November 2008

Dear Deidre, Help, my toddler won’t eat!

But that’s OK. I read the books. I rock at this.

Giving up homeschooling: starting school

Eldest Son, Harry, who is nearly 7, and Second Son, William, who is 5, started back at school last week. Harry was ready for school and we felt that they would both settle more easily if they had each other at school. Happily, this is the case so far. William is struggling a little bit [...]

Just a mother

Edward is now a gurgling, joyous seven-month-old and I am at last – and some would say not before time – starting to look outwards at the world around me again. I have hunkered down since he was born in order, I think, to survive, although this has been in a psychological sense since I [...]

Front door news

We miss most of the Trick-or-Treaters as we are out at a party. We get back and Ben, my routine-loving toddler, starts to close all the doors. I watch him make his way to the front door, pulling the loo door open towards him and manoevering himself into the corner of the hallway by the [...]