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Sketches of toddler enjoying fountain at Botanical gardens, making himself useful doing the hoovering, playing with lego like a child, and eating a giant "brookie" brownie

Sketches of an exhausting bank holiday Monday - trip to garden centre including hash browns, peacocks, hosepipe; very brief nap in car; playing in garden with tap and unexpectedly disturbed ants' nest (!); toddler passes out; trip to the playground; washing up

Sketch of adorably asleep toddler in his cot, with mobile above him

Sketchbook diaries from May - Botanical Gardens, garden centre, sleepy toddler

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Sketch of toddler with tousled hair asleep on a big bed

Black and white sketch of Sutton Hoo viewing tower (minimalist style, made of wood and concrete), two pine trees, toddler and my dad

Sketch of journey home from Suffolk - we survive thanks to pastries, yellow submarine, playground stop, exciting aeroplane, and repeatedly recounting the plot of Hey Duggee - the juice badge

5 sketches of toddler playing in the park with a mud kitchen - wearing blue trousers, yellow T shirt, blue spotty sunhat

Diaries from May: sleepy toddler, Sutton Hoo viewing tower, journey home from Suffolk, playing in the park

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Sketches of my mum holding the toddler on a pebbly beach with fishing boats and lots of seagulls

Sketches of journey to Suffolk - nearly don't go because my dad's driving license has run out, toddler initially excited to be in the car, but this doesn't last long - I sing many songs about pile drivers and he is sick - but at least we get to the sea the sea

Sketches of a trip to Southwold - we get lost, cross the river Blyth on a rowing boar ferry, toddler very excited about toy windmills and real lighthouse but then cries all the way home

Sketch of a white lighthouse against a blue sky

Sketchbook diaries from May - the sea the sea/to the lighthouse (holiday in Aldeburgh, Suffolk)

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Sketches of a silly day: cycle to work then decide I'm getting a cold and go back home; lose a bolt from my bicycle and eventually get it fixed in second bike shop I try; set off for nursery without the pram, so run all the way home and back to nursery again...

Sketches of a day with toddler: plagues of Egypt theme at toddler group (!!) - playdough frogs, gaffa tape flies, toy locusts, red water (and Chanukah stencils!); toddler busy making mud soup and playing with sticks; bedtime not so good (I'm saying "stop being a potato and go to sleep")

Sketches of another day with toddler: it's raining so morning at home where toddler tries to stand on his head on an ordnance survey map of West London; in the afternoon we go to the park and I realise I'm forgotten toddler's shoes - amazingly café find a spare pair of wellies from lost property, so that toddler can is able to build a nest for an owl in a tree

Sketch of a copper beech tree next to a fountain with two snoozing ducks on it

Toddler diaries from April: the day I forgot the pram; Plagues of Egypt theme at toddler group (for Passover!); the day I forgot toddler's wellies; tree at work

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Sketch of young apple tree in bloom plus a butterfly and a bee

Sketch of several boats on the river - rowers going at it hard - and a duck

Sketch of things in the kitchen (a plant, open tins of tomato, and cup of tea and half eaten digestive) - caption "Covid"

Sketch of eleven pine cones, in black and white

Sketchbook diaries from April: apple tree in bloom, boats on the river - then I got Covid - and the toddler found some pinecones

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Sketch of a blue and red narrowboat under a vibrantly green willow tree

Sketches of Easter highlights: toddler discovers chocolate (he's saying "hiding open open open"; my mum takes toddler away when he wakes up early; toddler naps for two hours while we do crossword; ducks; we accidentally get splashed by a contraption at the playground

Sketch of me throwing up in a bucket and deciding not to travel to Manchester as planned. Instead the toddler makes me "stone tea" in the mud kitchen in the park and I eat a lot of plain porridge, plain pasta, and potato waffles

A sketch of two blue narrowboats under a bridge - which a man and dog are crossing

Toddler diaries from April: two sketches by the canal, S. discovers chocolate, and I am sick in a bucket

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Sketch of a shreddies packet, a weetabix packet, a bran flakes packet

Sketches of "a silly evening": S. was feverish at nursery and I didn't see phone calls (and I feel very sorry), no food or bath - just nappy juggling (S. seems much more cheerful), 8.30 and washing up not started (I'm sitting next to a pile of dirty dishes eating crisps) and S. is sitting up in bed having learnt to take off his shirt (he's saying "wow! mum!)

