OK, soooo boring to some, but really useful for others....it's the latest baby update!! Yep we've hit the 10 month milestone and I wanted to document what that's like and how we are finding life at the moment. It's a funny age as she's really losing her babyness (is that even a word?) and her biggest development is that she's really trying to be on the move via a bum shuffle.
Read morePJ Twinning with Panda & Ping
So we all know that as soon as you have kids you spend a lot more time at home and in your pjs. Sadly not sleeping in them for very long but certainly spending long lazy mornings playing with the kids and eating breakfast, normally twice in our house! Buying pjs for babies and kids has always been a favourite purchase of mine, even more so when you have two and can get them twinning in them.
Read moreOlive Loves Alfie // Kids Gift Guide
We love kids' lifestyle store Olive Loves Alfie! It's got really original gift ideas this Christmas for your little ones. We love their ethos of investing in quality timeless pieces from honest origins that will last and can be handed down several times. Ashlyn, the owner, always curates a playful and imaginative collection of clothing, homewares and toys.
Read moreOlive Loves Alfie // Mama Gift Guide
Olive Loves Aflie East is home to our Mama Meets, a place where mums can come together over a cuppa and talk babies, toddler tantrums, good times and bad times. Olive Loves Alfie not only sell cool clothing and homewares for kids but they also have some fab stuff for mamas too. I wanted to share with you some of my top finds for some Christmas pressies (hint hint).
Read moreChristmas Gift Guide Kids
We've picked a few of our favourite pieces we've found that would make fab presents and stocking fillers for kids. It was pretty hard as there is SO much good stuff out there at the moment but we though these little gems had good universal and unisex appeal in most cases.
Read moreMothercare SS17 Press Day
We went to the Mothercare SS17 press day the other week and as usual were really impressed with the sneak peek of the new ranges they are producing for SS17. I can't wait for Spring! Got quite a wait but wanted to share some of our favourite pieces we saw. This nautical inspired dress is beyond words cute and is top of the list for SS17.
Read moreChristmas Gift Guide Mamas
Christmas is sneaking up on us so we thought it was time to start sharing our favourite ideas for some mama gifts which you may want to start hinting at. Our favourite shops for adult gifts are Liberty, Goodhood, Selfridges, Whistles, Oliver Bonas, Amazon and Space NK.
Read moreHygge // Scandibørn
There's a lot of talk of hygge (the auto correct desperately wants it to spell higgle!) around at the moment. In case you've been on another planet, higgle, no hygge is (roughly) the Danish word for cosiness and it is one of the words of the year apparently.
Read moreChristmas Kids Clothes
Next up we have an edit of our favourite finds for your kids to wear on Christmas. We love a fairisle knit, some retro velvet and colourful pyjamas that will still work beyond Christmas. The metallic trend seems to be hitting kids clothes too, how amazing is that pleated skirt (Zara also do a similar cheaper version here) which I'd quite like for myself.
Read moreMama Meet with Supercharged Club
We had our first Winter Mama Meet on Friday and I just wanted to share some of the beautiful photos of all the mamas, babies and toddlers that came. We had the fabulous Mary and Emma from the Supercharged Club who provided energy and warmth with their honest chat and positivity.
Read moreChristmas Baby Clothes
If it's your baby's first Christmas you have to embrace the cuteness and check some of these must have pieces out! Those Christmas photos need to be extra special so a Christmas Jumper or dress and cosy booties are a must. Way too many amazing pieces around but we've picked a few of our favourites.
Read moreThe London Dad // Dada Meet
We've been following Gregory from The London Dad for a while now, his instagram feed and blog posts are all about honest (and emotional) parenting and we always love to see and hear things from a dads perspective. He lives in Wimbledon with his wife Alice (founder and editor of Avocado magazine), daughter Etta and they have baby number two due in December.
Read moreMuddy Puddles Woodland Feast
We went to the Muddy Puddles SS17 Woodland Feast press day at the Skip Garden in Kings Cross last week. Wood fired pizzas, s'mores, cakes and goodies kept us well fuelled for all the nature inspired activities including nature trials, woodland pendant making, crown making and a science extravaganza. Wow they really put on quite a spread!!
Read moreAdvent Calendars
OK so it's the end of October - time to mention the C word!!!! Yes people it's nearly time to buy your Christmas advent calendars! We have done a little edit of some of the nice ones we have found, a lot of which you can fill yourself and bring out every year, so worth the investment.
Read moreSupercharged Club // Mama Meet
We are super excited to have the mamas from Supercharged Club come and do a talk at our next Mama Meet on Friday 4th November! Mary and Emma are all about motivating and inspiring you to feel good about yourselves, with backgrounds in nutrition, fitness, life coaching and the all essential motherhood.
Read moreMonster Mingle Halloween App
Finn is a big fan of games on the iPad and iPhone these days, he's at a good age to understand them (3.5 yrs old) and will happily sit and play them independently, it always amazes me how they always just know what to do?! This is pretty useful when you've got a million chores to run around the house doing! We all need moments of time out from our little ones - be it for housework duties...
Read moreOrla Kiely Baby x Grobag
We recently went to the press event for the Orla Kiely Baby x Grobag collaboration, exclusively available at Mothercare. As a long term fan of print, colour, Orla Kiely and baby sleeping bags this seemed to be the perfect collaboration so we were super excited to be one of the first to see the product.
Read moreStyle Me Sunday // Mama Meet
We've been busy planning our next round of Mama Meets for the winter and have some super exciting guests lined up to speak at them!! First up I want to talk about Natalie from Style Me Sunday who is going to be doing a talk at our Mama Meet on the 24th November. If you haven't heard of this East London Mama before then you must check her out...
Read moreHalloween Edit
With Halloween rapidly approaching we thought we'd pick a few of our favourite spooky finds for the occasion. Our favourite being these Bat Jyms from the Bright Company with a super cute bat illustration by the talented Sarah Dyer. One year I will make original hand made costumes for my two but as usual time and lack of skills let me down!
Read moreHow to Pick a Buggy
Buggies and strollers - something you will use everyday for at least the first two years of being a mum. Somewhere for your baby to sit, sleep, eat, feel comfortable, safe and secure. Lots of mums to be ask me how you know what buggy to pick when you're going to have a baby. Personally I went on a recommendation and what was considered to be the 'cool' buggy to own at the time (Bugaboo Bee).
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