Archive for the 'other' Category

Before I had children…

before I had children I thought sleeping in was waking up after lunch… now I think its getting to 8am
before I had children I wondered what stay at home parents did with all their time… now I wonder what people without children do with all of theirs
before I had children friends called me […]

Roll Call

I did something like this over 6 months ago but wanted to do it again because I’m really keen to find out a little bit about you! It’s simple and hopefully fun, so please do add your comment.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to simply copy and paste the list below into […]

Subscribe to the Pit!

You may have noticed that im not like other bloggers who are able to write something daily.
I promised myself when i started this site that id only blog when a mildly interesting thought popped into my brain.
But here is a confession… im not actually an interesting person at all! Not in the slightest! […]

Elfed

Some good friends MM&W just emailed us one of the most tacky, inane, time wasting and plain old silly christmas web gimmicks that I have seen for ages…
so of course we had to have a go too… click this link to see us get elfed and then follow the options to do your own.
If you […]

Redecorating…

This site was launched on November 22, 2006… almost 1 year ago. It was about 2 months later before anyone found it
Thankfully visitor stats have continued to rise and now I’ve done a major update to the site layout to make it more user friendly. Hope you like it!

8 Things Meme

I got “tagged” by both Danielle and Schuyler. Am new to these wild and zany blog games… and in case you are too the deal is Im meant to post “8 things about me” then “tag” 8 other blog bods.
Self indulgent it may be… but here goes
// Each player lists 8 facts/habits about […]

Tell us if you enjoyed your visit

Just looked through the visitor stats for this site. Surprised and pleased to see that more visitors are coming through including many repeat visitors. Please don’t be a stranger – if you enjoyed/ have opinions about something you read please do leave a comment. We would love to hear from you!

attachment parenting cartoon

This cartoon came from direct experience. People around us are often commenting on our attachment parenting approach… although to be fair it is usually out of sincere concern where as the cartoon depicts anger & hostility. What really gets me is at the end of the day they invariably comment how happy our baby […]

hello & welcome to the parent pit :)

Launched in November 2006 the parenting pit comes from a real passion about parenting & unschooling. As we navigate our own baggage and imperfections and try to grow to keep up with our children… we found ourselves accessing a range of information, books, courses and general wisdom from those around us. This site is really […]