When Peachy the hamster was put to sleep last week Rayne cried hard. We were at the vet’s waiting area with lots of dog owners waiting for their appointments. It was quite a distressing scene and I noticed people looking over with concern and sympathy. There was even a little girl with her mum looking …
It is never too late to take your first piano lesson!
My Grandparents had a piano in the room that nobody ever went in. Not one of my family members knew how to play it, well if they did know, they never showed off their talent, not even at Christmas! As a young child I would spend hours sat at that piano trying to work out …
A story about Miscarriage
Before I embark on my story I would like to make a disclaimer that there may be some upsetting and graphic content so please take care of yourself while reading. It is not my intention to upset anyone, I just want to share my story here, in my tiny part of the internet, as it …
Why I won’t be ‘teaching’ my children at home
While travelling to gym in the car yesterday Rayne asked me a series of questions: “did you teach me to walk?, did you teach me to talk?, did you teach me to eat?” I answered “no” to each question then explained that I gave her the opportunity to walk by allowing her to go on …
My biggest parenting mistake so far
It was my oldest daughter Rayne’s 18 month check with the health visitor when she asked me if Rayne was recognising nursery rhymes. “She don’t just recognise them” I said with pride, “she sings them!” Everywhere we went people would comment on how advanced Rayne was and I was so proud of her. At 9 …
Why we no longer have a set bed time
When Rayne was a baby I spent hours and hours in a blacked out room trying to establish a set bedtime. I tried cry it out for about a minute and knew that wasn’t going to work for us so my option was to sit in the room with her until she eventually fell asleep. …
Just Doing Us Back Story
I was making dinner one day a few months back full of worries and uncertainties about a massive decision we were trying to make when the song ‘Just do you’ by India Arie started to play. I had never heard the song before so I played it again to really listen to the lyrics. That song …
