Worst week of our lives

Haven't felt like blogging till now as we'll our tough week is nowhere near over.

A week ago Friday my lovely nannie had a fall at home and was taken to hospital. Monday my parents got a call that she had taken a turn for worse and by Monday night she had died.

I literally feel like my whole world has fallen apart, I'm just completely numb. I wasn't ready for this to happen. I'm glad I have my wonderful Andy and of course my cheeky monkey James to keep me smiling. But every time James asks for nannie I burst into tears. How to you explain to a 21 month old toddler that he's never going to see the nannie he adored ever again. 

I can take comfort knowing she is back with my grandad. Or as James put it when listing to come on you reds nannie is playing football with Georgie Best.

I saw my nannie virtually everyday as I worked from her house. She used to take me to and from nursery and school when I was a child. She saw James almost everyday of his life. 

The day she died James turned 21 months old.

I don't think it's going to sink in for a while and I know the funeral is going to be hard. I'm in car two along with my two cousins and of course Andy and James. 

All I can really say is RIP Nannie love you always and forever xxx

Hes getting there

At 21 months old James is wanting to feed himself more and more at meal times using his cutlery.

Today he gave himself some of his breakfast with the spoon. He still needs help getting his cereal onto the spoon but he can manage to get it into his own mouth.

Tonight was sausage pasta bake and he was fantastic he fed himself most of the meal himself and only needed a tiny bit of help from daddy.

How old were your kids when they started using their own cutlery to eat?

Silent Sunday

Boogie Wipes Review - Using the wipes

I have to start by saying these wipes are absolutely fantastic.

They rip open so easy and are brilliant for just slipping into a pocket when you are on your way out, especially if like me you take a massive changing bag out you then dont need to go routing through pockets to find one.

If you have a child like mine who hates having his nose wipped and always tries to wipe his nose with his hand its brilliant. James actually didn't run away and he kept grabbing the wipe and putting it back up to his nose then he tries to wipe my nose with it. When we try to wipe his nose with a baby wipe or a tissue he screams big time, kicks off and then runs away.

I will definitely be keeping a stash of these at home to use in the house and also out and about. 

They are also brilliant for adults to use as well especially when you have a cold and find normal tissues hurt your nose when you are blowing it.

Over all I give these a massive ten out of ten! 

Boogie Wipes Review - First Impressions

When I first openpackacket containing our samples I was very impressed. I was expecting the wipes to come in a packet like baby wipes but to see they were individually wrapped was brilliant. These would not dry out in my bag and I could put one in my pocket.

I love how the packaging was bright colours. This would deffinetly be something which would grab my attention when in a shop like Boots. 

We recieved the fresh and the grape scented wipes for this review and were sent 3 free of charge.

Bed Time Battle

Some nights its such a battle trying to get James into bed. If we are at my parents house then hes asking for his nana or his gaga. If we are at home hes asking for daddy, now thats fine if daddy is at home but if its a night like tonight when daddy is at work he gets upset n goes looking for daddy.

James used to like daddy holding him and walking round his room singing songs to him and that was the only way he would go to sleep. Now all he wants is to lie cuddled into mummy and listen to songs on mummies phone. 

Tonight though James kept getting up and wandering off, I could hear him playing in his room with baby tad or his Ewan the dream sheep. Then he would wander back into our room cuddle back into me and ask for song.

Eventually after an hour of this he finally settled down and dropped off with his head on my shoulder.

We have in the past tried putting James into his room awake (this was before we even thought about moving!) and returning him to his bed every time he got up. But he got so distressed with this method we had to stop. Plus it means he gets used to going to sleep in different places - not just in his own bed.

Where has the sun gone??

After the beautiful weather we had yesterday, I was looking forward to a nice walk this morning to our toddler group as its not that far and I thought the fresh air would do both me and James good. How wrong was I! We woke up to torrential rain! So as normal it was the metro then the bus.

We had a really good time this morning even thought we did leave a bit early as James was starting to get tired and wanted a nap. It was our helper Amy's Birthday so there was cake for the kids and birthday cake for the parents.

James played again with the little tikes cars so I think we may have to invest in one as an early birthday present for him. He also made a sunflower with lots of glitter and tissue paper! 

Theres no toddler group on next week with it being the half term holiday so we might go to the soft play instead up by nana and gaga's house so they can come with us!

Since we got home James crashed out for a nap so mummy got a chance to go on computer and update stuff on the blog and join tots100!