Big Brother takes a real interest in the kitchen and food which I want to encourage. So when I spotted a delicious looking recipe for Chocolate-Beet cupcakes in the latest issue of Gurgle magazine I thought we would try it together. It required a bit of thought as we needed to buy raw beetroot, cook them and leave them to cool before we started baking. BB loved mixing the ingredients together and tasting the raw mixture! This was quite a messy recipe but a great way of getting your child to eat healthily! The recipe can be found in the…
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You may remember last week I was testing the miosolo real nappy from bambino mio. Our final three challenges were to try the nappy overnight, get someone who doesn’t usually try them to test them and see how they wash and dry. The overnight challenge Little Sis is only 7 weeks old so our nights are pretty much like our days! For the purpose of this review I pretended I was lucky enough to have an evening and put the nappy on her when we all finally went to bed at 11pm. Her longest period of sleep was only 2…
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*****Giveaway is now closed and the winner is Helen***** You probably won’t be surprised to hear that I’m a huge fan of the The Gingerbread Man story. I have a couple of versions of the story but recently came across a beautifully illustrated version from Child’s Play which brings the classic fairy tale up to date. The book contains lots of lift up flaps so you can get really involved in seeing how the story unfolds. I never tire of reading this story to my children and my son loves reading it with me. What could be better to accompany…
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I can’t quite believe it’s a week since my last Reasons to be cheerful post but we’ve been really busy and lots of stuff is going on: I’m hoping we might have made progress with Little Sis and her colic and reflux problems. Our house looks like a dispensary with all the different products we’ve been trying. Lots of people have offered advice which I’m grateful for. We’re having a good old de-clutter. You might think this is a strange thing to be happy about but with so little free time to keep on top of the household chores the…
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Challenge 2 – the out & about challenge Yesterday’s challenge was to test the ease of the miosolo when out and about. We had a couple of chores to do so bundled into the pram and off we went. We were only out for about 2 hours, but as Little Sis had a bottle before we left, we thought this was a good test of the miosolo. We went out in the Phil & Ted’s so she was lying down whilst we were out with plenty of room to move around. I checked the nappy whilst we were out, just…
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Anchor Butter is bringing back Elevenses! Well… It never really went anywhere, it’s just been a little forgotten. They want to empower people who feel the need to have a nice little sit, with a cup of tea and a nibble at around 11 o’clock. I love baking so was happy to bring back elevenses in our house by whipping up a batch of gingerbread biscuits using yummy Anchor butter. Here’s a link to the gingerbread recipe, just in case you want to make some yourself. Giveaway The lovely people at Anchor have given me some gorgeous items to offer…
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A couple of week ago I was really delighted to be asked to take part in a real nappy challenge with some other bloggers. I’ve umm-ed and ahh-ed over real nappies, and whilst I would love to do my bit for the environment, I just didn’t know where to start. I’d already attended a nappucino and tried other brands of real nappies but not really got on very well. Therefore this was a brilliant opportunity to try again with Little Sis. The challenge consists of putting the miosolo to the test through a series of daily challenges over this week…
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It’s been a while since I wrote about my thrifted finds but the arrival of Little Sis gave me a great reason to start looking for bargains. There were a few things I knew I wanted to buy but knew we couldn’t afford to buy brand new so I began trying to find them second hand. My best bargain is definitely the Stokke Newborn seat as Little Sis loves snoozing in it. It also fits onto the Tripp Trapp so she can sit at the table with us at mealtimes. I got a great deal on ebay and it was…
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It’s been a while since I last joined in with Reasons the be cheerful (a weekly meme hosted by Michelle). Little Sis is now 6 weeks old and we all love her to pieces. She has fitted right in to our family and it’s difficult to believe she hasn’t always been here. She’s also starting to smile (not wind related – honest) which makes all those night feeds worthwhile. Having a young family is incredibly hard work but the hubby and I are beginning to have a bit of time together each evening to remember who we are, why we…