In some parts of the world there is parade season or mardi gras season; a time of seemingly endless celebrations and in the lead up to it lots of very busy people trying to get too much done in too short a time. Here at Navigating Baby we have our own silly season… April and […]
A happy birthday poem for my beautiful, smart and funny little girls as they turn 3… When they said it was twins my heart skipped a beat 4 under 4; how would I manage that feat? Our little family to double… Oh Lord! We were in trouble!! But, manage we did and now here we
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DISCLAIMER: We were gifted the tickets to attend the baby disco by Monski Mouse, but as ever the opinions are my own Today our boys were taken to a football match by my parents and so we were a more typical sized family of 4… It was all rather odd and I felt like I
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AGE APPROPRIATE CHORES FOR CHILDREN Earlier this week we had a guest post on Navigating Baby about engaging children with spring cleaning and it got me thinking about chores for children and whether they are appropriate or necessary?  The short answer is yes I think that having chores for children is important and necessary for
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Very shortly my little ladies will be 3. They will be big girls and they are already very much gearing up for their year as threeangers. I am prepared for the onslaught of attitude and cheekiness, but what I was not prepared for is the toddler sleeping issues. Since I had four kids under four I
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This guest post is written by Alex Farley who loves to write alongside running her business and here is sharing her ideas for engaging your children with the traditional Spring Cleaning. This post contains a link to Alex’s cleaning company, but please note Navigating Baby has not used its services and has not been paid
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THE NEWBORN ESSENTIALS YOU ACTUALLY NEED If you are pregnant, especially if this is your first baby, I know you have started thinking about what the first baby essentials are. I know you are planning ahead and probably budgeting as getting all these essential things for a newborn can be very expensive, but where do
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I have just started potty training number 4 and despite the fact that I have just had to pick up a massive poo from my back garden I remain hopeful that this will be the end of nappies for our family. I shan’t be sad to wave them goodbye despite a 7 year relationship. This
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It is funny how toddlers develop in fits and starts so you feel like one day you have a baby and the next a threenager is staring back at you with their hands firmly planted on their hips as they wag their finger at you and say ‘NO’. It’s like they wait until they have
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Dealing with toddler tantrums isn’t easy Although I am now on my 3rd and 4th toddler I have not really had to deal with full on toddler tantrums. Both of the boys had wobblies and threw their toys out of the pram (metaphorically speaking), but they didn’t really do that on the floor kicking, screaming
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