Author Archive for suziebean
Obese babies?
I get regular emails from various different website which let me know how Oscar should be getting on with his development. I try not to pay too much attention to them because obviously every baby develops differently but its nice to get a general idea of what he should be doing.
Right now, for example, [...]
While mum is asleep…
Last night I was so tired that I put Oscar to bed and then went straight to sleep myself, leaving my husband to put Toby to bed. I passed out the minute my head hit the pillow so I didn’t hear Toby going to bed.
I found out this morning that my husband had a little [...]
Drinking It In
As you can probably tell from some of my previous posts, I follow the news quite closely. I did a Journalism degree at University and although I later decided the reporters life was not for me, I still like to be up to date with what is going on in the world.
Today the news has [...]
Music box
When Toby first slept in his cot, we were given three different carousels. One was given to us by my dad which had apparently been passed around the family a bit and so he wanted me to take good care of it and pass it on afterwards. But we couldn’t work out how to get [...]
Feeling fruity
Today is the first day in a long time when we have run out of fruit in the house. Not the end of the world for a normal child, I’m sure, but Toby is not a happy bunny!
He always likes to have a banana or apple or some strawberries with his cereal in the morning [...]
Wet blankie
Toby and Oscar have never had dummies. When Toby was a baby I was dead set against him having a dummy. I thought that he would only cry for a reason and it was up to me to make sure he was happy.
I used to think less of parents who gave their children dummies. However, [...]
Two many tantrums
The terrible twos are upon us! Toby’s tantrums are getting more and more frequent these days. This morning I asked him what he wanted for breakfast and he said he would like Corn Flakes. So I went to the cupboard and he changed his mind to Weetabix.
Then he kept changing his mind so in the [...]
Walk on by
We went for a trip into town today. We used to live a short walk away from town and so went nearly every day-even if we had nothing to buy! We’ve moved quite far away now so we have to drive into town. I didn’t ever bother buying a double buggy because Toby likes to [...]
Head Scratcher
Oscar has had cradle cap pretty much since he was born. Toby had it when he was little as well but Oscar has had it much worse. I had some cradle cap shampoo left over from when Toby had it which I had been using daily on Oscar. It started to clear up on his head [...]
Stripping off
We moved house about 2 months ago from a two bedroom flat into a three bedroom house. The house we now live in was perfectly decorated from top to bottom. We got really lucky as we got the house for a bargain price and then didn’t have to do anything to it before we moved [...]
Happy families
Families are funny things! It really surprises me how different mine and my husbands families are. We both come from large families but while his family are very close, mine is not. My Dad and my stepmother live just up the road from us with three of my four brothers, but although they are so [...]
There were 3 in the bed…
I often fall asleep while I am feeding Oscar in the night. Especially if he has had a particularly restless night. When I went to my breastfeeding workshops before Toby was born, I remember they promoted co-sleeping as one of the benefits of breastfeeding. But it scares the life out of me.
For me to pass [...]
Nighttime noises
My husband is an engineer and so he often works nights. He was working last night and left home about ten o clock. I went to bed after Oscar’s half ten feed.
Oscar woke again at one o clock and while I was feeding him I heard a little thump. I expected Toby to open his [...]
New CRB law
On the news this lunchtime they were discussing the new law that the government has brought in regarding CRB checks for those who spend time with children. The law has been amended slightly since it was first brought to the public’s attention a few months ago. Originally those people who helped families out with the [...]
Birth stories
As well as being an avid blogger, I am also a fan of Facebook. I have a large circle of friends and acquaintances, many of whom have children or are pregnant. There is one application that many people use that asks the Facebook user questions about other users. The question is then posted on both [...]
Dirtgirl
My friend has just told me about a programme on Cbeebies called Deadgirl that has a character called Crackboy in it! I was really shocked that the BBC would show this sort of programme to children and this very nearly became a post calling for it to be removed from the channel.
Luckily I decided to [...]
Nanny’s boy
Sometimes I think that Toby loves his nanny more than me! Yesterday she looked after the boys for a while so I could go shopping for Christmas presents. She came to our house and brought my husbands Aunt and Uncle with her.
Toby was asleep but he must have heard them all come in because it [...]
Rice rice baby
It seems to me, that people are too eager to start children on solids these days. I must admit, I have always been the sort of person to follow the rules, and Toby did not have solids until he was four months old (and that was under pressure from my husband!) Oscar is not a [...]
Hair raising
We always have trouble getting Toby to bed when we have people over for dinner. My husband’s family regularly stay for dinner as he loves to cook for them. We always eat at 5(ish) so Tony has plenty of time to play with everyone before bed. Last night we had a houseful as my husband’s [...]
Another type of contraceptive!
The four of us have just been round my husband’s uncles house for dinner. We go round there every couple of weeks, as it is easier for us to visit them as it is for them to come to us. They only live round the corner but him and his wife have six children (and [...]
