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When’s a baby not a baby?

ByEmma January 3, 2021

When they’re a toddler, of course. It’s a hard one to know when they transition from baby to toddler. My view is as soon as they’re up and walking on their own, then it should be fairly obvious they’ve made…

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Gumigem teething aids for babies and toddlers

ByEmma January 3, 2021

*Ad-contains affiliate links, I was a previous Gumigem ambassador N initially didn’t suffer too badly with teething, and relatively I guess his molars (so far) haven’t been as bad as they might have been. Usual symptoms (cold, horrible stinky poo,…

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Caught in the act – food thief

ByEmma January 3, 2021

When all goes quiet and N disappears off, you can bet he’ll be somewhere he shouldn’t (obviously, because he’s a toddler). From the living room he’ll wander past the other toys in the back room (dining room minus chairs/table so…

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Why does a toddler…

ByEmma January 10, 2021

My current questions over why toddlers are like they are. Drink while on the move? I’m trying to train N to sit still and quietly while drinking from his sippy cup, But he just always wants to be wandering about….

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Nursery heat

ByEmma January 3, 2021

N tends to like being warm, but his average temperature is fairly low at around 35.3ish degrees . Even during the warm summer nights (yes remember, we did get these athough they were in September/October), he’d still usually go to…

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12 months jab and symptom delay

ByEmma March 8, 2023

Urgh. We were hoping that N’s last set of jabs were over and done with, especially as he’d had a bit of a temperature and was grouchy the weekend after he’d had them. But no, that was tooth number 10’s…

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Natural mum or be prepared?

ByEmma January 3, 2021

I was astounded yesterday as a work colleague (we’ve only been working together since I was back after maternity leave) asked me if I was ever going to have more kids. Her reasoning was “you seem like the type to…

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Milestones

Rainbow cake and stripy jelly

ByEmma April 11, 2018

Ok so N’s first birthday was a week or so ago, but our NCT group of mums & babies decided to do one of our regular celebration get togethers in honour of all the first birthdays. We were hosting it…

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Injections for babies at 1 year old

ByEmma March 18, 2023

Yesterday it was N’s 12/13 month jabs – boosters and his MMR. I had no worries about him having the MMR as some parents have in the past. With his second set of jabs back in March-ish time, he wasn’t…

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Getting single use cake tins - Bubbablue and me.

Milestones

First birthday and how to get cake tins for one use

ByEmma April 11, 2018

The last year’s gone so quickly…my baby’s not a baby any longer, he’s a one year old toddler. It was his first birthday yesterday, plus with him having started walking a couple of weeks ago, he’s definitely moved into toddlerdom….

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Questions on milk for babies

ByEmma April 11, 2018

Milk for babies is a funny thing. Before you have a baby, it seems so simple and straightforward. Either you like it or you don’t. You choose your colour top, and tend to stick with that (me, I like skimmed,…

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