Following the success of last year’s campaign that sold over 11,500 bears, Pudsey and Blush Bear (who is Pudsey’s ‘BBF’) are back and now available at Build-A-Bear Workshop stores nationwide. Pudsey and Blush fans are able to make their beary own BBC Children in Need mascot at any of 55 Build-A-Bear Workshop stores across the UK with £5 from the sale of each Pudsey and Blush Bear going directly back to the national charity Appeal. Build-A-Bear Workshop teams up with BBC Children in Need New for this year is a furbulous Pudsey, who has been re-designed to feature a beary…
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As Edward’s playing habits seem to have plateaued for the time being we decided to try and improve the lounge which is where we spend a lot of our time. At 19 months his concentration is developing and he is able to play with certain toys for longer periods of time – a great improvement from when he just tipped all his toys on the floor! A while ago we were given a fantastic Brio train set for him which we only recently got out. He absolutely loves it and spends hours setting up the track and watching the trains…
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*****Competition has now closed and the winners have been notified***** Do you have a budding footballer like I do? If so, they can now learn to play like their football heroes with Coerver Coaching Vol 1 (launched November 7th)! Coerver bring their tried and tested method to DVD for the first time with skills, flicks, passes and tricks in a programme endorsed by Geoff Hurst, Jurgen Klinsmann and Gerard Houllier. In the 1970s, Dutch football legend Wiel Coerver created a coaching programme based upon the skills of the world’s greatest players. His system was designed to hone individual passing skills…
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The only mouse I ever want to see in my house is the new plush Rastamouse from Character Options! This crime fighting Rastafarian rodent and his posse, Da Easy Crew, have become modern day heroes in many a household. Edward was very lucky to be sent the new plush and a Rastamouse DVD which have only just been launched. The plush Rastamouse is great fun – press his tummy and he speaks! He’ll sing and call out phrases in his own unique way. Scratchy and Zoomer are also available. The toy is a firm favourite with Edward who loves to…
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Edward was invited to the Rainforest Cafe to help celebrate the launch of a new toy range which includes Good Night Friend Upsy Daisy. He’s a huge In The Night Garden fan so I knew this was one event we couldn’t miss. When we arrived at the venue we found a lovely area filled with plush Upsy Daisy and Iggle Piggle’s to play with. Edward was in his element and happily played until lunch arrived. After lunch Upsy Daisy arrived and Edward, initially shy, was very happy to pose for photos with her. In fact he was having such a…
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We recently took a look at how Edward plays with help from Pampers and found out he loves Active play. We were invited to try out the Pampers Active Fit Play challenge for one week, were sent a week’s supply of Pampers Active Fit nappies and tried out some of Dr Maggie’s Redshaw’s play tips for the other 3 types of play – social, make-believe and exploratory play. We’ve used Pampers nappies since Edward was born and for this challenge have been trying Pampers Active Fit nappies size 5. They fit well and haven’t leaked once (despite rigorous play!) and…
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Gee up horsey! Do you remember all the words of the lovely nursery rhyme? It’s a great one to teach your children and I know the perfect toy to go with it – the wooden Shetland Rocking Horse from Pintoy – which we were kindly sent by When I Was A Kid to review. This is a lovely wooden toy, very simply decorated and has been designed to grow with your child. My son loves it as it’s the perfect seat for watching tv. Take a look at this short film of Edward sitting on the horse. Can you tell I’m…
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A couple of weeks ago I was invited by VTech to the launch of their latest product – the InnoTab. Basically it’s a mulitmedia handheld tablet designed for children, combining education games, creative activities and ebooks on a 5″ touch screen. Some of the features include: develop core skills in reading, spelling, maths, logic and creativity gravity sensor for motion based gaming can purchase additional cartridges featuring favourite characters download extra apps and learning games progress tracker for parents compatible with the Kidizoom camera and videocam Edward trying out the InnoTab Edward is as happy and confident with our gadgets…
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I just love surveys! We recently took part in Pampers play personality survey, by Pampers Village Parenting Panel expert, Dr Maggie Redshaw, and found Edward is a fan of Active Play! Your Child currently enjoys Active Play Your baby is probably on the move a great deal of the time. He enjoys physical activity and at times you may have trouble keeping up. Early on he will be keen to stand while you support him and will enjoy bouncing games on your lap. For him each new activity is seen as a challenge and crawling, walking, running, climbing or…