Sketch of me feeling ill - surrounded by monitor showing a non sleepy toddler saying "hee hee", book, soothing porridge, toilet roll to use as tissues, "I love hue too" soothing phone game, podcast about princess Diana, lots of water, and knowledge that this will end

Sketches of "bedtime these days" - toddler admires his blue light, removes his socks, giggles at the notion he might want to lie down, kisses his soft toys and then drops them out of the cot (ugh oh), chews his books, and repeat...

Toddler diaries from March: still life with breakfast cereals, S. is ill, I am ill, bedtime these days...

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Sketches of highlights from museum of natural history (from a toddler point of view): the floor, the stairs, the fire extinguishers, the safety cones, the card rack in the gift shop

Peaceful sketch of narrowboat on the river, a bridge and some ducks

Sketches of the Boiler incident - boiler broke and I try to fill bath from kettle - S. is fascinated (partly because it's a little like the plot of The Tiger who came to Tea) but won't get in it

Sketches of toddler playing, including "reading" a book by saying "guwa gunwa gunwa"

Toddler diaries: highlights from museum of natural history, river sketching on day off (!), the boiler incident, and toddler playing

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Kajol embraces her inner child - Yes Punjab News Actress Kajol recently embraced her inner child in a delightful new social media post.

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Sketches of things child is upset about today: wanted to read a book about cats but I didn't know which of our many books about cats he meant; in the playground I suggested he play with sometihng other than a hedge; we were in a trouser shop (fair enough); he only wanted to eat curry with my tiny cat spoon so he could pretend to feed the cat

Sketch of my messy desk, computer, sweatersdraped over chair (caption: "feeling bleaargh - drawing in bed")

Sketch of my kitchen counter: Carrs biscuit packet, tin of digestives, yellow tin, rice cake packet, bubbles, breadknife

Sketches of toddler at botanical gardens - enjoying ivy, reeds, pretending to be a train, big leaf, sitting in tree, fountain

Toddler diaries from February: what is the toddler cross about today, feeling bleaargh, still life with digestives, and Botanical Gardens

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Sketches of angry toddler, because: he can't remember how to lie down in his cot, I took some fishfinger out of his mouth, washing up liquid bottle not doing what he wants it to, wants pasta and wants it NOW

Sketches of the day I went to work in the rain for important 9 am meeting, computer wouldn't switch on, IT man suggested throwing it into the bin, then it worked again just when I'd got set up on a new computer, and generally everyone and everything got wet

Sketch of my friends' cat Ziggy taking advantage of a rare moment when all the kids are absent

Sketches of a day with a sick toddler - he is very sad and only wants to look at pictures of granny on my phone and then he is sick in the playground!

Toddler diaries: angry toddler, broken computer, friend's cat, and the sick-in-the-playground incident

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A sketch of a massive pile of washing up in and around the sink, in blue

Sketch of the "washing up fairy caught in the act" (my mum at the sink)

Sketches of the toddler playing with toys, including toy cash register (ding!)

Sketch where I say to a friend "S. is not yet at tantrum stage, which is nice" - immediately followed by S. screaming about how he wants pizza box/knife, he wants bubbles (but only if he can hold the wand), he wants yoghurt but also not yoghurt, he wants to play with Henry the Hoover.

Toddler diaries: lots of washing up, playing with cash register, old enough for tantrums?

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Sketches of a day with toddler: woken up by being bounced on; pleasant trip to the playground; S. runs off in goldfish shop and falls down a staircase - but is astonishingly fine!

Sketches of us spotting an early morning fox in the graveyard, and enjoying a sunset from the swings on top of South Parks

Sketch of the bicycle trailer all ready to go (caption: going to try this tomorrow)

Sketches of me putting the toddler in the bike trailer (he's deeply unconvinced), and managing to get to nursery and work and back with much faffing, but without any road accidents

Toddler diaries from January: the stair incident, fox in the graveyard, toddler in the bike trailer...

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Sketch of things I can eat during a stomach bug: ginger tea, black tea, haribo, crisps, potato waffles, 2 shreddies, wooden biscuits

Sketches from a trip to the Ashmolean with the toddler - sketches of camel, horse and stompy person. Toddler liked a light on the floor and was terrified by the hand drier.

Sketches of life with toddler: apart from head bumps and snot, we have fun posting toy owl in the oven, pretending calculator is a phone, playing "toss the cake" and wearing nappy hats

Sketches of me with a cold and everything feeling like clouds of confusion. On the plus side, I have paid my taxes, the toddler slept well and is enjoying using the bin and I get to go to bed now!

