3.5 million to help support it to … Read more
This post is in conjunction with The Mumsnet This is my Child Campaign is about busting myths and raising awareness. When he was 2 years old he started to demonstrate “traits” of Autism, some reminding me of his oldest brother. They weren’t anything we couldn’t handle, we’d had 14 years of living with Aspergers at this point. … Read more
When we first visited the paediatrician about our son, the first thing she was concerned about was his lack of sleep. She thought that if we were able to tackle that then a lot of other things would fall into place. This is one of the reasons that we tried really hard to settle him … Read more
Earlier this week my new laptop arrived. It was a built to order laptop from UK based PC Specialist Ltd. Intel Haswell and NVidia 700 series I had waited and waited for the newer Intel Haswell and NVidia 700 series chipsets to be released. On 1st June I noticed on www.pcspecialist.co.uk that they were accepting … Read more
Thinking of going to Paulton’s Park, home of Peppa Pig World? I say do it! It is more amazing than you can imagine and my four year old son has asked every day since if we are going back. so much detail, colour and so practical for young children. It really does provide a perfect … Read more
If you can engage your child in activities that are linked to things that they are currently interested in, then you have a much better chance that they will learn. Our youngest currently has Global Developmental Delay (he is still awaiting an assessment to see whether he will be diagnosed as having Autism/being Autistic), he … Read more
For a while I have been hearing about this 50 things to do before 11 3/4s list organised by the National Trust and really wanted to get around to reading it. To find out more, and to join in with the linky then please go over and visit TheBoyandMe. (Please note these links are by … Read more