During my first trimester of pregnancy I have been exhausted much of the time and surprisingly nauseous bearing in mind I had absolutely no symptoms when I was pregnant with Buddy. In my slightly more delicate state I have been less inclined to spend ages setting up play so instead we have been concentrating on…
Buddy loves materials that make noise and he especially loves ripping noises. We have enjoyed hours of giggles from simply tearing a newspaper up into shreds and throwing the pieces around the living room, especially when we bury Rupert and have to find him! Now Buddy is exceptionally mobile (I blink and he’s gone!) we…
It has been cold and miserable here this week. The rain has been pouring, the heating has been turned on and my mind has ambled slowly but purposefully towards Christmas and all of the fun festive activities we can start to enjoy! I decided to kick start our festive activities with a good old contact…
This week I have been making calm down bottles for Buddy. Initially I intended to make him just one, but it was so beautiful I couldn’t resist making an entire rainbow of them! The poor Train Driver has had to drink six bottles of apple juice in three days for this to happen, so I…
We are a musical family. I proudly claim this because one third of us is musical… My husband. Unfortunately, I couldn’t hold a tune to save my life and Buddy is too young to show any true prowess yet. The Train Driver on the other hand is classically trained and music is a very important…
Buddy is one of those babies (actually I suppose he’s a toddler now… Sob!) that will attempt to scale the curtains/bookcase/baby gate the moment my back is turned. If my attention is diverted for a moment when he is awake I have to begin a search and rescue mission. Although I love his energy, it…
Buddy is a fiddler! He loves to touch, feel, open, close, lift and climb. Pretty much a normal toddler then! One of his favourite things to play with is baby wipes. He likes opening and closing the lid (and eating the wipes…) So when I saw this brilliant play on Pinterest from Jenae at I…
I have a confession to make. This is really hard for me to say and I don’t know how to sugar coat it, so I’m just going to come out and say it. I can’t sew. I know some crafty bloggers will have stumbled to the floor amidst a sea of felt, pipe cleaners and…
You may have noticed a bit of a recurring theme in my recent posts. Buddy has developed a love for cardboard. This is a passion we are happy to encourage because it’s a fantastic material for him to explore, it is readily accessible and it is disposable when he has mauled it to pieces. I…
Like all kids, Buddy loves boxes! He likes climbing on them, crawling in them, pushing them and now he likes posting things in them! This is so simple, but it keeps Buddy occupied for up to an hour at a time. What you need A strong cardboard box – we got a banana box from…
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