Toddler diaries from last January - it'll basically be non-stop viruses for the next several months - plus taxes and a trip to the Ashmolean

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Sketch of toddler and his grandfather, feeding coots and pigeons under a yellow willow tree

Sketch of trays of freshly baked bagels on a kitchen table

Sketch of me in the mirror and toddler asleep on the bed (caption: 11 years of daily sketching - S. is feeling better but apparently hates the travel cot)

Sketches of two toddler cousins - ignoring each other, co-existing, competing over a toy train, and collaborating to turn on the dishwasher

Toddler diaries from last Christmas: boxing day walk, freshly baked bagels, self portrait, and cousin times

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Sketches of bitterly cold 1st December: I cope by very loud singing of jingle bells and decorate Christmas tree (while toddler throws decorations everywhere)

Sketch of colleagues at work Christmas dinner and some terrible cracker jokes (what is baby Jesus' favourite football team? Manger-star United)

Sketch of baby speaking his words, including (if you ignore his erratic pronunciation) mummy, star, bubbles, down/up, highlighter, Henry (hoover), Duggee, and the pssshhh noise I make when squirting contact lens solution

Sketch of the river Thames in midwinder - mostly grey river and grey sky, with narrowboats and seagulls wheeling above

Unseasonal toddler diaries from December: carolling against the cold, work Christmas dinner, the toddler speaks now, and midwinter walk

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Sketches of some of my favourite Christmas tree decorations, including the sprout-with-eyes, the ink bottle, the whale

Sketch of my piano with lots of Christmas cards on it

Sketches of fun things to do at 16 months old - like finding spiders, tossing the toy whale, putting needles back on the Christmas tere

Sketch of Oxford covered market at Christmas, including postbox surrounded by Christmas trees and other seasonal greenery

Toddler diaries from last year: Christmas is coming - decorations, putting needles back on the Christmas tree, and a Christmassy covered market

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Sketches of the time my toddler fell off a chair and scarily bumped his head - but was then fine

Sketches of Science Oxford - many exciting science activities and a really good cinnamon bun, but locker room is the star attraction

Sketches of various disasters: a bad night, really wet laundry, toddler drops eggs on the floor, and I'm shortlisted in an art competition but embarrasingly all the other winners are schoolchildren

Sketches of toddler's toys - "it's all about the posting toys at the moment"

Toddler diaries from last December: the chair incident, Science Oxford, more disasters and posting toys

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Sketches of life with toddler, including a disastrous night, me gargling for my sore mouth, and the toddler inadvisably playing with bungee cord and plungers

Sketch of my new washing machine and a basket full of laundry

Sketches: toddler miraculously sleeps from 7.30-4.30 (while I lie awake meal planning), I forget to bring my sign in card to work, have many meetings, and then show toddler some stars

Sketch of walking home from nursery in the dark: moon, stars, lampposts, graveyard, buses

Toddler diaries from last November: gargling, new washing machine, a rare night of good sleep, and the dark walk home from nursery

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Sketch of two pumpkins: a big one with lots of teeth, and a baby one

Sketches of life with toddler: tree with swings on it, made wings for S. to wear to fairy party then realised I'd got the wrong day, S. is grumpy and then falls down in the bath - I rescue him

Sketches of things that aren't toys that are toys, such as bungee cords, toothpaste, toilet roll, magnifying glass that comes with concise OED

Sketches of me having a lovely rest (and some fillings) at the dentist, and the washing machine repairman telling me a long and rambling story - starting with druggies stealing my washing machine button and ending up with his girlfiend's son's 11 game consoles

Toddler diaries from last October/November: pumpkins, toys-that-aren't-toys, playground tree, & the washing machine repairman tells a story...

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Sketches of baby being too ill for his final day with childminder - however he perks up when he sees a helicopter and I manage to make some spreadsheets while he naps

Sketch of baby asleep in sleeping bag (note: back to this - sick baby napping on and off the breast for 3 hours)

Sketches of another sick baby day (turns out he's growing his first molar) - lots of sleeping, medicine, yoghurt, stinky poos, a walk in the park, and a random spreadsheet crisis averted

Sketches of life with teething baby: terrible night with sad sad baby - then I cry in the covered market - then things get better when we find a dalek in a bookshop

Toddler diaries: nothing but teething misery (and occasional spreadsheets)
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Sketch of the toddler and my mum on the floor playing with a big pile of toys

Sketches of the great purse fiasco - about to get on a bus in London when I realise I've lost my purse - tip over pram while running back to playground (child ok), can't find it anywhere - my mum comes to the rescue and that evening I get an email from someone who has picked up the purse

Sketch of me pushing the pram through a horrifically rainy graveyard at dusk

Sketches of a disastrous night - baby keeps waking up, and I give him endless medicine and breastfeeds - eventually he sleeps at 4 am, at which point *I* can't sleep...

