Terrible Twos? Threenager? What more does the developmental continuum have to throw at us? Just when I thought I had…
Review: My Name Is Covid by Tammy Brandon
A Children’s Guide to Understanding the Coronavirus I’ve spent my twenty year career trying to break down concepts to children,…
Review: AGE OF DINOSAURS by Christiane Engel
At night-times we like stories. We like calm, gentle tales to lull us in to a sleepy state. In the…
The Ripples of Lockdown
Resilience is the frequent adjective I’ve used to describe children throughout covid. “They’ll bounce back!” “They’ll jump back in to…
Wide Awake Wolf by Georgiana Deutsch and Megan Tadden – A Review
“Why is sleep good?” You never know with three year olds; is this a shameless attempt to prolong bedtime or…
It Is What It Is – The Year of Non-adventure
This was two years ago. This was one of our daily adventures. A central line trip in to town and…
You Win Some…
Another day in lockdown… another twelve hours to kill with a preschooler. Another twelve hours of trying to entice him…
Sweet Freedom and Self Care
This week marked the first week back at preschool for little man since December 17th. And the first week where…
Prepping Lunches – Slow Cooker Style
Monday mornings can be hard to adjust to. I have two things on side though: as a stay-at-home mum, I’ve…
Top tips for cutting a toddler’s hair
Well. That’s scarred us both for life. He’s left with some 80’s style tramlines and I’m part tempted to hit…
