To complain about the weather is very British and we are in the middle of what other humans call summer. I’m Welsh, so summer is usually a few days in May or June, then rain. Or the threat of rain. This is pretty much all seasons in Wales are like …
Do you have a toddler? Will you have a toddler? Do you know what a toddler infestation looks like? It might not be obvious at first; they creep into your life, starting off helpless, innocent without them causing too much mess in the house. You move them around, place them …
This is not an adorable children’s book. Yet. What it is is a couple of weeks of a ratty toddler with no indication as to why except for all the new teeth that have appeared. As well a couple of molars. Oh boy. He’s ‘behind’ when to his teeth. I …
Not everything is just part of being a parent. A few months ago my son was ill. Not unusual, kids get sick. They pick up germs from other kids, from us, from putting anything and everything in his mouth. He’s been sick before and he’ll be sick again. This time …
Here at Queer Little Family, we use both disposable and cloth nappies on Snappy. I would like to ditch the disposables entirely but it’s not been feasible with Snappy’s nappy rash and the fact that he moves so much in his sleep. So at night we use a disposable because …
Easter is reeeeeeally early this year, it’s Good Friday this Friday, so I’m a bit later than usual with my holiday themes board book list. To be honest, I wasn’t actually going to a board book post, because Snappy isn’t into board books now. He still likes to look at the …
We’re determined to bring up our son speaking Welsh. We live in Wales, he’ll have to do it in school, he needs to speak Welsh. We want him to speak Welsh. I moved to Wales when I was ten and learning Welsh is considered so important that we (my sister …
So, the last week has been a bit hectic. I like to post twice a week at least – it keeps me writing and keeps this place active and you all something to read. I’ve managed to keep up the twice-weekly posts for a while now, thanks to writing ahead …
Snappy is eighteen months old this week. He’s definitely not a baby anymore but a little boy whose personality becomes more and more defined every day much to my delight and occasional despair. He changed so much from age 0 to twelve months but not the changes are less drastic …
I’ve always been a pretty clumsy person. I was the clumsy one growing up, tripping up, falling over walking into things. That was my thing. I’m still clumsy and I married another clumsy person. Bethend is actually clumsier than I am and you’d think we’d be ready and make our …
