Riley has resisted tummy time for a long while. He’s just been happy sitting up, chewing on all and sundry. Yet I persist to put him on stomach, to exercise his muscles, get him used to it.
Then tonight, out of the blue, he tucks up his knees underneath him, lifts his butt–and goes backwards. He’s […]

Next year, both my grandparents are turning 80. I pitched an idea to our family that we all get together and write some sort of family memoir in commemoration of the event. So far the idea has been received positively, but I won’t know for a while whether it’ll go ahead or not.
Nonetheless, I’ve started […]

Today being Tuesday usually means a session with Lisa, but as our time finished a couple of weeks ago, that’s not going to happen. Pity, because I’m about at my wits end. However I’m not going to mope here. Not today.
Instead: I got this list fromBlog that Mommy! who in turn got it elsewhere. Please […]

Kids make mess. That’s no secret. One of the more unpleasant aspects of parenthood is changing nappies, and even that’s never really fazed me. (Those people who faint and carry on when they open up a nappy? Never understood that).Yes, I’m one of those naughty people who use disposable nappies, but I also use the […]