Disney’s Zootropolis to hit UK cinemas over Easter
March 14th, 2016
‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ ‘I’m big now’ ‘Yes, but I meant when you’re a
Browsing the "Growing up" Category
5 tips for getting children reading
March 3rd, 2016
When Big Girl started practising sounds and later reading of first words, I suddenly found myself in an unfamiliar territory.
Surviving the stress of a lost teddy
March 1st, 2016
Last night I had to have a much dreaded chat with three-year-old Big Girl. I had been searching for Teddy
Parenting expert Melissa Hood to publish refreshing book Real Parenting for Real Kids
February 24th, 2016
When I’d dropped off three-year-old Big Girl at nursery yesterday, I called Daddy T for my usual morning rant. I could have
When baby starts crawling
February 21st, 2016
‘OMG. This is not going to work.’ I thought having two children was fine until Saturday. When eight-month-old Baby Boy started
Planning a space-themed half term for kids
February 9th, 2016
Me to the taxi driver: ‘We’re going to Belgravia’ Big Girl to me: ‘Is Belgravia on Planet Earth, mummy?’ Three-year-old Big Girl is
Celebrating Chinese New Year with Chinese patterns to colour
February 8th, 2016
‘You must make a card for your children when it’s Chinese New Year, mummy. Did you not know that? That’s
Celebrating National Number Day with number toys and games
February 5th, 2016
Yesterday I had to ask Daddy T if he was planning to celebrate today. He’s all about maths and numbers,
Finding best books for learning to read with Usborne
February 3rd, 2016
Over Christmas Big Girl was pretending to read me a story, and as I’d heard ‘pretend reading’ was a sign
Stick Man DVD brings children’s classic to life
February 1st, 2016
When Big Girl and I were in Waterstones on King’s Road over Christmas she pointed out Stick Man to me,
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