Beaver the sumo-wrestler
It is time to speak of Beaver. Now around five months old, she is like a squidgy ball of chubby deliciousness, with smiley eyes and a...


Conversations in Time
Mole’s perception of time is a constant source of fascination for me. To say “five minutes” or “two months” or “three years” is...


The New Baby
While waiting for the new baby to arrive over the festive holidays, and generally sitting on the sofa with my space hopper tummy, one of...


The art of travelling light (with Mole and Hedgehog).
One of the highs of train travel with little ones has to be spreading ourselves out across four seats with a table, at around hour four...


On getting muddy
The up and down weather we’ve been having lately is making the time I spend with Mole and Hedgehog a constant dilemma as to whether we...


Living with chickens
For the past week we’ve had chickens living with us, or chicks to be more accurate. They are about 10 days old now, and beginning to lose...


Bedtime stories
It’s amazing how skilled they are at not going to bed isn’t it?. Last night for instance, when Hedgehog practically fell face down into...


The Snot Monster
It’s been a sick house at Mole and Hedgehog Associates this week. I blame the Autumn cold weather. First Mole got the streaming nose,...


Boys and Girls
Boys will be boys and girls will be girls, right?. It reminds me of that Blur song: “Girls who are boys, who like boys to be girls, who...


Toddler care - the low maintenance method
Mole and Hedgehog are not going to sleep tonight. They are up and down the stairs like a pair of yoyos. This happens about 3 nights out...





