What’s your favourite pairs of shoes and why? Here’s my top three: 1) My wedding shoes, lovely lovely Jimmy Choos. For all the obvious reasons. They are having a bit of a sabbatical at the moment as alas, I don’t get much cause to wear them to the park or playgroup 2) My newest pair,…
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The best dresses for breastfeeding
Did you struggle to find the best dresses for breastfeeding, or any clothes you liked that were suitable for breastfeeding? Thrilled post-birth at thought of being able to wear all my normal outfits again, I soon realised that most of my wardrobe was ruled out due to lack of easy boob access. Tops were mostly…
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Three things from the weekend
1) We paid our first visit to the Horniman Musuem in Forest Hill. A tweeting walrus, fluorescent fish, what more could you want? If you’ve not been already, go! We took the Overground from Crystal Palace and discovered the life-changingly amazing news that the lifts in the station are now working. If you’ve ever been to the…
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How to celebrate Easter
Happy Easter weekend. Hope everyone is enjoying it? I seem to have spent most of it so far being covered in sick, it’s no yolk. Poor baby. If you’re interested in craft and recipe ideas then there’s a whole host of lovely ideas and linkys on other brilliant blogs. But if you want to put…
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Dungarees: a big no, or yes please?
Children’s dungarees from l-r: Verbaudet / La Redoute, H&M, Tootsa Macginty As a 12 year old nearly-teenager, I wanted more than anything in the world to have a pair of patchwork, cropped dungarees. Other fashion ‘inspirations’ at the time were big floppy hats a la Blossom, home made tie-dye, and anything worn by Clarissa Explains…
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Silver Cross Wayfarer buggy launch, at the Ivy Club
My breakfast yesterday was slightly different than normal, as I was invited by Silver Cross to the launch of its new Wayfarer pram and Simplicity car seat; no-one tried to flick cereal at me, for a change! It took place at the Club at The Ivy, in Covent Garden. You can read all about the pram and…
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How not to buy your child’s first pair of shoes
Photos: shoe buying attempt one, shoe buying attempt two, and shoe buying attempt three (success!) Buying your child’s first pair of shoes can’t be that difficult…can it? Well you’d think so, but we’ve just bought ours; on the third attempt. So to avoid making the mistakes that we did, here’s a guide of things to…