Category Archives: All about being a parent

Seven ways to turn a bad day back around

Posted on May 14, 2013 by gillian

Motherhood; it’s all hearts and flowers, and sitting around gazing in wonder at your amazing baby, isn’t it? Apart from when none of you have slept, everywhere’s a mess, there may or may not be teeth on the way, your … Continue reading →

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Travel tips for toddlers

Posted on May 11, 2013 by gillian

It’s official, we finally all have passports, we are going on a summer holiday. It took so long securing the passports that the actual break seems to have crept up really quickly. Also, how hard is it is to get … Continue reading →

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On yet more teething terrors

Posted on May 1, 2013 by gillian

Just a very quick post to say, for what must be the billionth time, isn’t teething an absolute pain? We’re awaiting the arrival of the fourth back tooth (story to date: here). It’s hanging around in the gum like an … Continue reading →

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Minding the generation gap – for Parkinson’s Awareness Week

Posted on April 19, 2013 by gillian

Photos: My Dad in the 80′s with me and my brother (I’m the one who looks like Orphan Annie) and then me and Eliza taken yesterday. What’s it like to walk in Eliza’s shoes? It’s fresh, new, exciting. Everything in … Continue reading →

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Subtracting Ofsted from the early childhood learning equation

Posted on April 12, 2013 by gillian

Today we have a very special guest post, from none other than Grannie G, my mother-in-law and the original Gill Crawshaw (yes, it can get confusing at Christmas). She’s been the manager of the lovely Slinn Street STARters Community Pre-school … Continue reading →

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Minding the – baby age – gap

Posted on April 2, 2013 by gillian

What’s the perfect gap between babies? I know, déjà vu, I’ve talked about this before. But it’s been on my mind today as I realised that if I got pregnant this month then there would be exactly two years between … Continue reading →

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Walk the walk: on baby milestones

Posted on April 1, 2013 by gillian

This weekend we were at my parent’s house near the beach, and on Easter Sunday we all went down to the pier. It was, to everyone’s surprise, a beautiful day, so we took Eliza out of her pram to have … Continue reading →

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On sickness and sofa days

Posted on March 28, 2013 by gillian

Signs my child was ill: #1: she refused toast #2: she refused my toast #3: I handed her my iPhone and she wasn’t interested Poor Eliza! She’s been struck down with the dreaded lurgy since Tuesday. She did seem vastly … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Three Back Teeth

Posted on March 23, 2013 by gillian

Once upon a time there was Alex, Gill and Eliza, and there was the next instalment in the tale of the terrible thing called teething… Our story begins during lunch three weeks ago. My mum, who was visiting, spotted something … Continue reading →

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How to travel by train, with a toddler

Posted on March 19, 2013 by gillian

We’ve just got back from a lovely, long weekend in Sheffield (Eliza had a lot of Grandparent time, hung out with her cousin and went to a playgroup. Alex and I even had a baby-free night in the pub). Living … Continue reading →

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