Category: baby
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Coping with toddler tantrums with a nonverbal or speech delayed toddler
It is super frustrating that a lot of the advice about toddler tantrums assumes that they have some kind of magical adult vocabulary to understand concepts like “big emotions” or “why”. I don’t have a toddler like that. When mine turned two we had a lovely month of “I thought the twos were supposed to…
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Misadventure: A Very Louis Theroux Dinner in America
While I was in America, I had a bit of downtime between a couple of book conferences so I decided to head to a lovely beach town in Virginia. I booked ten days at a beachfront hotel which was delightful but left me with a lot of free time. I was working hard on marketing,…
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How to have the best British picnic ever (with kids)!
Picnics are a national pastime in Britain. I don’t know about you, but in the past few years my picnics have been a bit uninspired. I got into this rut of grabbing a drink, crisps and a veggie sausage roll, stuffing them in my handbag and dashing out of the house before it rains again.…
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What my ADHD means for my daily life
The first thing a lot of neurotypical people (NTs) say to me when I tell them I have ADHD is “ah we all forget things sometimes” or “it can’t be very serious if you weren’t diagnosed until an adult.” My favourite is always, “but you finished writing 20 books” which doesn’t show I don’t have…
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Review: Child’s Farm Bath Stuff
My toddler has sensitive skin. Despite most baby products saying “gentle” or “for newborns” they break him out in a rash. I’m now quite skeptical of baby bath products, especially baby shampoo and baby bubbles. I bought the Child’s Farm stuff on some sort of special offer because it was cheaper than anything else. I…
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How to find ethical Christmas gifts for children and teens
With all the problems our planet currently faces, more and more parents are looking for Christmas gifts that have been produced ethically. But what does that actually mean? And how do you go about finding them? My criteria for “ethical” was a) not mass-produced plastic b) not transported halfway around the world to reach Europe…