“You be the baby, I be the mummy”, my son tells me for the seventeenth time today. It’s his favourite game. “You could be daddy”, I suggest. “No, I want to be mummy”. “Daddies look after babies too you know”, “no, mummies look after babies”. As a self-proclaimed feminist I feel I’m somewhat failing at…
Posts Tagged with toddlers
I Can’t Control My Child: The Secret of Motherhood
It’s every parent’s nightmare isn’t it – a tearaway kid – but if I’m honest, I can’t control my child. I often find myself worrying what others think about my lack of parental control. I’m sure it’s a fear of mums everywhere, but sometimes I worry that, as a single mum, the judging will flow more…
The Why Phase With My Toddler
We’ve been in grips of the why phase for some time now. “Why didn’t we run for the bus?” “Why have you got lines on your face?” “Why don’t some people have beds?” “Why did I wear a skirt?” “Why is daddy ill?” “Why do you want to go to bed?” These are just some…
Christmas Expectations Vs Reality
As usual Christmas reality doesn’t quite match up to Christmas expectations. Expectation: Christmas eve would be spent singing carols around the piano with my family. Reality: I sang out of tune, my son banged on the piano keys and whacked family members incessantly. The grand finale was provided by a traditional family arguement because – well because it was…
Toddler Talk: Funny Things My Toddler Says
Toddler talk is hilarious, I’ve been keeping a track of some of my favourite sayings from my toddler over the last year. What funny things does your little one say? Toddler Talk for Science/ Maths “Mummy I don’t have a shadow, it’s too dark, I‘m not here!” I can’t see my eyes. Is the sun made of…
The Good Times
I have written a lot about the challenges of motherhood – single motherhood especially. As I put up posts like missing in action and this shit just got real, I worry that should I, or my son, (or really anyone) look back on this blog in years to come and think that this is the whole…
Why Having No Routine Is Great For My Son
I’m pretty sure talking about toddler routines in the negative is sacrilege amongst the parenting population. So I’m readying myself for the backlash at this brazen statement, but I mean it when I say not having a routine for my son has been good for him and for me. Contrary to popular opinion, babies and toddlers*…
My Message To The Mum of That Toddler
I was flicking through my notebook today and came across a half written post I’d done awhile back about parenting the shitty kid. Before I go any further with this story I should just point out that my son is NOT, never was (and hopefully never will be), a shitty kid (let’s be honest NO kid is actually a shitty kid).…
Why I Hate Mum Work Travel
I wrote a while back about my love-hate relationship with work travel as a mum. Only now I’ve decided I actually just hate mum work travel. Last night I returned so exhausted every bone in my body ached and I had that fuzzy, not quite there feeling – like my brain was looking through some translucent…
When Your Baby Becomes A Toddler
When your baby becomes a toddler it takes some serious adjustment. My baby became a toddler a little while ago, it’s just taken me a while to out what its all about! These are some of the changes I’ve been trying to get used to. 1. Sleep goes out the window. Yes I know i’s meant…