Top 20 Mummy Blogs

News flash! Gurgle.co.uk has published a list of ‘Top 20 Mummy Blogs’ (here) and I’m proud to say that Really Rachel gets a mention. I’m delighted to see a lot of my favourite Mummy Blogs listed too. Well done everyone!

Not Quite Perfect Timing

“What did you do this morning?”

FP thinks for a moment. “Your* did painting,” she remembers, although that was not this morning, that was yesterday.

*FP is referring to herself

I read somewhere that babies have no sense of time. To them, everything is either ‘now’ or ‘not now’. FP is no longer a baby and she is developing her understanding of time.

FP knows that some things happened in the past and has coined her own phrase to refer to yesterday:
“Your did see Jules last day.”

She knows that some things happen in the future and on different days. She is equipped with language for this but not a full understanding:
“Your can do a wee-wee on the potty. Your can do a wee-wee on Sunday.”

FP understands that bath-times can be extended if she is having fun:
“Just one few more minutes…”

She doesn’t yet understand how long a minute (or hour) is:
“You’re just going to do a wee-wee on the potty. See you in an hour or so.”

Is this what is meant by 'comedy timing'?

Essential Reading

You’ll be pleased to know that FP is taking her big-sisterly duties very seriously:

Here she is reading the “Birth To Five” book, issued by the NHS to new mothers.

What a conscientious child!

Sex-Change Baby? - Update

Obviously, we pointed out to FP that she is, and has always been, a girl. Thus, tonight, we got an edited version of the photo-observation:

“That’s you when you were never a little boy.”

Sex-Change baby?

There is some confusion.

Who is ‘me’ and who is ‘you’? FP usually refers to herself as ‘you’ or even ‘your’. For example, “Do you need mummy carry you?” and “Your did go to Tiny Talk.” It’s easy to understand how such difficulties arise.

Another tricky issue is assigning gender. FP has been heard to say such things as, “Daddy is washing her face,” and “Mummy has eaten all his dinner up.”

The latest gem came when FP was looking at photos of herself as a baby.

“That’s you with mummy. That’s you in the bath!” and, rather surprisingly, “That’s you when you were a little boy!”

Are you sure?!

So Rewarding

A huge Thank You to Emily at Maternal Tales for my shiny new award: The Lovely Blog Award.

I’m flattered to receive it and will proudly display it on my virtual mantel piece in between my mother-in-law’s fine-art and some of my favourite blogs.

Speaking of favourite blogs, I can now pass this award on to a select few. Hmmm, difficult. I read so many Lovely Blogs, it’s hard to choose between them. Besides, many of these Lovely Blogs already have Lovely Blog awards.

So, after much deliberation, I’m happy to announce that the Lovely Blog Award goes to (in no particular order):

Metropolitan Mum

Rosie Scribble

and

Being a Mummy

Enjoy!

The Not-So-Bubbly Bubble-Bath

Sometimes there are limits.

When we’re late having a bath, for example, we don’t have time for all the bath toys. “Just one,” I tell FP.

When we’ve already had a lot of chocolate today, we’re only allowed a little bit more. “Just one,” I say.

If the stuffed toys get too noisy in bed and FP can’t get to sleep, the toys have to go. “Just one,” I allow.

FP is getting quite good at the ‘just one’ rule.

After her evening meal, FP announces, “Time for a bath. With bubbles in.”

“With bubbles?!” I ask, in mock surprise. FP Loves to have a bubble-bath.

She looks me in the eye, weighing up whether or not I will allow bubbles.

“Just one?” she says.