Like many parenting moments, you never realise that ‘this’ is the last time you’ll bath one of them. One minute they are shrieking for you to save them from the evils of ‘shampoo eye’ while you moan at them for still not being able to run (or partake of) a bath without major parental involvement […]
Almost 3.
He’s almost three. It’s hard to believe there was ever a time when he wasn’t firmly at the centre of the family. He talks ALL the time now. When he doesn’t know the word he find a way round it. When he can’t get us to do his […]
What Motherhood Means to Me #voiceofmums
Motherhood. It’s all of this blog. The days out, the diagnosis of yet another life challenging illness or difference, the juggling car journeys around 5 different activities spread across town with overlapping start and finish times. It’s only being good at making quick meals with tuna in and knowing (or not) where PE kit is, […]
Oh, lovely girl.
Oh… Peaches. You were off my radar when you were a wild child. I didn’t know that bit of you. But recently, after your spirited defence of attachment parenting, I found you on IG. We exchanged a word or two. I smiled at your pictures, of the love and fierce joy that shined out of […]
I'm glad I spent it with you.
Today was a ‘motherhood’ day. Ups and downs. Growling as I stomped around the house looking for a very lost kindle which eventually turned out to be hidden (in a very toddler manner) behind the radiator that is behind the sofa, growling more as I encountered the bedrooms of my daughters. That’s life. Mess, missing […]
Growing Fabulous Teens.
If only there were a manual for bring up the perfectly balanced child. Wouldn’t life be simpler? If only, we all sigh from time to time, parenting came with a manual. Not one of the ones you can buy written by people who never had their own child to care for, but one tailor made […]
Are we lucky or damn near perfect? Teenager rearing.
I reckon this post will come back to bite me on the posterior. I can nearly guarantee when in fact; I reckon I have just under 2 years before I’m holding my head in my hands and wailing ‘WHAT was I thinking?’ If it happens sooner than that, it is conclusive proof of that unwritten […]
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 […]
Takes All Sorts.
Back in the olden days, when I first set about home education, I was full of ideas and excitement about how it would go. I thought I would give my children a classic education which allowed them to know about and understand and have time to explore so many of the things that I wanted […]
"Look Mummy, look mummy… mummy… mummy…"
If you’ve been at home with children on a completely full time basis for as long as I have (13 years and rising), then you’ve probably developed a number of coping mechanisms by now. One of mine is tuna, mayo and sweetcorn pasta. Lunch, very quickly, with all the most important food groups in it, […]
