Scottish Mum Blog - Writing from Aberdeen
Walking in the rain, or blogging in the snow. On the path to enlightenment, wear comfy shoes.
Image: Clare Bloomfield / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Wouldn’t it be a wonderful world if we all went through life with blinkered eyes and absolutely no problems to deal with as far as our kids are concerned? If there is one thing I have learned as the parent of three boys in the last 8 years, it is [...]
Image: maple / FreeDigitalPhotos.net I had to go shopping for a birthday card this morning. After wandering endlessly looking for one that the little mister might not think was too gauche, or too girly, or too boyfriendy for his gal pal, I eventually found one that looked plain enough to be boring, but sensible enough not [...]
It was Internet safety day yesterday, and while I didn’t get to writing a post about it, I came across something that is aimed at children which worried me. I am pretty vigilant with my boys lives online, which is probably a bit hypocritical considering how large my own online footprint is these days, but [...]
Image: Arvind Balaraman / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Helping us to help ourselves. I am going to give a bit of a mish mash mix up here I suspect. A conversation on Twitter last week showed that parents of children who are not disabled find it hard to start-up a conversation with the parents of a child who might have [...]
Image: Grant Cochrane / FreeDigitalPhotos.net This post published early by mistake so if you got part of it before it was finished, apologies all round for that. If this post offends your sensibilities however, I apologise not…. I do have an issue with all the perfect specimens of the human race who make no mistakes [...]
Image: chanpipat / FreeDigitalPhotos.net After a small confused conversation with a fellow tweeter a couple of days ago, I was hurled back into my insecure on the Internet space. There is nothing wrong in that as I find myself here regularly. I love blogging, and I love tweeting. Actually, I just love the Internet, [...]
Image: m_bartosch / FreeDigitalPhotos.net After reading Jane’s blog yesterday at Northern Mummy with Southern Children about the 7pm bedtime routing beginning to change, I had to laugh as I saw it at about 10pm, while I was trying very hard to ignore the 2 reprobate children who were still wandering the house looking for snacks and [...]
Baby food seems to be an emotive subject. I stated my opinion on it on twitter, and I was rapidly unfollowed by 4 mum bloggers. Who knew that baby food mums took it so seriously. Nobody said anything in defence of baby food which was surprising, but there were plenty of us who think that jars (and [...]
Image: tungphoto / FreeDigitalPhotos.net It’s not been a good few days in the Scottish world. One high (hmmm) point stands out. For yesterdays plummet to the depths of ridiculousness, you had to be watching my twitter stream. A couple of nights ago, eldest and littler decided they wanted to go to the park with some [...]
My eldest wanted a new bike at christmas, but it couldn’t just be any bike. It had to be a BMX. The reason for that was that he wanted the “cool” badge at school by having one. He also wanted to be able to start doing stunts, and needed a bike that you can turn [...]
I have had much to do with this issue recently. I am aware of the effects, the guidance and the common sense. Having never been pregnant, I have no idea how I would have reacted to drinking alcohol if I was pregnant, but what I do know is, that it is worrying when someone who is 7 [...]
I am all for school trips and I think they are good for children, but there are times when I wonder if schools really have lost the plot. They seem to think that pupils’ parents have a never ending pot of money to spend out. I don’t mind the triple whammy of: cinema outings & shows [...]
