Nathan and I are considering putting Thomas into a pre school when he is 3, I have read when your child turns 3 they are entitled to a nursery education grant giving them up to 15 hours in a pre school nursery for free. Thomas will be 3 next Christmas,  we don’t know what he will be like then its impossible to predict. But the good nurserys in my area have a year long waiting list, so its worth getting his name down now, we can always change our mind closer the time. I have put his name down at one that is really good, we’ve been to visit it and I have heard brilliant things from friends who’s children go there.

I am only thinking about Thomas going for either one day or two mornings, mainly to play with the other children to bring him on socially. Kids learn from eachother, being the only child Thomas doesnt have a sibling to play with and learn from.  The nursery we have chosen allows the children to play out as much as they want, even when it rains they have an all in one waterproof jump suit! I know Thomas will probably be outside most of the time

I know a lot of mums think that 3 is too young for a nursery/preschool although others would argue that 3 is a good age to be in a nursery environment. All I know is that Thomas loves doing things, I have always taken him out evey day whether its to the shops, for a walk, soft play or swimming etc, he gets fed up in the house, by mid morning he is giving me his shoes to go out! I think that we will just wait and see how he goes over the next year, its a long time. My main worry about a pre school is the pushing and shoving that goes on amongst toddlers especially boys, I am very protective over Thomas, I would hate for him to get hurt of bitten by another little one, I know its all part of growing up but it still upsets me. I suppose it may do us both good! Thomas goes to both his grandmas during the week, he’s not with me all the time, but being in a pre school may help him develop socially without mummy or nannie being there to interfear.

Watch this space, I will let you know what we decide next year, feels ages off now but I am sure it will fly by! I can’t believe my little boy is two in 3 months! Wow what a rollercoaster ride xx

Thomas is 20 months old now,  he is growing up so quickly and becoming a lot more independant! I take him round the block in his new Little Life reins I spoke about in my last blog, yay I finally got them and they are fantastic!  I feel lost not pushing a buggy, he’s not ready to walk full time yet but it wont be long the way he is going   Nathan and I are also looking into nurserys for when he is 3, when he will be entitled to a nursery education grant, were seriously thining about putting him in a private nursery for a couple of mornings a week….But thats another blog topic! I cant help feeling the need to have another baby, not just because Thomas is growing up, we have always said we want more then one child, but I dont want the gap between Thomas and his sibling(s) to be too big! I have noticed that Thomas gets bored when its just the two of us, even though I take him to places in the day, and he plays at his nanies a lot – Its just when we are back home and its quiet, no matter how much stimulation he has he still gets a little bored.  Over the summer holidays I have had my nieces and nephews over a lot, you can definantly tell the difference in Thomas, he loves playing with them and being one of the kids just mingling in with the mayhem! Its lovely to see him with his cousins, when they go home the house feels empty again.

As much as we want to start trying for number two, there are a few things we need to make sure are stable first – I mentioned that I had been made redundant, I have started to do things from home following Nathans lead on the Internet Marketing side. Check out some of my sites:- Warmsure Free Heating Grants, Free Government Grants, Free Central Heating We need to wait a while to see how things pan out with me being a working at home mum. Also I would like to lose some weight before falling pregnant again, I still havn’t managed to get back to what I was before I had Thomas, I dont want to have any problems with blood pressure like towards the end of my first pregnancy! I have Thomas to consider now it won’t be as easy to drop everything and go to the hospital for monitorning every day like I did when I was pregnant with him.

I have set a target for myself though – 6 months to lose the weight and get fit, and of course to make more of a stable income for myself working at home, through Internet Marketing, content writing etc. If any readers are interested in any aspect of Internet Marketing for your business or website, whether it is:- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Pay Per Click (PPC), Google adwords, Website design or content writing feel free to drop me a msg by leaving a comment. I am an honest trustworthy work at home mum, recently made redundant but working hard to help support my family