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0·28 Oct 2026·on How do you get a ten-minute shower when it's just you and a 2 year old?

I used to put my daughter in her high chair in the bathroom doorway with a small bowl of puffed rice and a couple of steel cups. She could see me, I could see her, and the high chair kept her well away from the water. It bought me eight or nine minutes most evenings until she was about two and a half.

1·27 Apr 2026·on Every evening our 7 year old gives a full report on who broke which rule at school

Tried the help-or-trouble question at dinner. She thought about it and said 'both'. Work in progress. She loved the pocket idea, though, and has announced that her pocket is 'already full'.

4·25 Apr 2026·on Our 2 year old has had idli for breakfast every single day for three months

Same with our daughter, except it was plain dosa. Our paediatrician's view was to look at the whole week rather than one meal. Once we stopped pushing alternatives at breakfast, she started asking for them herself a few months later.