Collaborative Post¦ If we are to be a confident parent, it’s about that combination of being trusting in our own skills, but also realising that there are essential skills that we should learn, while also understanding we need to develop ourselves at the same time in order to make life easier. There’s a lot of life admin skills that we should understand, so what are these, and how can they help us?
It’s been over two and a half years since I wrote a blog post about why I banned my toddler from watching Masha and the Bear. It quickly attracted a lot of attention and I spoke on the radio about it. Even today, it remains one of my most read blog posts…and my most trolled. Many people are supportive in an over-the-top kind of way about Masha and the Bear, it would seem. However, I’m sure everyone has programmes they don’t like their child watching. Especially if it effects their child’s behaviour in a negative way. Even more so if their child gets scared or upset by it. I don’t personally see how changing the channel as a result of that makes me a ‘pathetic millennial snowflake’. Quite recently I’ve had a couple more weird comments from people which brought Masha and Masha back to the forefront of my mind. It feels like time to revisit it.
Collaborative Post¦ It’s not just regular schools that have started up again this September. Dance schools are now back too, hooray! Autumn has always loved dancing. In fact, she first started dancing on my first Mother’s Day when she was 6 months old. She heard some music and started smiling and wiggling from side to side, moving her chubby little arms around. For years, she seemed content just dancing in whatever way her mood took her. However, recently she’s expressed an interest in ballet. As a child, I did modern, Irish and a little bit of tap. Therefore, it was very exciting to sign my daughter up for dance lessons and choose her ballet clothes from Bloch.
This week, half a decade has passed since I gave birth to my beautiful daughter. If you’ve been reading the blog for some time, you’ll know that since she could talk, I’ve done a round-up of some of the funniest things she’s said that year. Children are just so adorably funny. I love looking back on these! This year has provided many more hilarious moments.
Contains sponsored links¦ The summer holidays has finally come to an end (thank goodness in many ways, Reuben hasn’t really slept since he had bronchiolitis and it’s been a stressful few weeks!) Now the time has finally come for Autumn to start school. As a September-born baby, she’ll be one of the oldest in her year. As a result, I’ve had more time with her to myself than I would have done if she was born later in the school year. I’ve had way more time than I expected as a result of the pandemic, so I feel very lucky in some respects.