It's very hard to believe that three years ago I was watching my son struggle through his last night. Truth be told, it's very hard to believe at times that I had a first son, the Bene's Internet abbreviation is DS2 not DS1. That Freddie came first, even though now sometimes I look at his […]
Baby Bene at 15 months (almost).
I’m terribly behind with Bene updates, which is annoying because he has been changing so much. At not quite fifteen months, he’s been walking for around 1 month now. Starting walking was pretty funny; he took a few steps for a day or so, then scared himself silly and wouldn’t walk on the floor any […]
Finishing up. A project, a plea and a book crush.
While I’ve been lacking in blogging, I’ve been pretty busy doing other things, alongside home educating, settling Amelie into school and bringing little boys. He’s such a big boy now, so much part of everything. Walking, contributing to life with the ever present, all useful “da!” and generally making a mess and an impression. And […]
Guest Post: Classical Music for Babies
As part of my #10wks10yrs series of guest posts for the tenth aniversary of Patch of puddles, I’m delighted to host this post on exploring music with babies and toddlers. I’m not much of a music person, it was always a chore for me to learn to play and I hated the ‘classical music face’ […]
But it was good.
It was a lovely day, despite the tears and the grief. After all the snow and rain and grey, the sun came out. You might even have believed a little boy blue sent us the clear sky and the biting brilliance of a cold spring day. Bene, wearing the shoes all his sisters have first […]
So here we are.
It's April again. For the third time since Freddie's birth and death, April has hauled it's sorry self back into view. I want to love it, I do. It's his month and I want to love it but the irony is all too much. My little Good Friday boy, my little Easter boy. All this […]
The Ten Things That Make Me & Us.
A person, a family, are far more than a collection of things, ailments, personalities, looks, interests and abilities. What I notice more than anything about having a large family, is how we all alter with each other; each little change brings about something new. With the exiting of Amelie from every day home ed, Maddy […]
10 years.
In a few weeks time, this blog will be ten years old. It's seen many things – some amazing, some terrible – over those 10 years and most of our life is captured inside it. But not all. Not everything I'm interested in, not everything there is to know about us. There are posts I've […]
You may Wonder.
I have a friend, who I have never met and who I share only a few things in common with, called Johnny Daukes. I’m not even sure how we came to be Facebook friends if I’m honest, perhaps through home educating. When Freddie died he was one of the people who checked up on me […]
Remembering Matilda Mae
Much of the parent blogging world turned their eyes to the funeral of Matilda Mae today, determined to do their bit to support Jennie and David as they said goodbye to their precious baby daughter. Some bloggers went to the service, to support and bear witness for the huge numbers of bloggers who care so […]
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