An.activity.a.day

[Definitelyme]

As if she got a Rubix cube for her Christmas Eve box i am not sure what the target age for them is, but I am pretty confident it isn’t 2 years old…

 

[Belle Amie]

Riveting

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This is literally school work, how boring and impersonal to do with your daughter

 

[prettygreen]

Why is she getting her 4 year old to do worksheets after a full day at school? She’s only been there a few weeks. Everything seems so controlled and strict.

 

[popcornandunicorns]

I don’t believe the potty training rubbish. She shared a story a few weeks ago; R’s pull-up was clearly showing over the waistband of her leggings. Why not just respond with “we’re still working on it or R will sometimes use the toilet”? Surely if R knows when she needs to go to the toilet she wouldn’t be in pull-ups during the day? I think it’s very sad that Emma is so caught up on everything being a race and R being this perfect high achieving toddler. R is going to grow up with real self-esteem/confidence issues!

 

[Definitelyme]

So I hadn’t heard of her until you guys mentioned her but I had a look and a lot of what I saw was not my cup of tea. Lots of closed ended activities for wee ones, a letter activity for a child who has just turned 2 (if I read it correctly!) and also noticed there are a lot of pictures of the activities set up but not many of how they turned out … which kind makes me think her kid doesn’t engage that well in them.

ETA: letter recognition activities for her kid at 18months?! That’s a no from me.

 

[Belle Amie]

I compared a lot of what my baby was doing to what she said Rosie was doing at 0-3 months and thinking well what’s wrong with him why doesn’t he like doing activities when he’s doing tummy time and it was a struggle.
Not everything has to be educational they learn just from play and having fun and so much of her page is things I’d expect him to do in nursery or school and and child that hasn’t watched the dancing veg crazy

 

[TheBabeWithThePower]

Why is she constantly buying that child new (sad beige) clothes?? I swear she posts about buying new things every few days, how many clothes can one girl wear?
Also love how she aff-links everything under the sun and is buying sweatshop clothes every week but reminds us to buy secondhand toys to be sustainable

 

[stevenseagull]

it’s really rare to see her act like an age appropriate toddler. There’s so much time for them to learn all the things Rosie has been doing for months. Dressing herself, making her own food, tidying up her own toys. All good habits of course but… at barely baby age?!
I thought it was interesting she has never mentioned potty training other than Rosie basically takes herself to her mat with the wipes and waits. A bit surprised she hasn’t learned to wipe her own bum and then clean the toilet for her mum yet tbh.

 

[daffydaffyp]

Well hello everyone!!

So so glad this thread is here. As if by magic

I've followed her for a long time. My boy is nearly 2 and by my admission (biast, obviously) pretty smart.

He can sing nursery rhymes. Imagine a drunk old man and you get the idea. You wouldn't be able to understand much but it's quite tuneful and I understand it.

Sort of counts, adores books and jigsaws. Anything construction related. Can say a few sentences. 'Daddy, where are you?' then will answer himself with 'i don't know?' pretty cute all round and obviously amazing.

Screen time? Yes. Only in the last few months tho. Bloody Peppa Pig for my sins.

Is in interested in ANY of the activities she sets up that I've tried. Hard no here. He trashes them. Wanders off and drags out a jigsaw and says 'mummy make' wants to do his own thing and I'm guided by his interests. The only thing he likes from her page is tweezers and pom pom sorting.

Does he read? No. Does he know a lot of the words from the story and can he remember them? Yes.

He knows 2 letters as I have them in a pendant I wear.

Do I film him within an inch of his life? Do I fuck.

Some days I go to bed and show my other half photos from the days and think damn. Took none!

What's happening here.. tangent sorry.

Emma is braggy as fuck and smug. She's the sort of parent too see out correcting her husband on how to play with her sort of thing.

Oh, R can do this and that and blah fucking blah.

