When Peachy the hamster was put to sleep 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 over at …
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Growth Mindset: 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 …
Our Quest to a Growth Mindset
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. …