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Celebrate Your Little Champion’s Moves With Jessica Ennis-Hill & Pampers
Have you heard about the Pampers #LittleChampions Campaign? Olympic Heptathalon Champion Jessica Ennis-Hill is the face of the campaign, which focuses on making sure our babies are in the right nappies for the amount of movement they do in a day. Mind-blowingly, a cruising baby can take as many steps in one day as an athlete running a marathon. Now you …
My Baby’s Journey
Being a parent is the most wonderful thing that has ever happened to me, but it is also the biggest responsibility I have ever had. I wanted to be a mummy for so long and when Baby finally arrived the feeling was overwhelming. I finally had my long wished for baby, but also I had her future in my hands. As …
The Benefits of Educational Apps for Children
Educational apps are not only a great way of keeping your kids entertained while you get some jobs done but they’re also the perfect way of subtly teaching them new skills and knowledge without them even recognizing. Learning should always be fun, children respond better to positivity when it comes to absorbing knowledge and a brightly coloured, engaging app on …
Encouraging Your Kids To Accept Others
In the 21st century our children are more exposed to people from different cultures, countries, religions, ethnicities and abilities than ever before. Helping your child to be accepting of such differences is so important. Children are excited by novelty, playing with new toys and meeting new friends. However, they also thrive on familarity, so it is important to teach them acceptance when they are …
How to make cooking with kids fun
Do you cook with your kids? Do you think it’s fun? I must admit I haven’t always thought that Baby plus cooking is fun and she probably hasn’t either. The kitchen is an exciting place and so all she hears is me saying ‘leave that alone’, ‘don’t touch that’, which can’t be very nice or very relaxing. Ikea have launched …
Friends, Best Friends and Best Friends Forever
Do you have a best friend? Did you have a best friend when you were at junior school? What about secondary school? If you are anything like me you won’t have the same best friend now, that you had when you first started developing important friendships. The idea of ‘best friends’ can be interpreted differently from person to person; you …
Toot Toot Friends
Baby is so happy to be a Toot Toot Friends Ambassador; she was even more happy when a huge bundle of fabulous toys arrived! What kiddo wouldn’t be?! She could barely wait for me to put everything together, before launching into playtime. Thankfully it was reasonably quick to assemble and was intuitive, which was great for me as I don’t like reading instructions. …
And She’s Off!
One of the most amazing things about being a parent, for me, is how rapidly your child develops. There are some periods of time when it seems mental and physical development holds no bounds, which can sometimes take you by surprise. A couple of months ago Baby had never tried to ride a scooter. She was given one for her …
Round Like a Ball – Parragon Book Buddies
As Parragon Book Buddies we are sent a lovely book every month for Baby to review. This month it was Round Like a Ball. This title is part of Parragon’s Little Learners range. The book has raised and cut out shapes that fit together, making it interactive and fun for little ones to read. Helping them to learn as they do. Baby …
Baby is 21 months old
Baby turned 21 months old today. She is getting so grown up now and is so tall (like Mummy and Daddy). Her personality flourishes a little more each month. She gets feistier, brighter, funnier and has comedy timing that belies her age. Sometimes it is hard to be the sensible Mummy! Every day she makes me so frustrated I could …
20 Months Old
Yesterday Baby turned 20 months old! We are crashing ever closer to her second birthday, which seems quite strange. So this month, I think if I had to pick one word to sum it up Baby’s 19th month, it would be challenging! If I was allowed another word, it would be attitude! So you might see where this is heading. I think …
Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Love to Play Puppy Review
We recently attended an event with Fisher-Price, who were launching their Discover Your Way campaign and unveiling their new advert. You can read all about the campaign here and watch the advert below. . After the event, Baby received a Laugh & Learn Love to Play Fisher-Price Puppy to review. This toy is suitable for 6-36 months and has two modes; …
Word of the Week #22
It’s Friday, so it’s time to link up with the lovely Jocelyn from The Reading Residence and decide on my Word of the Week #WotW. This week my word is; Apart from our trip to our swimming class, Baby and I haven’t seen anyone this week. So we have been enjoying spending time together and just being ‘us’. We have …
Word of the Week #21
It’s Friday, so it’s time to link up with the lovely Jocelyn from The Reading Residence and decide on my Word of the Week #WotW. This week our word is; As regular readers know, Baby took her first steps at the beginning of April, but then decided she didn’t really want to do it again. I think she needed to …
Word of the Week #20 {14 months old today}
It’s Friday, so it’s time to link up with the lovely Jocelyn from The Reading Residence and decide on my Word of the Week #WotW. This week my word is more of a word of the day (rather than week) and it is; Today Baby is 14 months old. She is no longer a baby, but a proper little girl. …
The Simple Things
Every parent knows children change so quickly. Their behaviours, habits, likes and dislikes are transient. I always try to focus on these temporary idiosyncrasies. To cherish the little things that Baby does, as who knows how long it will be before they are just memories. There are a few little things that Baby does at the moment that I love, …
1 year old – A letter to my Baby
As I sit here and write these words, I can barely believe that you, my little baby, turned one yesterday. Twelve months have passed since you came into our lives and changed them forever. I had such a strong desire to be a mum, months passed and my heart broke every time my wish wasn’t granted. Time and time again, …