The Strangest things kids do

Henry has a strange habit of putting a CD on the flour faced down, in the middle of the door leading to the kitchen and neither me or his dad can figure out why.

He has done this since he was able to walk and it is a CD with his name on it, and also wants to play it, so going to speak to Santa.

What stranges things do your kids do ? Please leave a comment below, about your kids?

My son also won’t wear a coat with a hood and often doesn’t like wearing a coat, and so got him a jacket where you can take the hood off.

I bought him a body warmer, and even that he is not sure of, but will wear jumper but won’t wear a fleece at all. He’s not sure about polo shirts, but has to wear one for his school, and has a pair of sandals for the summer, but takes us a lot of convincing for him to put them on, and loves walking making train noises, as he is mad about them. He wants to be a train, and fear this as he keeps saying he’d like to go on the train tracks, so little worried but of course will supervise him to make sure he doesn’t and will travel again up London by train, and if he wants to watch the trains for a little while, then we do.

As a baby he loved being winded, and this was from the very early days, and in hosptial as he was in there for a month, due to being premature, would when I was able to see him, as I development an Oral Virus, would wind him and he wouldn’t cry and enjoyed the sensation.

He wouldn’t sit in the bath at one point, but liked swimming , and only liked me to give him a bath, and once he built his confidence on his own, with supervision, started to out of the blue sit in the bath. He wouldn’t want to come out, and why often you have to repeat making him a bath, for example, for him to discover that it is okay.

Now as I write this blog he is dipping his cracker into his hot chocolate. I remember as a baby when he would wake up from a nap be really grumpy, and to calmed down when I put on the song, Only You by the Flying Pickets or if I read to him. I remember a little boy I knew as a baby, and was a kid myself still, loved the Eastenders song, and Henry would cry to You Spin right round, by Dead or Alive, and I think it was the video of it that freaked him out and not the actual song.

Not sure if he’d like it now, as not tried, so may experiment at some point.

He at first wouldn’t be excited about Christmas, and was not interested in opening up presents, but overtime this has changed, and loves it.

So I will be posting more as we get near to the festive season, and so have a good week ahead.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Kids get ready for Christmas

Yes it is coming up to the big C and deciding what to buy for our kids, oh sorry more Santa will be and means having a good dinner, and consulting Santa on what gifts our kids want.

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So, first of all I think choosing what you kids can help with and set a date to have the Christmas decorations going up, and why not make everyone a hot drink whilst you decorate in your matching PJ;s, with some Christmas music playing.

Take them to go and see the lights in town, depending on where you live and many places in London will have Ice Rinks and I love a Christmas market where they have a Santas Grotto, like the Southbank in London.

Create a Christmas folder. I will be going to get mine out to update and I have decided on the theme for gifts and like traditional in many households, write a wish list.

Get out the games. Last year we played Pictionary type game, and growing up would play card games. Shut the box is a really fun game and great way to have everyone playing together rather then on mobiles or tablets and make it a tradition and each year buy a new game.

Have a table for the kids to eat together, depending on the room you have. Each child has a cracker they can pull and activities on the table to help with them not getting bored whilst waiting for the food and nominate one child and one adult to give out the gifts and take note of which child it was that did it that year, and then have another child do this on the following year or boxing day, to hand out the presents.

I have done a printable for Christmas tips and so check out here:

christmas-guide-for-parents-2023Download

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X

Allowing kids to go out on their own

As a kid I was emcouraged to play out. living on a housing estate we knew how far we could go, and were always told when playing out. that we, my friendds and I, stay togetther and go in before it got dark.

Picture of my son watching his favourite thngs trains

Today my son and I went to one of our favourite parks in Wimbledon to search for a cat we often see and wanted to look for her himself whilst I sat on the bench, and is him telling, “I want to do things on my own” and that is fine, as long I can see him and trust him more now, as there was a time he’d run off and if he saw a gate run out of it, but now came back to where I was and feeling comfortable in letting him walk around the park on his own.

I was lucky when it came to school as it was just around the corner and so when I was in my final years at Primary school started to walk home to school on my own, before then I would be looked after other parents, but as we go older the boundary of where we (tlking about my brother and I, could go further on our on, and of the estate, and to the adventure park nearby, as we became more responsible.

I know at some point Henry would like to go out on his own and it scares me not going to lie, and worry about it because of knowing where he is and make sure he will let me know where he is and when he will be coming home.

I will be getting him an Apple Watch to use to make sure I can keep track of his whereabouts, but at the same time don’t want to be intrusive and have him think, feel that he can’t be trusted. So, for me, when Henry can go out on his own will be when it is right for both of us, and not restrictive because from experience is not always effective, and can cause kids to go somewhere and not tell you and so it will be setting boundaries. Allowing him the freedom to explore, but safely.

I feel the time will be on, when I know he can cross a road safely as he is getting to that stage, but he not got a long concentration span and goes into his own world, so it is paying attention of his whereabouts, he can pay for things himself, can travel by himself and come home safely, and being street wise.

So if you are a parent and your kids have begun to go out on their own, and when you feel is the right time, please leave a comment below as I’d love to share and give me some tips and tricks.

Many thanks for reading,

Carrie X