by iamcrabstix | Nov 17, 2017 | general parenting
We’ve had a bit of a dilemma at bath time of late, my partner and I both work full-time, so by the time bath time comes around little man is soooooo very tired. So we have been on a bit of a mission in making bathtimes fun again, otherwise this child will never be clean!
He just wants to watch Iggle Piggle and have his milk, he doesn’t want to go in the bath! So we have had a few little tantrums and a lot of standing up trying to get out of the bath as soon as he is put in!
We’ve tried to switch things up a little bit, he’s too tired for his toys but one thing that has made a positive difference is by making the towel a big feature and something he’s excited to use at the end!
This was made possible thanks to this brilliant Dinosaur hooded towel, which acts almost like a fancy dress costume!
This has made the big drama of getting out of the bath and putting pyjamas on a lot easier to deal with as he now sits with his hands in the paw areas and says ‘RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA’ whilst he is getting dressed. A lot more fun all round!
We’re off on holiday soon, so the next test is how jealous the other little ones will be of this epic towel around the pool! I’d usually never think of being a little one something like this as a present, but I can guarantee it would be a welcome Christmas gift for a little one who already has too many toys!
Disclosure: We were given this product for the purposes of inclusion in a Christmas gift guide, but the product was so popular in our house that I believed that it warranted a post of its own. All views are, of course my own, and endorsed by RLT’s smiley, happy face at the end of bathtime.
by iamcrabstix | Nov 13, 2017 | Living Arrows
I am taking part in Donna from What the Redhead Said‘s Living Arrows – which is a celebration of childhood!
We could all do with a little more celebration in our lives!
To quote Donna, “The project originally took it’s name from a poem by Kahlil Gibran,
“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth”
and every Monday we share a moment from our week and invite others to do the same as part of this linky.”
Week 46
So fresh and so clean
I was lucky enough to spend most of the day with RLT and my three year old nephew on Friday. I took them to the gymnastics centre on my own, which I was a bit anxious about – I honestly thought they’d tie me up and hold me hostage as they are tinkers, but turns out that they were little angels who just ran in the opposite direction most of the time!
Saturday we spent the day as a family, taking a great walk to Durham by the riverside – which was a bit tricky with RLT’s new instance on running everywhere – was a bit terrifying so close to a fast flowing river!
On Sunday, we had a day just the two of us, as Dada was at work. So we got up to lots of things, all which included mess. So RLT was sent for an early bath as you can see here…….
As you can see he didn’t seem to mind, I even got a few photographs of him smiling, which is extremely rare these days. Reasons behind the early bath include:
He decided he wanted to feed himself his yoghurt, we are working on spoon control…. he got quite annoyed so he decided to use his hands and when he couldn’t quite get enough in his hands, he decided to go back to his hot dog! This is him pulling his ‘funny face’ which is the face you mostly get when you try to take a picture these days.
We decided to do some potato prints in my sketchbook – I’m pretty impressed with his brush skills already! He’s pretty good at colouring too, however he did get more paint on him than on the paper… so we’ll continue to work on that!
by iamcrabstix | Nov 6, 2017 | Living Arrows
I am taking part in Donna from What the Redhead Said‘s Living Arrows – which is a celebration of childhood!
We could all do with a little more celebration in our lives!
To quote Donna, “The project originally took it’s name from a poem by Kahlil Gibran,
“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth”
and every Monday we share a moment from our week and invite others to do the same as part of this linky.”
Week 45
They see me rollin’…
So much to his dada’s disgust I bought a little run around from a friend at work! My Grandma gave us his Christmas money early so that we could show her at Christmas what we’d bought him, and my colleague was selling this for the exact amount he got – I thought it was fate!
He is far too small for it, he can’t work out the pedal and we have nowhere to store it. But it brings a smile to his face and he even wanted to eat his lunch in it – I’d say that is a success!
by iamcrabstix | Nov 1, 2017 | Living Arrows
I am taking part in Donna from What the Redhead Said‘s Living Arrows – which is a celebration of childhood!
We could all do with a little more celebration in our lives!
To quote Donna, “The project originally took it’s name from a poem by Kahlil Gibran,
“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth”
and every Monday we share a moment from our week and invite others to do the same as part of this linky.”
Week 44
Sunshine!
We had an unexpected lovely sunny day on Thursday – an added bonus as I’d taken annual leave as I didn’t have any childcare that day! We went to the park, something I’d never done on my own with RLT since he could run off! I stuck close to him, but let him explore going off the paths and in and around the trees. He absolutely adored it!
by iamcrabstix | Oct 23, 2017 | Living Arrows
I am taking part in Donna from What the Redhead Said‘s Living Arrows – which is a celebration of childhood!
We could all do with a little more celebration in our lives!
To quote Donna, “The project originally took it’s name from a poem by Kahlil Gibran,
“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth”
and every Monday we share a moment from our week and invite others to do the same as part of this linky.”
Week 43
Taking time out to enjoy the little things in life
This week has been sad as my partner and I have both experienced bereavement at work. Makes you take stock of what you’ve got and realise that in the grand scheme of things our worries, really aren’t worries at all.
Little fella and I took the opportunity to play in the garden on Friday. It was a bit of an overcast day, but the storm seemed to miss us and I thought it may be one of the last opportunities of the year, so embraced it until little man decided he was ready to go inside.
My partner really has put alot of effort into the garden since we moved in 17 months ago and I probably don’t appreciate that enough.
