Tag Archives: toddlers

Bath Chat

Posted on September 23, 2012 by dorkymum

One of my favourite parts of the day is the ten minutes I always have – round about half six in the evening- sitting on the sofa, breathing out at the end of a long afternoon, and listening to DorkySon … Continue reading →

Posted in Family & Friends | Tagged child development, children, family, pre-schoolers, toddlers | 2 Comments

Lovely Jubilee.

Posted on May 29, 2012 by dorkymum

My heart sank when an email popped in to my inbox about a Jubilee Garden Party at DorkySon’s nursery. What a way to spend a Saturday. I have documented my dislike of parties on the blog before, and when you … Continue reading →

Posted in Family & Friends, Modern Living | Tagged family, Jubilee, Jubilee Party, parenting, parties, Queen's Jubilee, toddlers | 25 Comments

Once upon a time…

Posted on May 18, 2012 by dorkymum

DorkySon has always loved us to read stories to him. As long as there’s a cuddly grown-up and a book nearby, he’s the happiest boy in the world. A couple of nights ago, DorkyDad and I were a little surprised … Continue reading →

Posted in Family & Friends | Tagged child development, children, kids, parenting, storytelling, toddlers | 19 Comments

As Easy As Riding A Bike

Posted on May 8, 2012 by dorkymum

If you saw my Silent Sunday post, you’ll know that we no longer just have a toddler. We have a cycling toddler. I’ll rephrase that. We have a toddler with a bike. We’re still quite a long way from having … Continue reading →

Posted in Family & Friends | Tagged bikes, children's bikes, cycling, learning to cycle, learning to ride a bike, parenting, toddlers | 20 Comments

A Toddler’s Guide to Friendship

Posted on May 4, 2012 by dorkymum

It’s funny. I’d always assumed that friendships between boys were much less complicated than those between girls. Certainly when I was at school it always looked that way. Girls were forever falling in and out of love with each other, … Continue reading →

Posted in Family & Friends | Tagged child development, friendship, parenting, relationships, toddlers | 12 Comments

About a Boy

Posted on May 1, 2012 by dorkymum

I have been trying to write this post for months, but it has been left lying dormant in my drafts folder. I’ve thought about it a lot, but when it came to the writing I couldn’t get beyond the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Family & Friends | Tagged child development, children, parenting, physical nature of having children, play, roughhousing, strength, toddlers | 33 Comments

How do you deal with Big Questions from your children?

Posted on April 17, 2012 by dorkymum

One of DorkyDad’s poems is called One of the Questions Coming – and it’s a lovely, funny piece where he imagines how he’ll respond on that inevitable day sometime in the future when DorkySon asks him if he ever did … Continue reading →

Posted in Family & Friends | Tagged birds and bees, child development, children asking about sex, facts of life, parenting, relationships, talking to children about death, toddlers | 16 Comments

The Years Fly By

Posted on April 2, 2012 by dorkymum

This time three years ago, I was spending my second day in hospital after a long and fairly messy birth. DorkySon still didn’t have a name – we had been so sure that we were having a girl that we … Continue reading →

Posted in Family & Friends | Tagged birthdays, childhood, childhood development, children's birthdays, family life, parenting, toddlers | 6 Comments

Where has my baby boy gone?

Posted on February 28, 2012 by dorkymum

Every so often we seem to go through short spells where DorkySon makes lots of developmental leaps at once. You’d think we’d be used to it by now, but we’re not; DorkyDad and I are still left looking at each … Continue reading →

Posted in Family & Friends | Tagged child development, parenting, potty training, toddlers | 14 Comments

Giggle Dreams

Posted on January 25, 2012 by dorkymum

We’ve got a good little routine going in the mornings, these days. When DorkySon wakes up – usually sometime between 6.30-7am – I go through to get him out of his cot, change his nappy, and bring him through into … Continue reading →