05 Monday Aug 2013
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It’s been just over two weeks and we are finally unpacked and organised in our new home. Although we probably won’t be here for too long (it’s a temporary stop-gap until we hopefully buy a place), it’s still important we make it feel ours.
Part of that process has been choosing a few new pieces of furniture to replace tired or broken bits that we no longer had use for. First on that list was a new desk for Frog. Continue reading »
17 Wednesday Oct 2012
Posted in Play
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Christmas ideas, games, imaginative play, Parenting, pretend play, role play, tea sets, toddler play, toys
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For all her tantrums and diva strops, my daughter is at a lovely age right now.
Every day I can see new cogs in her brain whirring into action, as she shows me she’s remembering stuff – like numbers, shapes, colours and letters – and going through ideas in her own little head.
My favourite part of this phase is watching her imagination develop and unfurl in front of me.
She talks to everything – dolls, teddies, a pebble on the ground – as if it’s her best friend. I find the responses she gives for these inanimate objects fascinating. After asking her toy tiger if he’d like some “bing bangs” (bangles, to those in the know), she makes him reply, “Yes please. Like bing bangs. Pretty on me. ROAR!” Continue reading »
05 Thursday Jul 2012
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It’s 4.30pm on a hot and sticky afternoon in an English hospital.
The waiting room is airless. People mill around aimlessly, waiting for their overdue appointments to see the consultant.
Fraught mothers attempt to entertain their grumpy children, desperate not to be the ones with “that” child. I am one of these mothers. My child does not want to be here. Shouts of “JUICE!” and “WO AWAY!” fill the air.
But then she spies some shoes. Continue reading »
26 Sunday Feb 2012
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20 Thursday Oct 2011
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art, baby, box of treasure, craft, development, Parenting, play, toddler, toys
Frog has a new toy. It cost me, well, let’s just say it was very very cheap. As cheap as a box of treasure comes, in fact.
At nearly 16 months, my daughter has decided she’s not particularly interested in toys any more. She’d rather play with real stuff. It doesn’t really matter what stuff, as long as it’s stuff.
Useful stuff is best; a bowl, a wooden spoon, some pegs. Anything that isn’t a real toy and which I’m likely to need within the next half an hour. Continue reading »