Do you remember that feeling in the early months of being a parent of a newborn? You have been woken countless times throughout the night and then you wake in the morning feeling like your head is full of cotton wool, your eyelids have cast-iron weights pulling them down and you can’t understand why you … Read more
I like to sleep. No, I LOVE a good nights sleep! Before children, it was not unusual for me to sleep until lunchtime at a weekend, although to be fair I probably hadn’t actually gone to sleep until the early hours of the morning. When I became a parent the lack of sleep didn’t bother … Read more
I’m pretty sure that this is a stage that most children go through, although I don’t remember Curly ever being frightened in the night. With Curly once he was asleep, he was asleep until the morning. Just recently Little Bean has been waking in the night more and more frequently and crying out “Mummy, I’m … Read more
Beanie Boy’s first teeth came through months ago without any sign of teething troubles. He has been doing really well with his six little gnashers but over the past week or so he has started waking up at 6.15 am on the dot crying out loud. Could teething be to blame? Beanie Boy has NEVER … Read more
There comes that time in your parenting journey when you have to decide on naptime and push for them or kiss them goodbye. There have been a few issues for us.
As we got into the car yesterday, Curly and Little Bean asked the usual question – “Are we going far?” I replied with the same response “Far enough for you to have a nap” In unison, they replied, “I’m not tired.” Five minutes later. . . . . . no, obviously not then!!
Today we sat down and had a chat about nap times and made a deal that as she is now a ‘big girl’ we can try her not having naps anymore . . .
the Fisher Price Soothe and Glow Seahorse comes in blue and pink and can be given to a baby from birth, so it would make an ideal first gift.
You know when you really want to write a post saying just how well something is going but you’re worried that if you do, it will all go wrong? Well, this is one of those posts. After reading some of my ‘woe-is-me’ posts about how Beanie Boy still isn’t sleeping through at eight months, Pampers … Read more