At this time of year, the weather can be unpredictable, so it's important to have a mix of indoor and outdoor activities on-hand to keep your toddler amused and learning. The list of things you can pay to take your kids to, or things you could buy to amuse them is much vaster than this. [...]
Category: Parenting
Moving to a new room in nursery
Just when we thought we were getting comfortable with routines and whatnot, we were told by the nursery that Travis is ready to move up to the "bigger" room. And I'm delighting and despairing at the same time. "The big room" is the room babies move on to once the nursery are happy that they [...]
Playdates; the winter saviour for toddler mums
Its winter, it's miserable, it's dark and there's nothing exciting like Christmas or New Year left to get excited about. The temperature is sub zero and unpredictable; will it be ice or snow, rain or hail in the morning? Chances are, you and your toddler aren't getting out to the park, because even when the [...]
Children in Need Week at Nursery
It's that time of year again folks; the Children in Need Appeal takes place this Friday. It must be an age thing, but it feels like it really wasn't a whole year since the last one. For the uninitiated, Children in Need (CIN) is a UK charity which supports disadvantaged children and young people in the [...]
September Firsts
11 months into his wee life, and we are still experiencing so many new firsts. September brought a lot of firsts and happy memories, with quite a few of the big "important" (well, what people regard as important or milestone) firsts happening this month. There will be nothing new left to do soon! First holiday [...]
Things to do in the summer with an infant
There’s no shortage of information online about things to do with kids in the summer holidays, but unfortunately most of those articles revolve around kids of school age. It can be a little more tricky to find or think of things to do with an infant in the summer, as some of the activities suggested [...]
How to Make the Most of a Baby Event
With regular baby events throughout the year, it can be difficult to navigate your way through them, whether you're a first time parent or have experienced the events before. With online and in-store events, exhibitions and shows, there's no doubt all the information and products available can be a little overwhelming. Speaking from experience - [...]
April Firsts
I was beginning to think the "firsts" would start to dry up by now, or at least thought there would be much less of them as the year went on. However we managed loads of new firsts again this month. First Easter Easter may have started in March, but Easter Sunday and April fools day [...]
March Firsts
It's been another surprising month of firsts for us, especially with things like Mother's Day and Easter both falling pretty much in the same month this year! Here are the new things we did/discovered/experienced first in March: First christening Although he made an appearance at his best friends christening in December last year, Travis didn't [...]
Springing into a new routine
As the saying goes, this is the time of year where the clocks spring forward an hour. Normally this fills me with joy and motivation for the sunnier (not guaranteed in Scotland) seasons to come. This year, however, with a 5 month old in tow, I was filled more with anxiety of the prospect of [...]
