discipline

I’ll give you something to cry about.

April 26, 2012 By Jax Blunt 9 Comments

This morning I brought Smallest to the swimming pool for her weekly swimming lesson. It runs alongside a women’s only swimming session, populated mainly by women of a certain age. This leads to an interesting mix in the changing room, and this morning we just couldn’t seem to get out of the way of an [...]

Filed Under: breastfeeding, ranting or raving, tigerboy Tagged With: breastfeeding, discipline, Parenting

Hannibal returns.

June 2, 2011 By Jax Blunt 4 Comments

Years ago, when I was a much younger and less experienced parent (and actually thought there might be a Right Way to do things, that only I didn’t know) Big went to nursery. It was a very good nursery. The staff cared very much about the children, and they were all very calm, highly qualified [...]

Filed Under: Big, how we do it, Soa Tagged With: attention seeking, biting, discipline, nursery, Parenting

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