This weeks theme for The Gallery is a Photo I’m Proud of. Since my little one was born I’ve tried to take a photograph of him every day and posted it here. I found that the quality of my photographs wasn’t very good so recently upgraded to a Lumix G Micro System. The photographs are crystal clear and it’s taken me a while to choose just one photo of my gorgeous little man. Edward sucking his fingers (we’re still waiting for him to cut his first tooth!). This post is for Week 24 of The Gallery: A Photo I’m Proud…
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Today we had a rare trip into the West End. We took the little one on his first trip to the British Museum followed by his first trips to Cath Kidston and Orla Kiely – my two favourite shops! I have a real passion for Orla Kiely. I drink out of Orla Kiely mugs, I sleep amongst Orla Kiely sheets, I use Orla Kiely handbags, and travel with my Orla Kiely suitcase, wash bag and make up bags! There’s only been one occasion when I rocked up at a hotel and realised I had a number of clashing Orla Kiely…
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Instead of posting a picture I’m going to re-direct you to my other blog. Just before Edward was due my husband thought it would be fun to give the baby his or her own blog , where we could post photos and let our relatives know what we were up to. Although I thought this was a great idea I didn’t want the responsibility of keeping it up to date whilst juggling a new baby! Fast forward two weeks after Edward came along and my husband had posted some pics on the baby blog when he was taken ill. He…
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This morning we were very excited to receive two big boxes full of beautifully packed Plum baby food! I love filling in questionnaires and apparently we won the prize for telling Plum our opinion of fromage frais! The prize was £50 of Plum baby food and we were sent meals, cereals, fromage frais and sauces which we can use now as well as more varieties to use at 7 months +. This was such an amazing prize and fun to open through the layers of tissue paper! Of course we had to sample one so Edward had Raspberry and Rosehip…
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Edward loves all things giraffe (or perhaps I love giraffes and just like to buy him things!). Anyway, he has a couple of Sophie teethers which he really enjoys chewing and a giraffe soft toy. So when I was googling ‘baby’ and ‘giraffe’ I was very happy to see that cuddledry have brought out a handy towel to dry your little one safely. I had to buy it! We use it every bath time and as you can see my little one is happy to snuggle in it after his bath. The idea behind the apron style means you can…
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I am really enjoying making things for my little one. He has a great bedtime routine which means by 7 we have evenings to ourselves and I can get my sewing out! A couple of weeks ago I started on some simple tshirts which I finally finished: hedgehog giraffe dinosaur jellyfish I bought the tshirts and followed a simple pattern from Sew Hip magazine. Each animal is decorated with some colourful ric rac and the name of the animal embroidered. I didn’t enjoy the freehand embroidery (they look a little too like a child’s handwriting!) but I love the finished…
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My little one has reached the stage where he loves to play. He spends the whole day laughing and giggling but his face really lights up when you get down to his level and play. We’ve tried not to go too mad buying toys but I didn’t anticipate his favourite pasttime would be lying on his baby gym sucking plastic rings! This post was written for Week 21 of Tara’s Gallery The theme this week was Playtime For more ideas for playtime check out The Play Academy.
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While I was pregnant I joined lots of clubs to help me decide what products I should use. One of my favourite is Hipp Organic and we have been sent some great samples of baby foods. I try really hard not to succumb to marketing gimmicks but I genuinely like Hipp Organic as it is an established brand, the food is pure and simple with no added nasties and the recipes are nice and simple. So it didn’t take me long to purchase a weaning kit when I was thinking about weaning a few weeks ago. Look at all the…
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Today we went to the Farnborough International Airshow 2010. It was a bit of a drive but my husband really wanted to see the Vulcan fly and I love the Red Arrows! We couldn’t leave Edward behind but needed something to protect him from the noise of the aircraft. A friend recommended Peltor ear defenders which come in pink or green. They were perfect for the job! They fitted snuggly over baby ears and kept all unwanted noises out. As you can see, Edward slept through the day 🙂