Age: 10 months, 2 week, 5 days Here's the reasons I've not posted in the past couple of days: We're not at home at the moment. Our internet connection is idiosyncratic at best. I'm not feeling well. She's not feeling … Continue reading →

Age: 9 months, 6 days I mentioned in a comment here that Charlotte doesn't mind the process from bath to dressed, except for one thing. That one thing is having her hair toweled dry. She hates it, and protests vocally … Continue reading →

I gave Finn a bath last night. He was splashing the bathwater in my face and ordering me around as usual when I looked away to pull a towel out of a cupboard in the bathroom. I turned back to him and my 19 month old son decided to prove ...

Age: 8 months, 2 weeks, 4 days We've had a few firsts over the last week or so, so here they are: Gift giving: In the bath the other night, Charlotte picked up her favourite bath toy (I think it's … Continue reading →

Age: 4 months, 4 weeks Teething: So it's over a month ago that we thought Charlotte might be extremely advanced and teething early. That turned out to be a monster poo, and not teething at all, but I think we've … Continue reading →

Age: 4 months, 3 weeks, 4 days Today is a red-letter, circle around the calendar kind of day, although one in which I sadly did not really participate. Beth took Charlotte swimming. She signed up for mum'n'baby swimming lessons with … Continue reading →

Age: 4 months, 2 weeks, 5 days The combination of Charlotte's latest round of vaccinations, and the recently unveiled ability to shriek (or to scream, as it turns out) has turned today into one of considerable headache. Still, poor thing. … Continue reading →

Age: 4 months, 1 week, 6 days Over the last week, we've had another new – or rather continuing – development. Charlotte's finally discovering her hands, and how to use them. She has held things in the past, with varying … Continue reading →

Age: 3 months, 1 week, 5 days It's been quite a mixed weekend. Charlotte's been socialising a lot, meeting new people, and generally winning hearts and minds all over north London. However, she's also been very, very grumpy. Let's take … Continue reading →

Age: 11 weeks, 6 days Bath night is a lot better now. We’ve been using a new device. Up until recently, we bathed Charlotte in a little inflatable bath. Every night I’d puff into it, since it seemed to have … Continue reading →