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It’s that time of the year when the winter is getting to most of us and we are seriously thinking about holidays, what we want to do, where we want to go. Planning, scheming, budgeting. Are you there yet? Is the travel bug nipping at your heals too? This year we might do a big [...]
. Medically all is ready, decisions are made, plans in place- I have updated my birth plan (cut out the waffle and bullet pointed it). The consultant midwife has given me a copy of their care plan. The core of my birth plan: to have as natural birth with minimal intervention, spend most of my [...]
On Saturday I attended Blogcamp, a series of blogging workshops, with 100 or so other bloggers from across the UK- mostly women with a token man or 5. It was a mix of mostly mummy bloggers, speckled with food bloggers. A great event organised by the TOTS100 team with so much networking and learning squeezed [...]
. Last week I wrote about my choice to use washable nappies. Here are a few things I learnt while using washable nappies: Clothes The babies wearing washable nappies will have more bulky bumbs and not all clothes will fit. Next trousers are one case in point: Next girls trousers just do not fit over [...]
. A friend was asking about the virtues of washable nappies aka real nappies, so I decided to share my thoughts on why we chose washables: Before my first child was born, I did a lot of research into the pros and cons of washable nappies and disposable nappies. I did the sums and knew [...]
. . This summer we had planned a long stay with my parents in Hungary, where it get very hot, with high UV radiation. Both Littlins have sensitive skin, so I have to choose the sun cream very well. They have had some nasty rashes before from some brands. In gearing up for the summer [...]
. . Now I know not everyone will want to start potty train at 6 months, like I did. So I asked Emma, the Real Supermum (http://therealsupermumblog.com) to share her tips for potty training in this guest post. Emma is mum to 6 children, yes you read it right SIX children aged 1, 2, 3, 8, [...]
. . Ah Potty training…an age old topic with parents, how and when to toilet train your children. I had few preconceived ideas about toilet training before having children. In fact, I don’t think I had even changed a nappy on a real child before having Little Miss, let alone thought about how to get [...]
- Breastfeeding is natural, so it should come naturally too, right? Wrong! Lots of women and babies struggle to get it right. The support and advice is often hap hazardous. From what I’ve seen, heard and experienced, while having my two Littlins, breastfeeding needs to be learnt and good support is very important. The principles [...]
- We are a multilingual family, not even bilingual, but trilingual. This means we usually have three languages flying around in the house at any one time- English, Hungarian and Dutch. My mother tongue is Hungarian, Oh-so-lovely-Daddy is Dutch and neither of us speaks the other’s language, so we speak English. We met, married and [...]
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...AND to add to the challenge I have a grueling 11 week bootcamp leading up to the skydive- I have to loose 2 stone/ 18 kg/ 28 lb
