The Feministe Anti Awards,

Feministe is tired of being passed up for awards so she has designed The Feministe Anti Awards, they have been dubbed; ‘a game of speed and wit, and preferably a boatload of pictures.’
Go on over and grab your award, before they run out!

I’m nominating myself for the “Bad (In the Good Way) Mother” Award mainly because of a stroke of pure genius that occurred to me this week.
Regulars will know of my struggle to get those of us in the Purple Elephant house to drink more water. Littleone will not touch the stuff, unless it is blended with at least half a cup of orange squash and even then I have to add the water in secret.
I have since discovered that at Nursery she drinks the stuff like it’s going out of fashion. By the sink they have a collection of cups where they can just go and help themselves, plus at recess they are all forced to drink a cupful with their fruit.
So I asked her why she drinks water at Nursery but not at home,
‘Nursery water is nice, home water is horrible!’
OF COURSE! I mean how could I be so ignorant, there was me thinking that we shared the same water board but the school taps must have a direct link to ‘Obedient Kid Springs,’ somewhere in the Highlands.
PER-DING! It was at this moment that the light bulb appeared (albeit briefly) above my head. If she was to turn up to Nursery thirsty, then she would help herself to a cup as soon as she arrived, thus at least one more on the road towards the incredibly dull ‘6-8 glass’ recommended daily dosage.
So I deprive my child of any drink at breakfast, that’s what I do. Do you know it actually works! 9am directly after hanging her coat up, she is there with all the others, desperate to get her share of the elixir.
First one to report me to social Services gets a prize!