Articles Tagged: terrible twos

Terrible Twos: Fire in her belly

By Pip Jones, May 23, 2012

The funny thing about the name of this column is that Ruby has never really been very Terrible at all. As far as big tantrums go, hers have been so few and far between I could probably count them on, oh I don't know, half a hand.

Terrible Twos: Our invisible snail

By Pip Jones, May 16, 2012

We have another invisible creature in our house. Some time ago (and still now, once in a while,) Ruby's big sister Ava introduced us to her invisible kitten.

Terrible Twos: Hamming it up

By Pip Jones, May 9, 2012

Ruby seems to have realised, just recently, that within her lies the potential to alter people's behaviour towards her. She has discovered play acting.

Terrible Twos: The genius

By Pip Jones, May 4, 2012

We all have moments when we believe our Terrible Two is bordering on genius, and it's a lovely feeling, the pride welling up when you see them doing something amazing.

Terrible Twos: The dandelolly

By Pip Jones, Apr 25, 2012

I'm happy to admit I'm not the best gardener in the world. I try to do a good impression of a good gardener, by pulling up things that look like weeds (might not be) but meanwhile I am often failing miserably at remembering to water some plants or trim (no... prune, prune!) the dead bits off others.

Terrible Twos: Hats off to (everyone else's) Easter bonnets

By Pip Jones, Apr 11, 2012

Our terrible twos columnist talks about the panic of forgetting a fancy dress costume for a nursery event. Although it turns out, that was the least of the nursery’s worries

Terrible Twos: My little basket case

By Pip Jones, Apr 4, 2012

Like any mother of a two-year-old, I regularly find myself gazing at Ruby and thinking "oh my goodness, you are unbelievably gorgeous". And she is, she really is. So I can't help but wonder why she feels the need to wear a bin on her head.

Terrible Twos: May I have your attention, please

By Pip Jones, Mar 29, 2012

I have written a little about Ruby's evolving language skills here before, but I realised yesterday that she's not only learning new words all the time, she is also learning how using them a certain way can get her exactly what she wants. To start with, I'll explain that Ru's most overused word, bar none, is: “Cuddle?”