Smoo the Cow, Comedy the Hyena, Spirit the Lemur and Twist the Snake. What am I talking about? The new plush character toys from ‘My Blue Nose Friends’ that’s who! They’re super soft with beany bottoms and of course they have the famous blue noses! Tatty Teddy and his blue nosed friends have adorned greetings cards for as long as I can remember and the toys have become collectors items. In fact, one of my friends collects those sweet little […]

I really like Little Tikes toys. They’re built to last and seem to be timeless in their design. I wrote a piece recently about Jimmy’s push along trike which is a Little Tikes one and in the piece I talked about how we also love their Cosy Coupe. Florence has one and it’s almost identical to the one my brothers had when they were little! The designs don’t change much because they don’t have to! Little Tikes don’t just make […]

If you’ve read my blog recently then you’ll know that I’ve been using my new camera, the Nikon D3200, for a couple of months now. You will also have noticed that often I’m not that wonderful at taking pictures… It’s not that I don’t have good ideas, I definitely do, and in my head I know exactly how I want the shot to look, but in practice it often doesn’t come off the way I envisage… I realised, despite taking […]

We get sent a lot of cups to review in the Rocknrollerbaby household and can really only write about the ones we like lots. I might have to offer to send some back to PR companies at times because there isn’t anything very specific to be said about them? Often they’re not totally rubbish but what’s the point in writing a whole blog post to say ‘this cup is adequate and does the job it’s intended with slight leakage’? I […]

No, I’ve STILL not ‘jazzed up for summer‘… I almost did one day last week when something unusual and warm popped out from behind a cloud but then it went right back behind it again so the footmuff is still well and truly staying – for now! (I have the footmuff in sand and it matches the sand hood you see – I’m a bit matchy like that I’m afraid)! Le Donk has been working SO hard lately, when the […]

At a recent launch party held by veterans of the pram world, Silver Cross, Jimmy was given a teddy bear as a gift to take home. The bear came from the Silver Cross Classic Gift collection and in celebration of all things British is named ‘George Classic British Bear‘. He wears a Union Jack handkerchief in the pocket of his tailored waistcoat which also has Union Jack embroidered buttons and is totally delightful with his jointed limbs and sweet face . […]

I recently wrote about my favourite baby outfit ever which is a gorgeous ensemble from Polarn O.Pyret given to me by my old work colleagues when I was pregnant with Florence. She wore it and wore it and now Jimmy does too as it’s unisex; I still love it and it still looks great despite many, many washes! It sparked a love of PO.P clothes for me and we have continued to wear them ever since. From their socks (which stay on) and tights […]

In just under two weeks time we will be throwing Jimmy Buster Bumblebee his first ever birthday party and for the theme I have chosen for it to be a ‘Mad Hatter’s Tea Party’! I have jars to put tea bags in and bowls to keep the loose tea leaves, wooden spoons are decorated to tell you what each tea is and I’ve been busily collecting china cups and saucers for mismatched retro cups of tea. My Mum is making […]

My friend Liz who writes ‘The Hart Of The Munchkin Patch‘ blog asked if she could write a little guest post for me as she has a fab new buggy and wanted to share how much she loves it a little bit further, sounds amazing, take a look!     The Graco Evo Mini …   Our first impressions!   Last week, we received a very exciting email at the Munchkin Patch. We have been selected by Graco to test their brand […]

This week has seen Mrs Thatcher’s ceremonial funeral and while I think it’s sad when anyone dies, leaving people who love them behind, I am not a fan of the Iron Lady. I am staunchly left wing and when I say Labour I mean old Labour. I vote red now because it’s the best, as the Lib Dems have thoroughly proven by getting into a blue bed, of the bunch but for me the 80’s left wing politics are where […]