Beware the bib. When you’ve got a small baby in the house, you’ll likely have had several warnings about going out with milky sick on your shoulder. Everyone knows that. No one, however, tells you about how those pesky little bibs with the Velcro fastenings can adhere to the inside of your coat, at the […]

Sometimes the children nail it without meaning it. Boy Two has an issue with his temper. He really struggles to control it actually, to be honest, we’re all struggling with it. He’s like the little girl who had a little curl only without the being a girl bit. So when Boy One was talking about […]

Dogs no longer frighten Boy One. For years his typical AS aversion to unpredictable, noisy, messy mutts made visits with canine cousin Pinto the Dog a little trying. It was a joy to see him puffed with pride as he walked P the D back down the hill. You’re never too young to know that […]

It’s a conspiracy. Boy Three is away, by all accounts, charming most of West Yorkshire. So, theoretically, that means a couple of nights of unbroken sleep. However, the first night Boy Two was all hot and sore from his swine flu vaccination when he clambered into bed beside me. Luckily he’s “good as new” and […]