Parenting
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Who won the World Cup in 2018?
No blog about my son would be complete without a blog post about football. This is actually the second post I write about his love for football, the first being Who plays for Millwall that used to play for Middlesbrough? All boys love football don’t they, supposedly, that is certainly the stereotype anyway and so Continue reading
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Why do you always sing?
We all have our favourite things to do, things that make us feel good, which provide us with a few moments out of the day to forget everything and one of them for me is listening to music really loud in the car and singing. I tend not to do it anymore because it seems Continue reading
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How many bits of air are there?
We were in the car one day, and going out as a family and I could hear my son breathing quite heavily and he asked…… “How many bits of air are there?” My son loves numbers, he always wants to know how many things there are, how things are measured etc so this question didn’t Continue reading
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What Time is it? Part Two!
The question What Time is it? was the basis of this blog, it was my very first blog post (What Time is it?). From around 3 years old, my son started asking this question over and over again. And not just a couple of times a day—literally hundreds of times. He would ask it three or Continue reading
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A Poem – I’m Bored!!!
The second poem in my series of poems. If you didn’t see the first one, He’s Fine, Click here to read. I hope the poem below highlights the frustration my son feels. I’m Bored! I’m bored he said more and more,At every opportunity he said galore.Morning, noon and night,He always seemed wound up so tight.Even during Continue reading
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What is a daydream?
It had been a long, long day (aren’t most of them nowadays) and I knew I had a long way to go. I had been playing headers with my son where I throw a small ball and he heads it. This was the new version of goalkeepers that he liked to play. He then wanted Continue reading
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Can I sleep at Grandma’s?
All children sleep at their grandparents at some point, right? Well not my son, not really. My daughter slept at my mams, her Grandma’s a lot. And she loved it. Absolutely loved it. She had her own bedroom there and it was home from home really. The same never really happened for my son. As Continue reading
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What happens when the year turns to 3?
We were on holiday in London (more on that later) and sat in The Natural History Museum having dinner. Things had been fairly tense all morning and sat in a restaurant is always tense due to the noise and food and smells. So when my son asked… “What happens when the year turns to 3?” Continue reading
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Can you say this?
Somewhere along the line, and most of the time I’m not entirely sure how but my son, or maybe I do, starts little rituals that start off small but over time become a major issue. I say issue because this insignificant small ritual grows until it dominates his whole life…..and mine….and there are several of Continue reading
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Have you cancelled my lonely time?
Way back in February when the wheels really started to come off my son’s attendance at school they offered him a block of counselling sessions. This wasn’t immediately offered, I really pushed for this to happen but I knew it was the right option. This wasn’t him going into a room and laying on a Continue reading
The Questions of My Child 