Arlo arrived in March 31st, and Athena didn’t meet him until the next day, which was April 1st. This photo was taken within 10 minutes of them meeting, it was snapped on my phone but to me it is perfection… the complete acceptance from Athena of this tiny little being that for months she had… Read More
So guess what Athenas favourite word is right now? Yep, “DADDY”. She’s been able to say it for ages obviously but for the last three weeks or so it has been her most said word daily. I go in to get her in the morning and am greeted with ‘Daddy?!’ I go to pick her… Read More
A list of things my toddler does that I wish she wouldn’t… Closes the toilet lid and attempts to flush it, often when I’m still sat on it. She also loves to throw anything and everything she can into the bath tub, keys, unopened post, shoes you name it. Refuses to let me help her… Read More
Toys can be educational without being boring and dull, and now Athena has reached an age where she understands more about the world and what goes on in it she’s finding a lot more enjoyment in toys that let her use her imagination a bit more. We were asked recently if we would like to choose… Read More
Whoops, time ran away from me it seems, as this was meant to be an 18 month update but is now a 19 months one. The last update I wrote was at 13 months back in July, as I see monthly updates as a bit repetitive and probably not interesting in the slightest for the… Read More
Last Friday I threw caution to the wind and decided to walk to park with Athena, instead of pushing her in the buggy or popping her in the mei-tai carrier. I’m not sure why I decided it was the right time, but we had an afternoon to kill so I went for it! The park… Read More
Suddenly Athena has become a really good sleeper. She was what most people would call a ‘good sleeper’ anyway, as in she slept solidly without waking through the night once she was asleep for a good 10 hours or more. The problem used to be getting her to sleep, at bedtime or nap time. Until… Read More
Well, all of a sudden Athena is 13 months old! I’ve not done a baby update since she was 10 months old, I meant to do one at a year but by the time I sat down to write it was too late! Sleeping: through the night from around 8 till 8 or later. I… Read More
This time last year I was sat waiting at the hospital in my unflattering hospital gown waiting to go through to the operating theatre to have my Baby. Now as I write this she is happily sat in her highchair munching a piece of peanut butter on toast and bouncing up and down to the… Read More
At 9 months Athena is: Crawling at speed all over the house. doing the ‘downward dog’ which is hilarious to watch pulling herself up to standing taking very tentative steps whilst holding on to things then getting annoyed that she doesn’t know how to get back to where she started. sleeping for 11-13… Read More