toddlers

Jaques of London – a review of their beautiful toys.

Disclaimer: I was very kindly gifted these 2 items from Jaques of London in return for a blog post, but all opinions included are my own. You can read more reviews and opinions here. Like most parents of young children, I am constantly on the look out for toys, games, …

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Talking to children about death.

Now this may not be our most cheerful post, but I think it’s an important one! Let’s be honest, we have all experienced death, and our children will also experience death. Rather than shelter them from this, it’s better to try and explain it in a way that they’ll understand. …

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Interviewing our toddler

I was trying to come up with a different blog post to do, and thought as a big part of our blog is to do with being parents, that it would make sense to introduce the boy that made that possible! Grayson is 2 (3 in April) and such a …

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Parenting during a pandemic.

I’ve found that during the whole Coronavirus pandemic and the multiple lockdowns, I’ve felt sadness for pretty much everyone. The elderly stuck in care homes, people that are pregnant or have just given birth and in desperate need of support, school children trying to learn from home, people with mental …

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How to talk to children about mental health.

Mental health is definitely becoming a subject that is talked about more openly than it has been in the past, which I am totally here for. I think mental health is something we should all look after, just as much as our physical health. We should also encourage our children …

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The 2020 roundup.

We did a similar post this time last year (if you’re interested, it can be found here) and so thought we would do a 2020 Roundup. 2020 has definitely been one of the hardest that we’ve personally ever known, and we never thought for a second when we were celebrating …

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Talking to children about Father Christmas- Blogmas Day 18

Father Christmas is a topic of discussion that I’m sure many parents have gone backwards and forwards on. Whether they want their children to believe or not, what he brings, and how they’d ever explain things if their children started to ask questions. This is something that Mark and I …

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Christmas Crafts for children – Blogmas Day 16

I’ve found as Grayson has gotten older, that he loves doing crafts more and more – so why not do Christmas Crafts!. This has been the case even more during December, because he’s aware of Christmas and Father Christmas and some of the meaning behind it. So because of this …

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Our Quarantine Routine.

Quarantine Routine

If you’re a long time follower of The Stevenson Life, you’ll have seen the previous routine posts we’ve done about routines within our household (our AM routine can be found here, our PM routine can be found here and our most recent daily routine can be found here). We thought …

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A review of the amazing Chalkola Chalk Markers.

Chalkolka Chalk Markers

We were recently gifted a pack of the Chalkola Chalk Markers to try out in return for a review, which we were more than happy to do. Chalk and paints are 2 items I wanted to get Grayson for his birthday (as he’s running low) and I couldn’t get any …

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