Two things have happened in the last couple of days that have made me think simultaneously, “aww, well done sweetie! You’re doing so well!” and “oh noes, my baby is growing up!” Whenever S does a little bottom burp, she’ll have a giggle and I’ll act all shocked Read more…
Suddenly, seemingly from nowhere (for nowhere, read probably nursery), S is pointing out letters and numbers. She’s been able to recognise the number 8 for a while, and enjoys pointing it out wherever she sees it. I thought that was a one-off though, because it’s kind of distinctive. The other day, Read more…
Last week, I went to parents’ evening at S’s nursery. I talked to her keyworker about how she’s getting on at nursery, how she gets on with the other children, all the usual things you talk about at these things. Then I was given S’s Learning Journeys to Read more…
Since S moved downstairs to the 2-3s room at nursery, she’s really come along with her words. It seems like every day she’s learning new words… but also, the words she did know, have become much more clear. Mr Tumble used to be mummle but now he’s Tumble. Elephant used to Read more…
S has always been a fairly quiet child; when she met new people she would do her best to make her head disappear between her shoulders, and resolutely looked at the floor until they stopped speaking to her and went away. Sometimes, if the person was visiting and stayed for Read more…
This is an old Disney plate someone gave us. S usually eats her breakfast off it in the mornings. Her first (and favourite) word is duck. Whenever she sees a duck, she shouts “duck!!” at the top of her voice. When she realised the rubber ducks in the bathroom were Read more…
After a year of my bed being a mattress on the floor so that S wasn’t in danger of injury when sharing my bed, I finally put the frame back together last week. I’m loving having a proper bed again – but I was worried about S mastering the art Read more…