Here’s How To Make A Felt Ball Garland Do you want to make a felt ball garland? Here’s how we made our DIY felt ball garland. I’ve been looking at buying a felt ball garland for Eliza’s room for a while now, until it recently occurred to me that I could actually make one. For…
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Day one of two: in numbers
This week we had our first proper day as a three post-paternity leave, the first whole day of me with the two children. And do you know what? We survived…so it can’t have been all that bad, can it? I jest, it was actually pretty fun at times. If not relentless. The hardest part was…
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Five things to do on the 3am nightfeed
Aaah, nightfeeds. It’s lovely to have sleepy newborn cuddles, and see your baby’s eyes looking at you in the near-dark, and aaah. But when you’re sleep deprived and completely exhausted, it can be difficult to keep your eyes open. We’re only a few weeks or so into nightfeeds with Florence, but Eliza used to be…
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Trauma-free baby nail cutting with the new Nipper Clipper
Last week I went along to the launch of the Nipper Clipper, the new baby nail clipper and app made by Apprentice winner Tom and none other than LORD SUGAR himself (you can read all about the event over on TalkMum). I don’t know about you, but we dreaded cutting newborn Eliza’s fingernails. It’s strange…
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Breastfeeding in public – it’s not unusual
Here’s some of the extreme places Eliza and I have breastfed over the past 18 months: