• baby - Family Life - teething

    Teething solutions

    Edward has been showing signs of teething for months: dribbling, chewing his fingers and waking during the night where he previously slept through. Some mums at the mother and baby groups I go to mentioned amber teething necklaces. Apparently they are a natural analgesiac and can help with teething pains. They are quite affordable so I decided to get one for Edward and one for myself! Unfortunately it hasn’t made any difference to his or my own teething pains – although they look quite stylish! Teething makes him dribble so I made him some dribble bibs to stop his eczema…

  • baby - The Gallery

    The Gallery: A photo I'm proud of

    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…

  • baby - eczema - handmade - sewing

    How to make a simple dribble bib

    My son dribbles a lot. He’s coming up to 6 months and we’re waiting for him to cut his first tooth – I can see it! To try and protect his clothes and prevent his eczema getting aggravated I’ve made him a number of dribble bibs to mop up the drool. This pic shows him wearing one in my favourite Michael Miller fabric. You can buy dribble bibs everywhere but this took 15 mins on my trusty vintage Singer! How to make a simple dribble bib: I cut a rough triangle shape from two pieces of fabric, I used a…