And why is she now R? Her name is Rosie. She's a wonderful girl who is extremely bright but at what expense? Does Emma let he be a toddler and trash the kitchen cupboards? Or drag all the clothes out of the drawers when she's putting them away?

Eugh, she just rubs me up the wrong way!!

Hello scrunchies!!!!

I thought this. Also she mentioned that she's picked this up from them counting while brushing her teeth. So do they literally just count while brushing? How boring!
We have a toothbrushing song that we made up that features our children's names and makes them laugh, not just counting to 100

I wrap my boy on a towel like a swaddle and brush his teeth as quickly as I can lol

 

[calmyourritas]

Wtf is this shit

 

[daffydaffyp]

To help them fall asleep to?

I remember a while back she said she used to lay Rosie down and jingle a toy by her feet to encourage her to look down and then she'd close her eyes and go to sleep? What sort of wizardry is that?!

Not proper reading though.
Reading is a skill which takes a long time to master. This is just good memory. Reading isn't just looking at letters. Its understanding the meaning of the letters and being able to form them into words.

Yes I'm sure this will set her up for school and give her an advantage over her peers but I wouldn't want my child to be so advanced they were bored or were miles ahead of the curriculum and teachers possibly struggling to teach them

 

[TheBabeWithThePower]

why does she need to mention that her child can count to 100? It just makes parents panic and google if their 27 month old should be able to do it.

I thought this. Also she mentioned that she's picked this up from them counting while brushing her teeth. So do they literally just count while brushing? How boring!
We have a toothbrushing song that we made up that features our children's names and makes them laugh, not just counting to 100

 

[stevenseagull]

Very true. She’s quite the over sharer.
And even that story still seemed like a humble brag that her 2 year old could speak like that

 

[Definitelyme]

Who is printing off twinkl worksheets for 2yo?!

 

[Puffin_island]

I began following her page as my. LG is a bit younger and thought she had some decent "ideas" on her page, however after doing a few, I quickly learned my LG just didn't have the right temperament or interest for a lot of it.

I have to admit, I do find some of the things she recommends quite useful and been enjoyed by my LG so I do follow her for that however I've found another page I'm starting to take preference over and they have replied to questions and messages I've sent unlike her, so she might be unfollowed soon

She's definitely been very lucky R has taken to her style of "parenting" but I do feel bad that she's using her child as her content. She doesn't need a child to be able to share her "knowledge" but obviously just wants to brag about her because she has nobody else to talk to.

You know what else I find really annoying, she only ever seems to let R wear basically light pink or variations of pink clothes. You'd think that would be a good way to teach her the difference between crimson red and blood red

 

[Puffin_island]

I'm surprised Rosie hasn't done the Christmas cards, wrote the shopping list and started prepping the Christmas meal by now.

 

[TheBabeWithThePower]

I feel so uncomfortable with her sharing photos all over her stories of R looking so ill, she doesn't consent to any of this, it's so unnecessary and exploitative.

 

[Definitelyme]

I wonder if she will ever regret how quickly she made Rosie grow up? I have a child the same age and I am not at all worried about her not being ready for reception because it’s still two years away! She doesn’t need to know how to cook her own dinner and put her own clothes on yet. She’s still a little toddler! Enjoy each stage.

The joke is as an early years teacher she should know that to prep for school it’s more important to have them independent with toileting/dressing/hand washing etc than it is to have them reading and writing. That’s what our school say every single year’

 

[Definitelyme]

I remember a while back she said she used to lay Rosie down and jingle a toy by her feet to encourage her to look down and then she'd close her eyes and go to sleep? What sort of wizardry is that?!

that is one of the maddest things I’ve heard someone do to encourage sleep

 

[Puffin_island]

Very true. She’s quite the over sharer.
And even that story still seemed like a humble brag that her 2 year old could speak like that

It made me think, as I'm sure she would be braggy about it. If R can communicate so well, how's potty training going?! I have friends with kids a similar or even younger than R and they don't speak as well but their potty training is well under way.