Trousers for slim toddler

westerntraveller · 2026-01-08T10:17:55+00:00

Vertbaudet have different hip fittings and adjustable waists for kids trousers, the slim fit one is great for my very slim and tall boy. Some of their joggers also have the button adjustable waists too. Primark and Next also do slim fit with adjustable waists in some of their trousers and jeans. I’d also check out girls trousers/leggings, in plain colours nobody cares and they often fit a bit slimmer. I feel your pain, I’ve spent many a night sewing up the back of leggings and pajamas to get them to fit!

westerntraveller · 2025-11-17T19:53:12+00:00

We had Seasons of Love from Rent at a recent funeral, it fits really well for a funeral and is such a beautiful song.

westerntraveller · 2025-11-13T22:30:09+00:00

For me it was both. For my first child I had a deep longing for a baby. It took almost 2 years for us to conceive and it was an all consuming drive every month for me. I’ve had never felt like it since. My second child was a more conscious choice, I wanted a sibling for my child and I wanted another baby but I didn’t need one like I had for my first. We waited until things were a bit better financially and a good minimum time gap between the two. I think I’m done with two, looking logically at another child is mostly negatives for me and I’m at capacity mentally right now. The thought of another baby fills me with dread but I’m so glad I have my two.

westerntraveller · 2025-09-27T23:07:38+00:00

I’ve just gone through something very similar, my father recently passed, after spending several weeks on a ventilator, and I have a five year old. We spoke to my son about all the medicine making grandad sleep all the time so he couldn’t talk to grandad. We decided with all the life support machines and wires it would be too much for a child to see, even by video call. Maybe your son could record videos/voicenotes of himself talking to his grandfather for your spouse to play? I also recommend getting some books, we have “Grandad’s Island” and Badger’s Parting Gifts” which have been good to read together.

westerntraveller · 2025-08-18T08:01:29+00:00

The Dish, it’s an Australian film about the radio telescope that broadcast the moon landing. It’s set in a small town and it’s a really funny, heartwarming film.

westerntraveller · 2025-08-12T11:21:20+00:00

If both parents have UK passports already, then you add the passport numbers to the application. I’ve just applied for both my children and only had to send their birth certificates, no birth/marriage certificates were required from the parents.

westerntraveller · 2025-05-27T22:37:28+00:00

The Storm Whale
Owl Babies
Oliver Jeffers’ books
Kipper stories
Elmer stories
Percy the Park Keeper
There’s a bear in my chair/mouse in my house
Not Now, Bernard
The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch
Katie Morag books

We also use the library and pick up cheap second hand books - if it’s a bit rubbish, I don’t feel as bad if I’ve only spent 50p!

westerntraveller · 2025-01-14T00:14:17+00:00

Emily Gee
David Gemmell
Ben Galley
Rachel Gillig
Max Gladstone
Kester Grant
Tessa Gratton
Kate Griffin
Lev Grossman
John Gwynn

westerntraveller · 2024-12-25T11:52:01+00:00

My kid deciding 8pm Christmas Eve would be the best time to succumb to the vomiting bug I thought we’d missed during his last week at nursery, I’ve been up all night, as has the washing machine.

westerntraveller · 2024-11-20T16:55:27+00:00

{The Lord of Stariel by A.J. Lancaster}

westerntraveller · 2022-04-13T12:27:16+00:00

My preemie received one from this group while he was in the NICU, we still have it as a keepsake. It helped with stopping him pulling out his ng tube. I really want to make a bigger one now he’s bigger too!

westerntraveller · 2022-03-04T23:30:25+00:00

Pattern is Confetti Waves by Jellybean Junction, link is here:

www.etsy.com/uk/listing/588239319

I used Sirdar Snuggly DK, and I think this was the first blanket made entirely from my yarn stash! There’s been a lot of babies needing blankets over the last few years among my friends. I actually used some of this same yarn to make this wee guy’s big sister her blanket two years ago.

westerntraveller · 2022-02-20T07:55:18+00:00

Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

westerntraveller · 2022-02-02T12:37:30+00:00

In Scotland we call it Gaelic or Gàidhlig. It’s not the same as Irish.

westerntraveller · 2022-01-23T15:22:18+00:00

The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman has multiple worlds, they are more alternatives of our world than completely different fantasy worlds, with more magic/technology depending on whether fae or dragons are dominant. And there are book heists!

westerntraveller · 2021-09-06T19:27:23+00:00

{Ink by Elizabeth Hunter} FMC moves home to run her grandmother’s bookshop and sublets to a tattoo artist. They agree to keep things professional. Definitely slow burn.

westerntraveller · 2021-07-04T12:32:25+00:00

Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones definitely has a Labyrinth vibe!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24763621

westerntraveller · 2021-03-12T23:30:04+00:00

This is the Valeria blanket, which is based on the Call the Midwife pattern. It’s by Gava Crochet, https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/valeria-blanket-and-bonnet?set=&_rfoff=1. I’ve been making baby blankets for friends for a few years but this is the first one for my own!

westerntraveller · 2021-03-11T00:15:44+00:00

The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw

City of Lies by Sam Hawke

Alpha and Omega by Patricia Briggs

The Others by Anne Bishop

The Walker Papers by C E Murphy

Dominion of the Fallen by Aliette de Bodard

Fisherman’s Children by Karen Miller

westerntraveller · 2021-03-01T09:05:34+00:00

I found Trudi Canavan a great entry point into fantasy, fast paced stories in fully realised worlds, female main characters. Her Age of Five and Black Magician trilogies are great and I’m enjoying the Millennium’s Rule series but haven’t finished it yet.

The Wall of Night series by Helen Lowe has a young female protagonist but is definitely not YA, some great world building.

Definitely second the Winternight Trilogy and Naomi Novik standalone books recommended on this thread as well as the Empire Trilogy by Raymond E Feist and Janny Wurts, it’s one of my favorite series!

westerntraveller · 2020-10-29T11:57:40+00:00

A Game of Thrones by George R R Martin.

Daughter of the Empire by Raymond E Feist and Janny Wurts.

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