We review the Fisher Price Bouncy Chair for babies: If your babies don’t like to be put down at all, then make sure you read my Fisher Price bouncy chair review, where we review the Fisher Price 2-in-1 Sensory Stages bouncer. One thing my two children have in common during the first few months is…
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How not to go to playgroup, in three months
Read morePlaygroup has been a bit of a fairytale for me and the toddler. No, not like that, we’re not that lucky – just that we’ve had to kiss a lot of frogs before we found our playgroup prince. After trying out a couple that included ‘the one miles away on the bus’ and ‘the toast…
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What we watched in 2014
Read more2014 was, for us, a year of pregnancy, new babies and house renovations, so we were at home a lot. This is where Netflix came in really handy. It can be such a sanity saver as there’s never anything to watch on normal TV when you want it, is there? Throughout the year I’ve been…
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New Year’s Eve, new baby style
Read moreWhat are everyone’s plans for New Year’s Eve? Like lots of people, I have a fairly ambiguous relationship with the night. I spent the majority of my 20s going out, so all the fuss about one extra and ultra-expensive evening seemed unnecessary. But then it was another excuse to go out – so why not?…
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Two children, two and a half months in
Read moreWhat is it really like, having two children? It’s something I spent a lot of time thinking about before it happened. People were very keen to give me an opinion, mostly negative (I’d either get *that* look or a comment along the lines of “You’ll have your hands full!” Helpful, thanks). Having a newborn at…
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Christmas as a new mum – have yourself a hyper-hormonal christmas
Read moreChristmas as a new mum – what’s it really like? Christmas; it’s a heightened time of all the emotions, isn’t it? Even more so when you’re a new parent and are stirring the added extras of post-birth hormones and being completely knackered into the Yuletide mix, viewing everything through the twinkly haze of sleep deprivation.…
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New Motherhood: 7 Things No-One Ever Tells You
Read moreJust Had A Baby? Here’s What No-one Tells You About New Motherhood New motherhood doesn’t come an instruction manual, does it? If there was one about pareting handed out in the Bounty pack it would make negotiating the occasionally rocky roapmap of nightfeeds, hormones and emergency nappy changes a lot easier. Here are seven things…