I was asked recently if we would like to review a special book from Love2Read. After looking at their site which offers bespoke picture books with uploaded photographs and words that you choose yourself, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on one and said yes please! Obviously the bespoke nature and being able to put our own photographs inside the book was very appealing but what I was most drawn to was the ‘learning to read’ element! Florence has […]
I went to an event last week help by computer protection specialists AVG. They wanted to talk to parent like me, who have children born in the digital age, to find out what we do to secure them while they are on line. I have to confess that although computer safety has crossed my mind I have done absolutely nothing to lock down any of the devices we use and make them 100% child friendly. To be honest, I didn’t […]
FitFlop are new on the shoe scene but they’re really taking it by storm. Six years ago, the idea was a pipe dream for Marcia Kilgore, a beauty industry entrepreneur and mum. She collaborated with two biomechanists, Dr David Cook and Darren James, to make FitFlop a reality. As a young company they pride themselves on bringing a fresh take to footwear. They manage to combine fun, stylistic elements with function and purpose, resulting in shoes that look and feel […]
A while back Florence, Jimmy and I went to a Teddy Bear’s picnic which we were invited to by GrowingUpMilkInfo.com. This is a site dedicated to giving information about toddler nutrition and gives expert advice for any worries you might have. It also gives you lots of information about using formula for babies over 12 months. Now, I never use formula myself, either before or after 12 months as I breast feed but I’ve found the site quite useful for […]
Every week at Aldi (which if you don’t know I am rather a big fan of in general) they have special buys which are sold on a ‘when they’re gone, they’re gone’ basis! You can get some fantastic things and it’s always worth a look because the prices are brilliantly generous! On Thursday 30th January their special buys included lots of baby things like a Hauck buggy for £22.99, a toddler pillow (which we’re going to try and get) for […]
Florence utterly adores being artistic and will sit for literally hours creating with her making things! Give her some glue, sequins and card and she’s thrilled so when I asked her if she’d like to join in with the ELC Valentines Art Challenge it got a massively good reaction! Her brief was to use the art and craft collage tool box that ELC kindly sent us and make something lovely for someone she loves on Valentines day! She couldn’t wait […]
My friend’s baby died. I can’t say it any differently, any more delicately or make it any more palatable than that because it isn’t any different, it isn’t any more delicate and it certainly isn’t palatable in any way. My friend’s baby died. My friend’s baby was called Matilda Mae and she so very sadly passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on February 2nd last year from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Now, very almost a year on from that most tragic […]
My husband thinks (when brave enough to voice it) that when he gets home from work all the washing up should be done, the food should at least be starting to cook and the children should be suitably worn out. (Suitably worn out means so tired that they fall into bed come bed time but not so tired out that they become overly so, thus irritable!) He says it all with a tongue in his cheek mostly but actually, sometimes […]
Have children? Then you’ll be familiar in the art of blanket fort making I would imagine! What child doesn’t like building dens to play in? Sure you could buy a Wendy House but it’s never as much fun as grabbing all the blankets and cushions to make a really special hideaway all of your very own doing? I remember loving it as a child myself and I can’t help but get excited about helping my own children make one even […]
For the past couple of weeks, ever since we found out we were going to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in the West End, we have been reading the Roald Dhal book to Florence. It’s not just her who has been utterly rapt every evening at story time as I have been very eager to read what happens next myself – and I already know the ending of course because I was read this exact same story when I […]
