a baby gruffalo fan

The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo’s Child are long time favourites in this house. When I first started reading Dylan a bedtime story it was those two books that I started with, and for the longest time they were the only two books that he would accept as his bedtime book. Rich and I can both perform the entire books by heart; and I say perform because voices are a complete must. There is just something about those two stories and their simple twists on what you’d normally expect from a good versus bad story, that just inspires children and captures their imaginations - and those of their parents too.

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eighteen months new

Eighteen months old,

officially a proper toddler now,

and just the best little girl ever!

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fourteen months new

Your fourteenth month saw some big changes.

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the very hungry caterpillar {what we're reading}

Right now, the go-to book of choice

is an absolute classic.

A book that every child should read and know.

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your thirty-second month

You were so interested in learning lately.

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my mom snaps {what we're reading}

I'm going to make a big statement now,

and I do not make these lightly.

If you are a mummy blogger

you need this book for your children.

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forty-five weeks new

You were getting bigger and more clever with every day that passed.

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peter rabbit {what we're reading}

Just thinking of certain books,

takes me right back to my own childhood.

I have really fond memories of reading Beatrix Potter books,

of saving my pocket money to add to my collection.

I love that they were such cute little books

with such beautiful illustrations

of a magical world.

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rumble in the jungle {what we're reading}

My beautiful boy loves animals.

I think you'd be hard pushed to find a toddler that doesn't.

He loves identifying them,

making their noises

and generally doing impressions of them.

Animals in books are a big hit with him

and with me too it has to be said.

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bear hunt {what we're reading}

Sometimes you just can't beat an old favourite,

and this book never fails to raise a smile,

from mummy as much as the children.

This classic book with its repetitive sing-song text

is a never met with disappointment by any of us.

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i love you! {what we're reading}

I imagine most children start their journey into reading

with board books.

I am a big big fan of them,

as are both of my children.

In fact even though my beautiful boy much prefers longer stories for his bedtime story,

he still loves to look at board books independently,

and he has even begun to share some of them with his baby sister lately;

telling her what is in the pictures and helping her turn the pages.

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the gruffalo and his child {what we're reading}

I am obsessed with children's books.

I loved books as a child

and have continued to be a book worm.

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your twenty-fourth month

Two years had passed us by in a flash.

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your sixteenth month

You were really a toddler now and no longer a baby.

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your forty-eighth week

Time was flying by so fast.

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