Can I be the first to admit that a dawdling toddler tests my patience the most!! Much more than a playroom that gets messed up ten thousand times a day. Seriously the amount of time it takes us to get to places. Every Monday, we go to a playgroup that’s literally on the other end […]

It’s been quite some time since I shared what’s currently on our playshelf and the setup has changed slightly. While both kids are down for a nap at the same time and I’m resetting the playroom, I thought I’d show you what it looks like now that our play space has to cater for both […]

  This is a staged photo. I set this up to tell you a story about a play that lasted all of two minutes. So a couple of days ago, Miss 18mo picked up the empty basket in this picture, went straight to the shelf with all her felt vegetables and began filling the basket […]

Big sis self-weaned a while ago and we stopped breastfeeding for perhaps two weeks or slightly more. But just before little sis’ arrival, she started to cry uncontrollably around 5ish every morning and demand a feed to my great surprise. So apparently they can self-wean and then unwean(?) Perhaps she was starting to realise her […]

Thought I’d share what’s currently on our playshelf since I have not done one in a while. Miss 16mo has been showing a massive interest in pointing out and naming the colours of everything she sees so that’s pretty much our theme for our shelf at the moment, including the books we’ve got on rotation. […]

My Top Tips for Choosing Children’s Books There is no such thing as ‘too early’ when it comes to introducing books to our children.  In fact, children who are acquainted with books at an early age are more likely to develop a love for reading. However, with so many types of books marketed as “children’s […]