Taking your socks off at every given opportunity. Then hiding them in unexpected places around the house. Meaning I’m constantly on the hunt for matching mini pairs of socks. Eating everything you can get your hands on, then saying ‘Mummeee, I’m HUNgry.’ Calling being in the swing ‘flying.’
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Questions about children’s TV that no-one ever asks
Read moreDid you know the first full programme to be shown on BBC2, 50 years ago this week, was Playschool? It was actually an accident; a powercut meant the real first programme that went out the night before wasn’t seen by anyone. I love that the first programme to be shown on the more ‘serious’ BBC…
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Easter entertainment tactics for two-year-olds
Read moreIt’s finally Easter. What’s everyone doing for the long weekend? We’re escaping the building site to go on the train up to Sheffield (while our builder holidays in our bathroom, fingers crossed it’s finished soon). When E was little, train travel was like an instant sandman, and she’d sleep for the whole journey. Which was…
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Toddlers: the things no-one ever tells you
Read moreChildren don’t come with an instruction manual, do they? If the evolutionary process was so clever, you’d think that would have been rectified by now (Just imagine! “Congratulations Mr and Mrs Crawshaw! It’s a girl. Oh, and here’s the full, personalised manual, ‘What to do now, stages 0-18”). Of course, that would make it all too…
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Wish you were here with Walkers Crisps
Read more(This is a sponsored post) What’s everyone doing for Easter? If, like us, you’re not jetting off aboard somewhere hot – and that’s no bad thing, the weather is supposed to be glorious this weekend, plus it’s totally on trend to take a staycation – you might be looking for some bargainous family activities to get…
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A very big thank you…
Read moreJust wanted to say THANK YOU for all the lovely, lovely messages about our baby news. It was so great to actually be able to say it out loud, especially because I’ve felt really stilted blog-wise over the past few months. Most of the important things I’ve wanted to say have all been in the…
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