I live in a tech-loving household; there aren’t many gadgets that we don’t have (my mum’s reaction on hearing that the Google Nexus 7 tablet is my husband’s latest purchase: “You’ll never move house!”). I was talking to my friend Nick about this and we meandered on to discussing how technology has changed dramatically in even…
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Gnaw something: top tips for baby teething
Help! My baby is teething. Any great tips? She is chomping down on anything and everything she can grip her gums on; mainly my iPhone, the TV remote and her fingers, all through a pool of drool. Her sleep’s not been brilliant and she has emitted a constant low-to-medium level grizzle for the past couple…
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Eliza, five months
We were sat waiting for baby clinic last week, and when I looked around the waiting room I saw that we were surrounded by shellshocked mums and their newborns. I suddenly realised something I’ve been vaguely aware of for a while; Eliza’s really, really grown. Where did my tiny baby go?
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Back to front
Eliza finally rolled over today, much to my delight. She did it twice in a row, and the second time she even flipped herself back to her back. I was as amazed as she was; her expression was a mixture of ‘what just happened?’ and ‘wow, look what I did!’. It seems like it’s been…
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“Bouncing’s what Tiggers do best…” – Fisher Price Jumperoo review
Baby toys took on a whole new bouncy realm this month, with the arrival of our newest Eliza purchase, the Fisher Price Jumperoo. Me and Alex have history with this massive Fplastic monolith; shortly after announcing that we were having a baby, we stayed at our friends’ house and their baby daughter had one –…
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Forty years, and a picnic in Norwood Park
Is how long my parents have been married for; it was their ruby wedding anniversary this weekend. The sun shone, and to celebrate we had a picnic in the park. Needless to say the youngest and newest member of our family loved all the attention. Alex and I are very lucky to have both sets…