After two years of consistently inconsistent sleep, I’m thrilled to say the mini-me is now sleeping a lot better. She’s still an early riser, although she’ll now snore through to 6.30, which is a blissful lie-in compared to her previous 5- 5.30 am starts. Occasionally, though, like this morning, she throws an early start into the…
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How To Write A Children’s Book: Tips From Published Authors
Read moreHere’s How To Write A Children’s Book: How to write a children’s book – so you want to write a kid’s book? Here’s some great tips from published authors on writing a children’s book and getting yourself a publishing deal. World Book Day Is Approaching… World Book Day is approaching, as everyone who has seen…
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Toddler entertainment tactics
Read moreRecently we’ve been tied to the house due to all our ongoing building work combined with the terrible weather, so to stop us going stir-crazy I’ve had to employ all the non-TV tactics I can muster. Last year we attended The Baby Show to meet with Fisher Price, and I mentioned that I’d previously written about our…
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New Silver Cross Reflex pram launch, at St Martins Lane Hotel
Read moreEliza and I headed over to Covent Garden yesterday to the launch event for the brand new Silver Cross Reflex buggy, braving the rush hour commute. Here’s an initial review of the new pram, and first thoughts (you can also read my review of the iCandy Raspberry buggy). You can read all about it over…
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Call me, maybe
Read moreHands up; who had one of these as a child? We did, and the dog on a string, and, of course, the Little People I’ve written about before. I love vintage Fisher Price toys and had been meaning to track one of these phones down for Eliza for ages. We found this last week in…
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Cosy Classic books for children
Read moreDid you know it’s nearly 20 years since the film Clueless was released? As if! The film itself was loosely based on a classic novel, Jane Austen’s Emma, but retold in a updated setting for the modern-day masses. I know people can get pretty highbrow about the classics, but I don’t think there’s any point…
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Christmas pyjamas for children
Read moreOne of my favourite Christmas traditions has to be having new pyjamas to wear on Christmas Eve. Does everyone else do this one? Alex and I usually get each other some from Gap, and last year Eliza had a John Lewis snowman onesie (I thought this would be a brilliant sight for stocking opening the…
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