• There may be trouble ahead . . .

    That is the song that goes round and round in my head most days when having conversations with Little Bean.  Little Bean is an extremely headstrong little girl, I’m told that she gets it from me – oops!  But how should we parent her and channel this personality trait so that our time with her […]

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  • Testing, testing . . . .

    Well the start to family life with three children has begun and on the whole has gone relatively smoothly, Beanie Boy is very laid back and just seems to take everything in his stride.  Curly has stepped into his role as the big, big brother very well and is both loving and protective towards his […]

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  • My gorgeous girl . . . 1

    My gorgeous girl . . .

    Thinking back over the last 6 months, its been a pretty unsettling time for our Little Bean. She has stopped nursery (because of the summer holidays), she has moved house twice, moved from cot to “big girl’s bed” and there has been lots of talk about a “new baby” or “bump”. I’m amazed at how well she […]

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  • Give me a break . . . .

    Don’t you just have those days where you wish you’d never got out of bed!?!?  I did today – when I woke up I didn’t expect it to be like that.  I had no particular plans, the world was my oyster so I sat over breakfast with Little Bean trying to decide a plan of […]

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