Terrible Twos

Terrible Twos: A bear by any other name

By Pip Jones, Feb 22, 2012

As you can probably imagine, having a two-year-old and a three-year-old, both of whom are utterly adored by family and friends, our house is full of toys.

Terrible Twos: Duracell bunny

By Pip Jones, Feb 15, 2012

For the life of me I cannot find it, but I am sure that somewhere on Ruby's body, there must be a little screw down flap where the batteries go. I say this because, but for the pink fur, pointy ears and little drum, she is almost exactly like the Duracell Bunny.

Terrible Twos: Snow joke

By Pip Jones, Feb 9, 2012

It's funny how, with a two-year-old, you get to do a lot of 'firsts' all over again. Take their first birthday party, for example – obviously one-year-olds enjoy all the hullabaloo, the cake and the presents (read 'wrapping paper'), but really they have no idea what's going on. It's the second time they have a birthday party that the idea takes on meaning.

Terrible twos: Culinary creativity

By Pip Jones, Nov 30, 2011

Our terrible twos columnist shares the delights and mess of cooking with a toddler

Terrible Twos: Talking toddler

By Pip Jones, Nov 16, 2011

For a while now, Ruby has required a little help from me to get her point across because many of the words she chooses suggest an entirely different meaning.

Terrible Twos: Ooooh! Aaaaaah! WAAAAAAHHH!

By Pip Jones, Nov 9, 2011

I suspected, when we decided to have a few friends over on Saturday for some hotdogs and fireworks, that the latter were going to be a bit hit and miss as far as the children were concerned.

Terrible Twos: I am bum-kin, hear me roar

By Pip Jones, Nov 2, 2011

Of course, given that she was just over 12 months old, Ruby has no memory of last Halloween. So when I handed her a pumpkin at a local shop at the end of last week, she looked a bit horrified. I think perhaps she thought it was fruit and I was going to ask her to eat it (she point blank refuses fruit of any description).

Terrible Twos: Getting a little perspective

By Pip Jones, Oct 26, 2011

occupying a grown-up mind can be terribly boring. But very occasionally, if you are lucky, you get things in perspective by stealing a glimpse of the world through your two-year-old's eyes.

Terrible Twos: Turning two, round two

By Pip Jones, Oct 19, 2011

Like many two-year-olds, Ru is still at that stage where her body goes that little bit quicker than her brain does. What I mean is, when a thought enters her head – for example, ‘run’ – her legs engage before her brain has really had the chance to decide whether it is a good idea to run.

Terrible Twos: Turning three

By Pip Jones, Oct 12, 2011

Last year, despite being absolutely delighted to come downstairs to find the living room full of balloons, presents and fairy lights, Ava didn’t really comprehend what having a birthday meant. This year, she really, really did.

Terrible Twos: A terrible confession

By Pip Jones, Oct 5, 2011

We were in the supermarket (again) and while Ruby was happily munching on rice cakes in the buggy, Ava was trailing behind me, asking for ridiculous treats (such as a worryingly pink 'serves 24' fairy princess cake).

Terrible Twos: Ava and the giant pea

By Pip Jones, Sep 28, 2011

Ava is among an increasing number of children who have food allergies. I have known ever since she was little that she might have some issues with a few things and we got her properly tested a couple of months ago.

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