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Month: September 2017

parenting · sleep

In praise of sleep (training)

September 27, 2017October 2, 2017 knockedupjacq3 Comments

It might seem strange that I’m writing about sleep training, given that Hattie and Joe have reliably slept through the night for the past four years. I’m broaching the topic for a reason that doesn’t usually motivate me to update this blog: I’m annoyed, and so I’ve decided to explain what’s bothering me, and why.… Continue reading In praise of sleep (training)

Twin life

Swimming revisited

September 13, 2017September 28, 2017 knockedupjacqLeave a comment

It’s just over a year since I first published this blog post, and I wanted to update it. We finally signed Hattie and Joe up for formal swimming lessons in late 2016, not long before they turned four, and they’ve had weekly 20 minute swimming lessons ever since. They have both picked it up very… Continue reading Swimming revisited

parenting · sleep · Twin life

Kids and their favourite toys

September 4, 2017September 4, 2017 knockedupjacqLeave a comment

In the early days of my parenting life – possibly while I was still pregnant – I read a lot about how to help my children to become good sleepers. Despite that research, they were still nine or ten months old before they actually became good sleepers, but still: there were certain suggestions that stuck… Continue reading Kids and their favourite toys

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