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WIN! Family tickets to In the Night Garden LIVE (worth £70)!

May 13, 2013 at 21:12

Mama Lewis

May and Ieuan are OBSESSED with In the Night Garden. Ieuan wakes up in the morning to ask for his “SHOW!” and goes to sleep the same way. (We are a pro-TV household.) Ieuan learned to touch his nose from the Tombliboos and blow kisses from Upsy Daisy. And when the show begins, at the first [...]

NOW that’s what I call music! 3 1/2 years old

April 12, 2013 at 23:14

Mama Lewis

May – the anti-establishment, punk, performance artist that she is – has broadened her taste in music since last year’s introductory NOW that’s what I call music! 2 1/2. A bit of gangsta rap? Yes, please! says May. And, okay – it may be true that she has better taste in music than her mama. But, [...]

Why I’m abandoning therapies for cuddles

January 4, 2013 at 21:44

Mama Lewis

More of this! (May at six months old)

At some point, towards the end of 2012, I fell into a therapy funk. I stopped doing as much physio at home as I should. I stopped giving May a spoon to hold during her meals. Stopped showing her bright lights in our darkened bathroom while she took her evening bath. It wasn’t conscious. I [...]

Yes, May, but is it art? The London Symphony Orchestra EDITION

April 6, 2012 at 22:25

Mama Lewis

May’s gone all high-brow on us. This wasn’t her first time at the Barbican. We also took her to see an exhibit where little birdies flew around and landed on instruments. May, are little birdies landing on instruments art? No. Categorically no. I thought she’d love it, but she was rather bored and finally we just [...]

Six months ago May started music therapy. Has it worked?

March 12, 2012 at 22:31

Mama Lewis

When May began music therapy sessions run by Nordoff-Robbins, six months ago, my plans were ambitious. I am one driven mama and May is my toddler in a tiara (minus the tiara). My goal? May would have fun, or we would stop. (Don’t you wish all corporate meetings opened with that as Item 1 on [...]