Tag Archives: parenting

Humility, and other liberations

Posted on April 12, 2013 by dorkymum

Today’s super-duper awesome guest post is from an old university friend, Marina. Last time Marina wrote on DorkyMum – a brilliant piece called The Pot Plant Analogy – it turned into one of the most popular posts on the blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Posts | Tagged children's sleep patterns, parenting, parenting second time around, relaxed parenting, second child, sleep issues | 4 Comments

Just the One

Posted on April 8, 2013 by dorkymum

Today’s lovely guest post moved me to tears. It’s by one of my very favourite bloggers, Sarah at Grenglish, whose blog you can find here, and who you can say hello to on Twitter here. *** ‘Just the one’ we … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Posts | Tagged family, Grenglish, motherhood, only child, only children, parenting | 63 Comments

Chalk and Cheese

Posted on April 5, 2013 by dorkymum

I’m taking some time offline over the next week or so, but to keep things busy on here I’ve invited some of my favourite blogging friends to write guest posts for me. Today’s is from Anya, who blogs as Older … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Posts | Tagged family, motherhood, Older Single Mum, parenting, siblings | 16 Comments

Dear DorkySon…

Posted on April 3, 2013 by dorkymum

Dear DorkySon. Now you are four! Didn’t we have a grand old birthday weekend? A night in a lovely hotel on Friday, and a walk round central London on Saturday. We saw the duck boat on its way to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Family & Friends | Tagged birthday, child development, children's birthday, family, kids, love, parenting, preschooler, relationships | 12 Comments

Live in the Now: March

Posted on March 18, 2013 by dorkymum

I know I’m a little bit biased, but I do think that DorkySon is one of the loveliest boys in the world. We walked past a shop window the other day that had a huge Victorian doll’s house on display. … Continue reading →

Posted in Family & Friends, Memes & Linkys | Tagged family, live in the now, parenting | 18 Comments

Silent Sunday

Posted on February 24, 2013 by dorkymum

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Posted in Family & Friends, Memes & Linkys, Photography | Tagged Covent Garden, iPhoneography, London, parenting, photography, silent Sunday, Transport Museum | 18 Comments

New Shoes

Posted on January 21, 2013 by dorkymum

Every so often, something unexpected will really take my breath away as it reminds me how much DorkySon is growing up. It’s not usually something big or significant that startles me into that realisation. We have dispensed with naps and … Continue reading →

Posted in Family & Friends | Tagged children, children's shoes, Clarks Shoes, new shoes, parenting, shoe shopping, Stompos, stomposaurus | 26 Comments

Live in the Now January

Posted on January 18, 2013 by dorkymum

Back in December I did a Live in the Now post, for the first time in months, where I took some time to just look around at our life and reflect on where we all are. I’m going to try … Continue reading →

Posted in Family & Friends, Memes & Linkys, Scotland, Travel | Tagged Edinburgh, education, family, friendship, live in the now, parenting, schools, travel, UK snow | 14 Comments

No Longer Needed

Posted on December 13, 2012 by dorkymum

Well. I guess it had to happen sometime. DorkySon has finally given up his afternoon nap. I blogged a few months ago and said that I thought it was on the cards, so I was making the most of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Family & Friends | Tagged family, growing up, naptime, parenting, sleep, sleeping | 14 Comments

Live in the Now: December

Posted on December 11, 2012 by dorkymum

When my friend Caroline was still blogging as Scribbling Mum (and before she’d started a bid for book-related world domination with the Green Door Bookshop) she ran a monthly post called Live in the Now, where she took time to … Continue reading →