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I’m Getting Crafty! Monster Cards

I was kicked up the backside inspired by @redtedart to get crafty. Joking aside she’s helping me get more Crafty with Madame. She suggested we make some Thank you Monster cards for her Birthday presents. As usual, I cheated and used self-adhesive googly eyes and geometric shapes. It was great fun and dead easy! What do you think of our efforts? My only suggestion is to address the envelopes before you put the lumpy bumpy cards in them!

I now have the biggest tub of self-adhesive geometric shapes and could use your suggestions (Crocodiles, Snakes, Whales). This is all I’ve come up with so far! Guess which one I made?

Toddler Tech: Recommended sites for toddlers

I’ve attempted to make this page toddler friendly. Ideally toddlers should be sitting in your lap.
Warning: You will never have a moments peace on the PC ever again!

P.S. For the Jackson Pollock one…to change colour hit the left mouse button and to clear the screen hit the space bar.

This is a work in progress. Let me know of any others in the comments section and Madame will give them a test drive and then I’ll add them!

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My Top Ten Iphone Apps for Toddlers

I’ve just returned from Canada, which is a 9.5 hour flight with a toddler. She’s nearly 3 and I couldn’t have done it without my Iphone; even though we were told that even if we put our phones in flight safe mode we were not allowed to use them at any point during the flight, which I think is a load of bull! If they interfered with flight communication I’m sure pilots would demand that they were taken off of everyone! Anyhow the dolly birds didn’t notice.

Here are my top ten apps. What are your favourites?

Toddler Teasers (Shapes)

My daughter now knows what a hexagon is!

Animatch

Good old game of memory. I was surprised she coped with this one.

Circus Find

Help the clown find his nose. This one is slightly irritating for those adults in the room.

Count TV

Can’t beat the classics. Number 9 is a scream.

IGo to Farm

Interactive trip through the farm.

Itsy Bitsy

Splash in the puddles and see who pops up.

Peekaboo Farm

See who pops up in the barn.

Pocket Story

Read the story yourself or it will read it to you.

Sound Shaker

Weird but amusing. Tap the screen and then shake it.

I Hear Ewe

Exploring animal sounds.

These are not all free. Unfortunately, I can’t remember which ones I paid for. Worth every penny though.

Note: If you want to do screen captures like these on your iphone just hold down the home button and then press the power button.

The Penguin Push

I really don’t want to make a big deal out of this because I’m fairly confident it’s just a stage, not a pleasant one, which my daughter is going through. In no way is she a bully. She doesn’t pull hair, smack, pinch or bite. For the most part she is a happy friendly pleasant little girl but lately she’s taken to pushing over smaller children, in the same manner as the penguins. On the weekend she did this to a friend’s little boy. Unfortunately, he went head first into a picnic bench. The mother was brilliant about it but I was horrified.

She is absolutely fine with children the same age or bigger but when it comes to the smaller ones they tend to end up on their bottoms. It’s very embarrassing, I tend to remove her from the situation, give her a time-out, apologize to the parents and I’ve also tried making a big fuss out of the ‘victim’. I now find myself getting a ‘bit’ anxious when she is in reaching distance and hover a bit more than normal. I’m normally quite a laid back parent.

Please tell me this is a stage and what can I do?

Come on! Give us some credit!

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I’m not very good at ‘playing with my daughter’. I’m the kind of parent that shows her how something works and then expect her to get on with it, which is bad I know, I’m just not a natural. On the other hand after a couple of glasses of wine I’m an absolute hoot and will roll around on the floor doing my best Armadillo impression.

So, when I was at my neighbours the other day and spotted a book of ideas of how to keep a toddler busy, I couldn’t help but nose through it. But, to be honest, it wound me up more than anything. Here is exhibit ‘A’:

The Colour Game

Give your child various directions by colour (for example, “put the red bear on the table”, “pick up the blue car”, and “bring me the yellow book”)

FFS, how stupid do they think we are and if you think this is rocket science then I seriously question whether you should procreate???

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