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 …
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 …
Snappy is now fifteen months old – which isn’t one of those ‘numbers’ – like six months, eighteen months, eighteen years. According to the Government, fifteen months is the time for a full checkup. Our health visitor has been working in this area for almost twenty years – she was …
So I need a new backpack. Badly. On Monday I wanted a new backpack, now it’s Tuesday and another zip broke and now I need one. I was looking online for backpacks and found some great looking ones – some really cool ones that I really want. I am aware …
