Everyday Carry for Parents
I read about the concept of everyday carry and thought I’d compile the items I, as a parent, always seem to have on my person. What do you always find yourself lugging around? Click to read.
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Why Parents of Toddlers Are Really Sales People
After a weird experience on the phone to a mobile service provider, I realised that sales people and parents of toddlers share some essential skills for getting through the day. Click to read.
Five Things You Learn Before Your Child Turns Three
As Elsa approaches her third birthday, it’s time for me to take my annual look back at what I have learnt, whilst attempting valiantly to ignore my own high-speed trajectory towards middle age. Click to read.
Six Things That Always Happen When You Go Swimming With a Toddler
There are six things that happen every time you visit a swimming pool with a toddler. How many of these have you noticed? Click to read.
Possession is Nine Tenths of Toddler Law
Elsa has grasped the concept of possessions, although her cavalier attitude to keeping them safe would invalidate even the most lax of home contents policies. Click to read.
The Toddler Budget 2016
You’ve heard George Osborne’s Budget, now here’s one for parents of toddlers. Who doesn’t want a sleep pension? Or a licence fee rebate for excess CBeebies? Click to read.
Why? Why? Why? Elsa…
The “why?” stage of toddlerhood has hit earlier than expected and I’m scrabbling around for suitable answers. Click to read.
The Alternative Toddler Playlist Launches
It’s finally been compiled – draft one of the Alternative Toddler Playlist is here. Stream it, enjoy it with your kids and suggest more tunes. Click to read.
Elsa’s Christmas Movie Quiz – The Answers
The names of the five Christmas films my daughter Elsa was acting out in her festive movie quiz. Click to read.
Guess the Christmas Movies Acted out by a Toddler
Can you guess the five classic Christmas films acted out by two-year-old Elsa? Click to read.