I read an excellent post recently which I featured on my weekly round up a few weeks back. It was so on my wavelength that I've thought about the topic a lot since reading it. The author wrote about how she was running in to constant critism about allowing her son to have long hair, and people using this as a reason to say she would 'make him gay'.



As the mother to a very happy 19 month old little boy, this is an arguement I am already used to having and something that makes me…

 I've been struck down by something recently. It's had a really powerful affect on me, it's pulled the rug from underneath my feet and made me feel, well a bit like I'm on some sort of drugs (well what I imagine drugs to feel like as the only drugs I've…

After reading an article yesterday about how often you should bathe your child, I started to think about our own bath time routine. Joshua is 18 months old now and since he was a few weeks old we have given him a bath every night, without fail. In fact the only time he's missed his night time bath is on the odd occassion when we've had no hot water (thanks to a crumby boiler!).



Bath time is important not just for the obvious cleanliness reasons but for Joshua it's a change of…

I know I risk getting things thrown at me for saying this but trust me I do appreciate it fully, so please refrain from hating me quite so much...Joshua has always been a very good sleeper. I've said this before and I do…