September 2006

Thoughts on potty training

September 30, 2006

Angel over at 1smartmom has a great list to help parents deal with toilet training. I’ve come across it too late, as Keira’s pretty much trained now (a process a long time coming, but as she’s not two and a half yet, I must say I’m pretty pleased with her efforts!). I have a few [...]

September 29, 2006

This is my son in the typical (that I’ve come to know) pose for a man: the ‘laid back casual wait between main course and dessert’. Coincidently, that same foot is his one of choice for sucking in between mouthfuls of food. I would be offended if I’d taken the time to cook it myself [...]

Madonna can be bad for your health

September 28, 2006

(Warning: my immediate family and friends already know about this!) Keira already has particular tastes in music. Her favourite song for some time has been Madonna’s Hung Up. I have no problem with this, I think it’s a great song, but I think the video clip needs to come with a warning: “Warning: impressionable children [...]

Minus three months until Christmas

September 27, 2006

I was going to post on this subject a few days ago when it was exactly three months but, well, like most days now it flew past and already October is about to slap me in the face. We did most of the Christmas shopping last weekend. I said to Adam on the way to [...]

Appreciating the small big things (or is that the big small things?)

September 27, 2006

Riley has resisted tummy time for a long while. He’s just been happy sitting up, chewing on all and sundry. Yet I persist to put him on stomach, to exercise his muscles, get him used to it. Then tonight, out of the blue, he tucks up his knees underneath him, lifts his butt–and goes backwards. [...]

Self-Publishing research sows ideas for future

September 26, 2006

Next year, both my grandparents are turning 80. I pitched an idea to our family that we all get together and write some sort of family memoir in commemoration of the event. So far the idea has been received positively, but I won’t know for a while whether it’ll go ahead or not. Nonetheless, I’ve [...]

Time for something light: A Book Poll

September 25, 2006

Today being Tuesday usually means a session with Lisa, but as our time finished a couple of weeks ago, that’s not going to happen. Pity, because I’m about at my wits end. However I’m not going to mope here. Not today. Instead: I got this list fromBlog that Mommy! who in turn got it elsewhere. [...]

Nappy Overflow

September 24, 2006

Kids make mess. That’s no secret. One of the more unpleasant aspects of parenthood is changing nappies, and even that’s never really fazed me. (Those people who faint and carry on when they open up a nappy? Never understood that).Yes, I’m one of those naughty people who use disposable nappies, but I also use the [...]

It’s hard not to get Angry

September 23, 2006

Note the capitalization of the ‘A’ in angry. Last night was the worst night ever with Riley. At 10.30pm I gave up to-ing and fro-ing from his room and moved him and me into the spare bed. That usually works, even though its a hated last resort. I like my own bed and I like [...]