Bedtime stories has always been one of my best child hood memories. My Aunt who stays in Canada used to send me lots of new books for birthdays and Christmas. I've still got all my old books some are marked happy 3rd birthday me being 23 I've had the books over 20 years. I love reading to my son at bedtime as it beings back so many memories of when I was his age.
My favourite is the old classic 'The Billy Goats Gruff' Jack enjoys reading along and doing all the actions. Jacks favourite story is 'The Avacado Baby' he thinks the baby in the story is like his younger sister Katie. He said to me one day. . .
"Mummy is Katie the Avacado baby because she's so strong?
I fell down with laughter, I knew exactly what he ment! She has got some strength for a girl her age Lol! She climbed out her cot the other day and can very easily break out the straps on her pram too. Some girl!!
Were always looking for new storys and new adventures to explore our Neighbour gave us one of there books to read, 'The Gruffalo' we loved it and is now on Jacks Santa list Lol :) there's so many new gadgets out on the Market just now to help kids learn to read and it's a great way to encourage you're child too read books. We've got a leap frog one for jacks Christmas so I'll do another blog once we've tested it out.
Another alternative to bedtime stories is believe it or not is YouTube! I've got an iPhone and sometimes to give mummy a break from reading I click on my phone cuddle upto jack and let the phone do the talking.
Here's a link for use to try out, jack and I will be snuggling up tonight ready to listen to our bedtime story. . . Will you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls7tDI304aU
Please let me know you're bedtime story favourites and jack and I can check them out to!
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Monday, 25 October 2010
Thursday, 22 July 2010
What do you do?
I have always been a strong beliver in discipline and teaching my children about respect. I'm not a mummy that believes in smacking my tod when naughty.
When JK does step out of line I give him a warning and if he continues to misbehave I then put him on the time out spot for 3mins. He soon realises he was wrong and he then stops. I also have a reward chart with tasks for JK to do each day and he gets a smile for each one he does. We have rules to follow as well which we all sat down a wrote out with JKs help. He is a well behaved boy and I am always getting compliments on how good he is. Not that I'm being bias or anything, LOL!!
He does have the odd huff but never has he taken any tantrums.
My friends don't discipline there kids as much as I do and a few of them use smacking as a way of dealing with naughty Tods,I'm not saying there kids are monsters but the bad behaviour does continue. What kind of message are they giving out by smacking? And what does it achieve?
When I'm at friends house and if there tod was beig naughty and friend smacks tod when I am there I can't help but feel weird. I truly can't see the benefit of it, and I think I would feel bad if I ever done it to JK or KT.
Everyone has different ways of dealing with situations, WHAT DO YOU DO? What discipline and rules do you use at home?
When JK does step out of line I give him a warning and if he continues to misbehave I then put him on the time out spot for 3mins. He soon realises he was wrong and he then stops. I also have a reward chart with tasks for JK to do each day and he gets a smile for each one he does. We have rules to follow as well which we all sat down a wrote out with JKs help. He is a well behaved boy and I am always getting compliments on how good he is. Not that I'm being bias or anything, LOL!!
He does have the odd huff but never has he taken any tantrums.
My friends don't discipline there kids as much as I do and a few of them use smacking as a way of dealing with naughty Tods,I'm not saying there kids are monsters but the bad behaviour does continue. What kind of message are they giving out by smacking? And what does it achieve?
When I'm at friends house and if there tod was beig naughty and friend smacks tod when I am there I can't help but feel weird. I truly can't see the benefit of it, and I think I would feel bad if I ever done it to JK or KT.
Everyone has different ways of dealing with situations, WHAT DO YOU DO? What discipline and rules do you use at home?
Monday, 19 July 2010
Teething!!
My baby girl Is teething!! She is still sleeping through until morning but during the day is a little grump! I have tried everything to ease the pain from her lumpy gums, calpol, bonjela I've even tried gving her a baby tooth brush to bite on which I used for when my son was teething but nothing seems to work with KT.
With the summer being here, I have started buying icepoles during my weekly shop.NOt thinking KT could have them but for my son and his friends. KT saw JK with his and was checking it out! I soon gave her an un opened one to bite on one day when she wouldn't stop moaning and touching her gums, she stopped crying instantly!
Now everytime she is teething I reach for the ICEPOLES giving her half at a time.
A cheap teething tole which works wonders for red swollen gums!! It has also help her burst the gums for the tooth to come through!!
What have use used when baby is teething? Have you found any alternative to the over the counter products??
With the summer being here, I have started buying icepoles during my weekly shop.NOt thinking KT could have them but for my son and his friends. KT saw JK with his and was checking it out! I soon gave her an un opened one to bite on one day when she wouldn't stop moaning and touching her gums, she stopped crying instantly!
Now everytime she is teething I reach for the ICEPOLES giving her half at a time.
A cheap teething tole which works wonders for red swollen gums!! It has also help her burst the gums for the tooth to come through!!
What have use used when baby is teething? Have you found any alternative to the over the counter products??
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