I love using my blog as a bit of a diary. I documented our 2019 summer holiday, the weekly churn of the first lockdown and our 2020 summer roadtrip. So this half term holiday has been a bit odd. Usually, at February half term, the boys would be in a holiday club somewhere. Usually, as … Continue reading Lockdown half term
The last three days have been an annual nostalgia trip for me. Remembering that first labour, the total lack of respect for my plan shown by our bodies. The complete naivety about birth, sleep, new borns and parenting in general. How easy that pregnancy was compared to the four that have followed it. But here … Continue reading And now he’s eight
Small boy and large boy have a really strong bond. To the point that small boy can be quite shy and even anxious when his brother isn't there. I love how close they are, there's a 3.5 year gap but they play together, imagine together and sometimes just sit quietly hugging. Their closeness does have … Continue reading Going solo
I've just seen this and it made me cross: Yeah yeah just a meme. Doesn't harm anyone. Blah blah. So from my point of view, these are the sort of low level, background messages that are just as harmful to children's perception of gender roles as girls/boys toy aisles and clothes and so on. What's … Continue reading Best brothers: unfair preconceptions
