Category Archives: rabbits

Bernard: Mum, what colour is the green, white and red country? Me: Erm… Italy. Where pizzas come from. Bernard: That man on the stairs is also from Italy. Me [after eventually realising what on earth he's on about]: Yes, your … Continue reading →

When the babies were quite small, one in our group of mothers-connected-only-by-having-attended-the-same-antenatal-course-and-without-really-anything-in-common announced that her small son had contracted chicken pox. We all rushed out to buy piriton and calamine; apparently that was what we would need. We deliberated whether … Continue reading →

Bernard’s body seems to have settled down, with occasional exceptions which do seem to be related to tiredness. We’ve had three weeks in a more regular routine now that he’s in preschool every weekday. He has discovered the wonder of … Continue reading →

The Small Boy seems to have a small range of involuntary movements of the head and arms. If you google that term, you find a plethora of possibilities ranging from the benign [many children have tics, they grow out of … Continue reading →

The boy will be three tomorrow, and as has already been pointed out, that can’t possibly be true. Only yesterday (it seems), he was a red-faced scrap of hunger and frustration, utterly helpless and only wanting to snuggle somewhere warm … Continue reading →