Mums, how often do you take time out to do things for yourself? Pre-baby, you’re used to wallowing in that luxurious concept of free time, so it’s a shock when you don’t have five minutes to even consider doing something like straightening your hair, for days, when you have a tiny crying newborn. It’s a tired…
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Friday festive link round-up
Although last weekend was a bit of a write-off, we did briefly nip to Oxford Street for some Christmas shopping, so saw all the lights and displays in full, albeit daytime, glory. The Selfridges windows in the middle photo are definitely the best – don’t you think? – but we also loved the John Lewis decorations on the…
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Home Alone 2: Lost In…south east London?
Photos, from left: spotting a rare smile in the supermarket / my surprise bedfellow (I’m sleeping in her nursery – aka the old spare room – while my parents are here and found the Eliza duck in the sofa bed one night) / our final Tuesday NCT mum meet-up as everyone starts going back to…
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What we did this weekend
Hurrah, my blog is back! It was down for a few days last week; a massive thank you to my IT support team* for sorting it all out for me. Phew. So here’s a quick update on what we’ve been doing over the past few days: Teaching Eliza to high-five Paying a visit to The…
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The Best Post-baby Swimwear
Are you looking for the best post baby swimwear? When it came to taking Eliza to the swimming pool, I was faced with an unexpected clothing crisis. I had no post baby swimwear! I try out post baby swimwear The last time I’d even been swimming* was during our pre-pregnancy holiday in Miami. And I…
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Good Reads: The Pantone Colours Book For Children
We Love The Pantone Colours Book For Children… I was thrilled to find a copy of the Pantone Colours book for children recently. Have you heard about it? It’s a baby-friendly board book with dedicated pages for each colour, and a grid with a selection of different light and dark shades. Each of the shades…
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Children’s sweatshirt of awesomeness from Tootsa MacGinty
My parents have just been on holiday, and bought Eliza a present of the red bear sweatshirt from Tootsa MacGinty that I mentioned in my blog post about brilliant baby clothes. Lucky old Eliza. My mum hadn’t actually read that blog post – I know, right? – and bought the jumper independently of knowing I liked…