They say the days are long but the years are short when you’re a parent, but when you’re the parent of a really early riser, the days start at the dawn of time and stretch out before you like a marathon.
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School of thought
Read moreI’ve been thinking, somewhat predictably, about school. We’ve spent so long on the mechanics, picking schools, making the primary school application, buying uniform, spectacularly failing to buy shoes, worrying about this…and now it’s September and school is sprinting round the corner, hello! Surely not already? So soon!
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Fighting the battle of who can get dressed
Read moreI think I’ve identified the major pressure point in why it takes so long to leave the house when you have small children; it’s getting dressed. Or more specifically, the daily battle to get everyone dressed. Before lunchtime. Or some days, at all.
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Shocking second child omissions
Read moreDramatic scenes in our household this week, when a somewhat shocking realisation came to light about our second child. We realised that Florence – at the lofty old age of 22 months – had never seen Peppa Pig. I know! I know!
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25 gifts the World Wide Web has given parenting
Read moreIt’s 25 years since Tim Berners-Lee opened up public access to the World Wide Web, which paved the way for modern Internet communications as we know it. So here’s 25 gifts the Internet has given modern parenting:
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Four fifths of Finding Dory…
Read moreWould it be a terrible idea to take a fidgety and very active 22-month-old toddler to see Finding Dory at the cinema? – Question I asked myself this week when the opportunity arose (our friends were going, E has been wanting to go for ages, it sounded fun – what’s the worst that could happen?)
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