I can’t remember the last time I wore Hawkeye in the sling. It was sometime late last autumn because he liked being taken to creche on his push-trike that he got for his birthday, and when the steering on the trike broke, we began to use the stroller because the weather was cold and although I have a…
It started with dirty laundry. No wait, it started with a Parents Newsletter and dirty laundry. When I collected Hawkeye on Friday there was the ubiquitous collection of sheets clipped under each child’s name. And the first item in the newsletter was one that I love and loathe in equal measures: a dress-up event. I love…
This is our toddler’s current favourite question. I imagine this is training for the older kid version of “are we there yet?” “What’s that noise?” “People swimming in the pool.” “What’s that noise?” “It’s people swimming in the pool.” “What’s that noise?” “I told you, it’s people swimming in the pool.” “What’s that noise?” “People splashing…
Our two and a half year old at bedtime, every day of the week: Mommy: “Lie down now, honey. It’s time to go to sleep.” Toddler: “No! It’s time to wake up! Wake up, mommy!” Our two and a half year old in the mornings on weekends: Toddler: “It’s time to wake up, mommy!…
“You hold the airplane under the water. No, under the water. And now you squeeze, squeeze, squeeze and then let it fill up… no, keep it under the water otherwise it just has air and can’t squirt. Let’s try this again. Hold the airplane under the water and squeeeeeeze, now keep holding it under the water….…
I would first of all like to say that this post was planned before I woke up this morning to the events in Manchester City. I dithered about changing the topic. Something really somber? Something else entirely that’s 100% feel-good? In the end, I went with what I planned originally because it’s actually terrifyingly topical,…
Hawkeye’s new game is to get three pieces of fencing from the Lego box and hand one out to each of us, so that we are each holding one piece. Achieving equal distribution of fencing brings forth great excitement. This explains how I came to wake up this morning clutching a piece of Lego fencing. It’s not…
My son definitely has his own way of doing things. For example, while most parents spend the first couple of years of their baby’s life frantically trying to keep everything out of their baby’s mouth, Hawkeye was just not that interested. In fact, we had trouble getting stuff into his mouth when it came to trying new foods. Even teething…
Parenting. It’s just like a wild roller coaster ride: You go up. You go down. And sometimes there’s puke at the end. How I feel when I wake up at 6am to discover that the toddler has slept all through the night in his own bed: How I feel when I realise that he’s probably won’t…
Today we fell into a trap very much of our own making. It was an epic morning battle ending with a resounding defeat of parental convenience and victory for hard toddler logic. Remember the little gibbon we brought home from the zoo the other day? Here he is again next to a t-shirt with one of…
The Feathered Rose 