Toddler diaries from last Autumn: go to London, lose purse, get rained on, barely sleep...

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Sketches of me having a cold, dumping the toddler on the childminder and working from home looking out at the pouring rain. In better news, baby takes a step and I watch strictly.

Sketch of chocolate and almond croissant, cup of tea, and book (the Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin). Caption: I still have a cold, but mum has taken S. out to the farm - hooray!

Sketches of baby vomiting repeatedly and chewing my breasts. I eventually manage to find a clean shirt and a bit of breakfast, we watch Twirlywoos, and baby is much happier in the afternoon

Sketches of doing nothing much, i.e. dreaming about Suella Braverman, putting toddler in a tree, making beautiful lasagne (baby is suspicious), letting baby play with gravel and cigarette butts to get us out of the house

Toddler diaries from last Autumn: illness season very much at hand: but toddler takes a step and I have an almond croissant

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Sketches of toddler putting pieces of duplo on the staircase

Sketches of my strange office: almost totally empty (apart from two people discussing acciacaturas), most of the food is potatoes, everyone's wearing glitter and flower crows (festival themed sales conference apparently)

Sketches of toddler's top 13 pieces of duplo - top 3 are the skateboard, the cat, and the charging cable

Sketches from a trip to Manchester - successful first swimming trip, trams, endlessly posable cousins, giant Gruffalo statue

Toddler diaries from a year ago: duplo on the stairs, the office is a strange place, S.'s top 15 pieces of duplo, and a trip to Manchester

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A sketch of 4 different chickens and a toddler playing in a sandpit at Oxford City Farm

Sketches from St Giles fair: helter skelter, ferris wheel, scary spinny thing, and overprived pick 'n' mix

Sketches of what it's like putting baby to bed: snuggling/pull all books of shelf/play with bin/open and close door/discuss Valkyries/play with draws/more snuggling/books/snuggling/singing/cot/and repeat ad infinitum

Sketches of a very hot day and feverish baby - I manage some work (yay spreadsheets), stock up the baby on pink and orange medicine and drag him to a cafe and playground

Toddler diaries from a year ago: chickens, the fair, endless bedtime, and fever strikes again

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Sketch of two pairs of baby shoes lying untidily on the floor

Sketches of strange noises: 1) last night a fly got stuck in the baby monitor and I extracted and murdered it 2) my mum is visiting and fridge hums loudly no matter what we do - eventually we realise that it's not the fridge but my mum's electric toothbrush

Sketches of foot related disasters: 1) I twist my ankle on the way to the playground 2) a friend and her baby come to visit and I step on a mystery shard of glass and get blood everywhere...

Sketches of the things the baby likes these days: clock, singing in the pram, barber's pole, waving to the microwave, highlighter, stars, stairs, studs, stirring, water going down the plughole etc

Toddler diaries from August 2023: shoes, strange noises, foot-related disasters, and the many things that S. likes these days

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A sketch of a beach with sea and sand and two babies in the foreground - one is playing with a rake, and one is holding up both fists and dropping sand from them

A sketch of 3 adults and a 4 year old playing with squirty toys in a garden (old barn, umbrella, deckchair) - the 4 year old is shouting "super water splash cannon!!!!"

Sletch of various stages of transport to get from Normandy back home - car, shuttlebus, baby and I having a great time on the ship, shuttle bus, taxi delayed by bridge being lifted up to let ships through, train (baby asleep at Basingstoke, but I lose my water bottle), another train (baby entertained by luggage rack), bus (baby overtired and upset), home (for bananas, bath, bed)

Sketch of a large tree in black and white

Baby diaries from last summer: the beach and a waterfight at Normandy, the return home, and I have half an hour to draw a tree while the baby has his first childcare settling-in session!!
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Sketches of getting baby to Poole, including: being stuck on a taxi in the rain, jumping on train with 0 minutes to spare, failure to nap at Basingstoke, troublesome room key and no cot or chips at the Travelodge, baby trying to eat batteries and bumping head, before falling asleep on my breast

Sketch of baby asleep in his pram on the deck of a ferry to Cherbourg

Sketches of holiday in France - posing babies together, beach!, and five kids=chaos

Sketch of two babies playing with a chaotic selection of toys

Baby diaries from last year's summer holiday in Normandy, including much chaos getting to the ferry (in fact, we've just returned from this year's holiday to the same place, with roughly equal travel chaos)
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