Here's a dirty little secret....

Once upon a time, when my child was a young wee thing, I banished tv, computers, plastic toys, non organic food, etc in my house. She was to grow up stimulated by lovely handmade wooden and fabric toys, nothing with a battery, puppet shows and entertainment by mum and dad and playtime outside etc.

Then reality struck when she was about one and a half. And now. Well, see for yourself. Our home is overrun with this:

and this:

And when I have a lot of work to do, then we see a lot of this:



Oh how real life changes your outlook of motherhood. I recall before having a child being so judgmental (internally) when I would see other kids. I would say "Oh, I'm never going to do that!" And look at me now, doing all the things I said I never would do.

And you know what? I think she'll still turn out alright :)