Gifted¦ Christmas really is just around the corner and gift buying is in full swing! It can be difficult to know what to buy children, so here’s some inspiration for boys and girls of all ages and something to suit all budgets!
Parenting
A Handy Guide If You’re Struggling To Conceive
Collaborative Post¦ You may have everything you want in life and be exactly where you envisioned being. You might have the perfect career, the perfect partner, and the perfect house. There is just one thing missing, a baby. Unfortunately, struggling to conceive naturally is more common than we think. 1 in 7 couples have trouble conceiving. The longer you try to conceive the less likely your chance of conceiving naturally will be. If you are not too bothered about how you get a child you could look into other methods of having a baby. These include fostering, adoption, or surrogacy.
An interview with Autumn, age 5
When Autumn was a baby, this set of questions circulated around many parenting blogs. I couldn’t wait for her to be able to talk and now she’s never quiet! By the time she turned 2, she was speaking enough for us to have a decent conversation. As such, I asked her these questions for the first time! Since then, I’ve asked her these questions each year. It’s fascinating to listen to her answers and document them year after year. Some of them stay the same, while other change quite drastically! Here’s a little insight into Autumn’s perspective on life as a (just turned) 5 year old!
The Essential Life Skills That Will Make You a Confident Mum
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?
Revisiting Masha and the Bear
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.