As many of you will know from past blog entries, J has sensory issues. One of them is a dislike of certain textures. Anything dry and he’s ok but add anything with a squeeze, wet (even just damp) or sticky and he’ll stiffen up at the sight of it. We have been working on desensitising…
Mummy’s Night Off…Mental Health Awareness Week.
Being a Mummy (or Daddy) is hard! I love my little man but f**k me there are days I just want to rock in a corner and cry…during some of the early days I actually have! When I found out I was pregnant I was ecstatic (and freaked out). I built up an amazing picture…
Brrrm, beep, wahhh, arghh and ssssss…
I saw a post about limiting children’s access to noisy, light up toys to encourage speech. It got me thinking about all the different toys out there which do all the noise making for our kiddies. Here’s a few I saw in the shops this weekend: Kettle which makes boiling noises Till which beeps and…
I have a ‘Toilet Manager’….
Today was one of those typical parenting moments where I wanted the toilet and was accompanied by J who has taken on the role of ‘toilet manager’. He’s more than just a monitor who keeps check on where I am and what I’m doing. J will select a cream from the cabinet and rub it…
Post-Easter come down…
So, it’s almost a week since Easter Sunday and my house was over taken by mountains of chocolate! J has only been able to eat chocolate for a few months due to working through his allergies so everyone was excited to be able to buy him Easter Eggs this year. This led to a giant…
No, no, no, no, no….yes! (Quick update)
Today J had speech therapy. It was the first session since our couple of months break. Even though we haven’t been for a while J knew straight away where to go and recognised his therapist straight away. To be honest I think J just likes the doors as he gets to press buttons. J…
Good Friday: exploring Easter
Whether you are religious or not, you can’t escape Easter. Like most holidays it’s been blown up into commercialism. For some it still holds religious significance, for others it’s more about the chocolate and celebration of Spring….but mostly the chocolate. I used to get annoyed by the hypocracy of non-Christians celebrating Easter but now I…
Our Hollow Tree adventure…a day at the farm.
Today we visited Hollow Tree farm in Suffolk. This is a new place for us but we’d heard lovely things so thought we’d go for a try. Firstly, taking J anywhere requires FBI level investigation skills. I checked: Distance (I’m not driving far away to find it sets him off and we have to come…
The invasion: codename ‘Parenthood’
Dear reader, It is now 27 months since the invasion began. They started by creating some form of ‘mind fog’ and sleep deprivation system which lasted approximately a year (by this stage I had slowly built an immunity). It started slow at first. The clear and organised kitchen sides became crowded with steriliser, formula tins,…
Working Mummy worries…
I’m currently stood in my kitchen cooking a fish finger sandwich for my husband. I am suddenly hit with a guilty feeling. I dreamed of family dinner times with homecooked, healthy food everyday. The reality is so different it’s unrecognisable. J has had more take aways this month than I care to admit. Usually J…
Oi Frog…our first Explory Box
First off, this is not an ad or a sponsored post blah blah blah. I like to share products and people that I think genuinely are of interest and have been helpful for us. Today we explored our first Explory Box. This is the fantastic brain child of Kelly, a Mumpreneur (to ‘the monkey’ and ‘the…
‘Two-nado’ vs Mummy…
Well today is one of those ‘honest blogs’. J was not in the mood for our pecs activity but as I am back to full time work, I don’t have the luxury of much ‘spare time’ so J has to just suck it up and do it when Mummy asks sometimes. Easier said than done…
