Independent baby

M started the day today by going into the lounge on her own, finding and opening her Duplo and playing with it for half an hour ... while we were still lying in bed.

Learning Chinese

I just spent the last seven minutes of my life watching a youtube video on learning Chinese and repeating after the teacher. Those accents are difficult! Then I caught myself doing it and realised I had NO IDEA how or why I started doing it in the first place.

Throw the park into a bin!

M decided to throw all the sticks, rocks and grass from the park in the bin and we're not leaving until the whole park's in there. Except for a big stone that works perfectly as a phone.

Why not sleeping is good

So many positive things about a 16 month old toddler still not sleeping through the night! Here are just a random few: 
You get a great cardiovascular workout by getting out of bed every couple of hours; 
you exercise your patience by trying to calm down a wriggly toddler and stay calm yourself; 
you develop intellectually by reading in the middle of the night while waiting for your child to stop singing; 
you get to spend so much more time with your lovely precious baby who's growing up so fast; 
you have a constant source of inspiration for your Facebook statuses which bring you closer to your friends... 
Thank you, dear M, for not allowing me to waste my time on stupid stupid stupid sleep.