Childcare is so damn expensive

Emily’s nursery fees have gone up, not by a lot (although the original email nearly made me puke), and it’s amazing how expensive childcare is. Now that I am in full time employment (luckily remote), I added a few more hours to Emily’s nursery so that she could be fully entertained and in a educational…

Emily had her first parents evening at nursery on Wednesday – my little girl is growing up too quickly

On Wednesday Emily had her first parents evening at nursery. It seems almost barmy to be even going to one for a 2 year old but it was great to see how much in the space of just a few months, our little girl is doing. Our little girl has come leaps and bounds since…

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…

Screw you weather!

I’m so over this weather. It’s been so up and down and I just can’t be arsed with this crap anymore. I work from home so yes, technically it doesn’t affect much in my life, but it brings darkness, cold, illness and not being able to go to the park. Which for Emily, seems to…

Mummy’s little assistant

Working from home sure does have its benefits. Being a stay-at-home-mum-to-one whilst working means that I get to spend my day with my little assistant, mummy’s little helper. Whilst she’s not the most helpful when I’m doing work trying to overtake my iPad or iPhone, she likes to help me in other departments and I…

Emily’s having her settling in session this week

Emily is starting nursery next week and although Sam and I are excited for her and know it’s a good thing, we’re also baffled at how fast she’s growing up into this amazing independent, confident, funny and intelligent girl. It’s scary. Next Thursday the 11th October, Emily will start a short day, one day a…