He’s changed so much this week that a short post on his achievements seems just right. Over the last fortnight he learned that breast full time is better than anything else. He started by refusing formula, then moved on to refusing breast milk in a bottle. He’s back to fully breastfed now and we got […]
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Finished it Friday: Nina's cardigan.
I’m properly proud of this, as it’s my first ever completed baby clothing item and I think it came out okay too. Ben’s is still waiting to be made up but I wanted to get Nina’s in the post so I finished hers off first. That’s Ben’s on the right. I think I liked the […]
Maths in bits (of plasticine) – fractions for beginners.
If you know me at all, you know that large elements of my maths teaching revolves around cakes on plates. It’s served me well over the years. In fact, there is a series of blog articles in it somewhere; I’ve been meaning to do it for ages. My main home ed maxim is that there […]
The Smacking Thing
I guess there is every chance that by the end of this post you’ll hate me. Or worse, be deeply disappointed in me. Or angry with me. But there is something I would like to say because I’m a little tired of sanctimonious parenting posts preaching perfection at me. I’ve been meaning to say it […]
Are you calling me darling?
Dear Ben, Today you are 3 months old. Do you know that even now I find it hard to believe I am not typing “you should be 3 months old”? I still find it hard to believe our luck. I’m not sure that I ever was very good at trusting everything would generally work out […]
I went to blog camp.
Having missed out on the chance to get a ticket because my head was too broken while I was pregnant, I nearly went into rapture when Sally sent me an invite to take up a reserve place. I’ve got lots of time for the way Sally, of Tots100, The MADS and BlogCamp fame, runs her […]
Easter Holiday Occupation
Wow, what a busy few days we’ve had. Ben has had his first night away from home, I’ve had my first day fending for myself in the real world with a baby (!), we’ve had baby jabs and gym competitions and goodness knows what. And we are still dealing with the hopeless reality of BT […]
Qualifications in life.
I always thought that when the girls started to get older, the responsibility of exams and qualifications would be the thing that weighed heaviest on me. When you decide to home educate, there are some very obvious milestones that loom up as possible stumbling blocks (did I mix metaphors there or just park some slightly […]
It's Tricky
Two nights ago Ben had his first night in a crib, which as you can see from the rather pants picture that I faffed with in an effort to distract myself, is a close to the side of my bed as it can be. I’d say it is as close to my side of the […]
Win a BigJigs Picnic!
When BigJigs Toys suggested we run a competition with them (disclosure being that we sell lots of BigJigs on PlayMerrily and therefore have a business interest with them!) I thought that with the habitual lovely weather of April approaching, a Picnic Hamper of wooden toy food would be fun. So I’m sitting here getting ready […]
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