Nursery Fears
There are lots of things to worry about when you send a kid to nursery. Will they get along with the staff, the other children, the change in routine? Will they miss us. Will they miss us at all or...
Tagged: toddler
Dear Nursery Staff…Anything Else We Need To Know
Snappy starts nursery this week. Just two afternoons a week, enough to get him out of Bethends hair and into the hair of someone else for a few hours. I mean, just enough to socialise him and prepare him for...
Breaking Out (Of Our Cot)
Snappy is officially sleeping in his big bed. And it really is a bit bed. My little croc is a little kid, genetics and well, he started off little, so being in a single bed really emphasises it. It’s going...
Snappy Gets His Snappers
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...
Don’t Dismiss All Problems As Just A Part Of ‘Parenting’
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...
Five Reasons To Use Cloth Nappies
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...
Bilingual Baby
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...
Everything Happens In Threes
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...
