Forgive me! I’ve not written since a few weeks before Emily turned 4 years of age back in November 2020. Around this time the world was at a funny place and I had absolutely no interest to write whatsoever. Fast forward to now, Wednesday 9th of February 2022 and I felt the need to write…
Category: Kids
Dummy no more?
At Emily’s nursery, in her toddler group, dummies are forbidden. Plenty of times I’ve dropped Emily off with a dummy in her mouth as she refuses to give hers up and I pick her up and she’s without it. I’m fine with this. After all, a dummy limits a child’s speech and that’s the last…
Birthday Cake bakerdays Review
Who doesn’t love cake? Marie Antoinette once famously said, “Let them eat cake,” and cake we shall eat. I love cake, it’s cake! I don’t think you need much more convincing than that, but cake is a need, a must really for almost all occasions, not just celebrations and birthdays. A few weeks ago I…
I’m all set for Emily’s birthday, 5 weeks early!
It’s been a month since I wrote a post about starting to plan Emily’s birthday. Since then, I’ve booked a table for the birthday dinner, confirmed my mum and Leon are coming with their accommodation sorted, friends and family invited and confirmed and birthday presents wrapped, her birthday outfit sorted, and I’ve actually finished the…
We’re back to sleepless nights again
I thought this was over. But no, those times before where I thought I had it all covered, I was back to my sleep-through-the-night routines again, oh how I miss them. I assumed teething or maybe growing pains, but it appears it’s normal once again to have terrible nights sleep. Whilst Sam sleeps soundly upstairs…
What are you doing this summer with your kids?
With the recent temperatures heating up the country making a plan for the summer holidays with Emily has been difficult. Ok so technically it’s not summer holidays for us as I work from home but it’s still the summer. What have we got in store for Emily? Well we’re going to Bristol to visit family,…
Ramsgate needs more activities for children under 5 throughout the year
I said this before and I’ll say it again, there just isn’t enough activities for younger children in and around Ramsgate, thanet even, especially in the summer. This week kids across the country break up for the summer holidays. 6-7 weeks of children aged 4-16 off and parents frantically trying to figure out how to…
Does my child have a 6th sense?
It’s been a few months since Emily’s granny passed away. Everyday Emily would see her granny and everyday their special little bond grew. Now that granny isn’t here, Emily being so young doesn’t understand where she’s gone, but recently, especially in the last few weeks, Emily has been pointing in various positions towards the dinning…
We visited Jungle Jim’s again and this time had mixed feelings
Emily and I have only been to Jungle Jim’s on two occasions including our last visit. The last time was last year with Clare and her daughter Scarlet where we visited the inside soft play area for children. Although the soft play area was ok, it wasn’t great for them, as they were restricted to…
I meal plan a week in advance, here’s why you should do it too
Keeping on track of what I need to cook for my family isn’t always the easiest task in the world. Most meals I cook for Sam and Emily, doesn’t always interest Emily. She’s good with her food but she’s a little-food-but-often kind of child, so a sit down meal in the evening before us adults…
F^ck you teeth! Leave my daughters mouth alone!
Teething is s nightmare and as if night terrors isn’t enough, the teething has rejoined for another visit. Hopefully not to last too long this time. Now that her canines are coming through, Emily is drooling hard. My poor bubba just can’t catch a break at the moment and has pretty much gone off all…
The Night Terrors are a nightmare
As if teething wasn’t enough, my little munchkin is now starting to experience the not-so-nice, night terrors. Although not uncommon and usually only lasting a few minutes at a time, it freaks her out so much that she just wakes up and my sleep gets affected too. Like last night, I probably went to bed…
I can’t believe how quick the last few weeks have gone…
Where has the time gone? No, seriously, where has it gone? It’s already been a fortnight since Jane’s funeral, which time has just flown by since, and now in less than 2 weeks it will be Emily’s christening. The event I’ve been planning since January, yes I’m a little bit of an organised freak, and…
We Are huge Hey Duggee Fans, But Why Is The Merchandise So Ridiculously Expensive
This household is a big old group of Hey Duggee lovers. We love it. Like really love it. There’s very few programs, admittedly on tv that have that feel good factor and this show delivers and yes I am talking about a children’s program. Emily has been watching it all her tiny life. I used…
My Daughter Isn’t In Dresses, So What?
Emily looks gorgeous in dresses, but no she doesn’t wear them all the time. This seems to be a problem for some people, not naming names, that I don’t dress her in dresses because I want her to just have fun. So I felt the need to write something, it shouldn’t bother me, but it…
Missy, Me & Him 