Did 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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Pregnancy Update Weeks 0-13: What To Expect From The First Trimester Of Pregnancy
Read moreHere’s What To Expect From The First Trimester Of Pregnancy What should you expect from the first trimester of pregnancy…? Just found out that you are pregnant or think you have early pregnancy symptoms? You might be wondering what to expect from the first trimester of pregnancy (or looking for tips on how to keep…
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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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On motherhood
Read moreI was thinking about motherhood the other night, as Eliza slept between Alex and I in our bed. She’d woken up at 2am crying, so we’d bought her in between us for the rest of the night. She fell back asleep pretty quickly, and of course spent the night in a series of wide starfish…
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The perils of going on a bear hunt, at 6am
Read moreAfter two years of consistently inconsistent sleep, I’m thrilled to say the mini-me is now sleeping a lot better. She’s still an early riser, although she’ll now snore through to 6.30, which is a blissful lie-in compared to her previous 5- 5.30 am starts. Occasionally, though, like this morning, she throws an early start into the…