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Settling in
After Baby E completed the three-day inskolning process at preschool, he had a week and a half of shorter hours to ease him in. However, it didn’t really turn out like that. Monday went fine – he...
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Bedtime battle
We are having a bit of a bedtime battle with Little O these days. While I and then Husband were on parental leave, he was used to waking at around 7am, having a leisurely breakfast and then going to...
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The Small Mice of Homesville – a review
Photo from Amazon.com Over the past few evenings, Little O and I have been reading a book on the Kindle app called The Small Mice of Homesville by Linda May Kallestein and Elias Kallestein, who have...
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Bedtime skirmishes
On the bedtime front, things are looking up a bit with Little O and now probably half of the nights, he drops off to sleep within 15-20 minutes of being put down. Definitely, a case of a few skirmishes...
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Cool summer days
Cool summer days by englishmamma featuring h&m H m $9.15 - hm.com Zara Leather Desert Boot zara.com Skjorta, $15 - lindex.com Sonnenbrille – von H&M hm.com • • • • Yesterday was not exactly...
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A three-sticker day
It’s all been about potty training for the past week. We’ve been making slow progress, but today Little O had a breakthrough. Today was a three-sticker day. There were high fives and cheers all round....
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The magic of stickers
As I mentioned briefly yesterday, we have started potty training Little O. We’ve been doing a gradual process of introducing him to the potty and “big boy pants” and the idea of earning stickers for...
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Splish splash splosh
Splish splash splosh by englishmamma featuring slim cut jeans H m $6.25 - hm.com H&M slim cut jeans $9.38 - hm.com Kapuzenjacke – von H&M $16 - hm.com A perfect outfit for days like today...
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Potty training progress
Little O has made even more progress with potty training this week and has been wearing “big boy pants” each day after we come home from preschool and sitting and peeing on the potty. He’s had one...
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A day in the life of an English Mamma
Image by Nemo via Pixabay I have become a something of a creature of habit, out of necessity because of the routines of the boys and my working day. I suppose that is usual when you have small children...
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A toddler’s guide to Budapest
The jobs that Husband and I do mean that we take our summer holiday early, in Swedish terms, during June and are back at our desks in early July. It makes some things more difficult (the city (perhaps...
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The trials and tribulations of being three
So far, three seems to be an age of contrasts. On the one hand, Little O can be charming and kind and so, so funny, but then the toddler demon pops onto his shoulder and he pushes every boundary there...
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Blink and you miss it
Everyone says that children grow up too fast but I had not really experienced it until last weekend. We are quite regular visitors to Skansen and have annual passes, so we try to visit often. Last...
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Potty yes, potty no
I know that all the books and websites and leaflets and old wives – in fact, everyone – say not to push a toddler into potty training, but Little O’s suddenly developed refusal to go on the potty is...
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What a difference a year makes
Well, actually, what a difference a year and a few months make. After I posted the weekly portraits of the boys, with Little O sitting on the pig at Skansen, I decided to look back into my photo...
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This and that
Image: Localgraphics I can sympathise with this after the summer holidays… …and this holiday experience too. Some great childhood memories were sparked by this. From a US point of view but raises an...
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R2BC – the police car edition
It’s been quite a long time since I joined in with Reasons To Be Cheerful – a really long time – but I’ve decided it’s time to start linking up at Michelle‘s again. So here are this week’s reasons: -...
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No, no, nap, no
These days Little O is just growing up so fast. In fact, in his first week back at preschool, we had a call asking if we would like him to take up an available spot in the next class up from the...
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Skansen – something new, somewhere old
We love Skansen. And what’s not to love about it? History, fairground rides, pony rides, bears, wolves and wolverines (yes, seriously). We love it so much that both boys are using it as the subject of...
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Out of the mouths of babes
These past few weeks we’ve noticed that Little O’s language has taken another leap forwards. And it has led to him saying some very funny things. On arriving at the beach: - “It’s very big.” - “What’s...
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