Baby name ideas by category
Baby name ideas set out by category plus tips on what to think about when choose a baby’s name to avoid issues.
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Thoughts on parenting skills and following advice
I was 34 when I had N. Before then I didn’t think I wanted children, but then realised that I’d regret not trying and that there probably wouldn’t ever be a perfect time to know when you wanted children. Thankfully…
Car seats for infants – a buying guide
This is a collaborative post Soon-to-be parents are often faced with lots of decision making when preparing for the arrival of their little one. Most of these decisions are made based on what works for them or what they’ve known…
Nappy changing games
I have just seen the funniest thing…not really good when you’re trying to have quiet downtime before bed. N’s now at the ‘do what you get told to do’ stage in terms of putting things away and trying to do…
Baby’s first haircut experience
N was born with quite a bit of very dark hair which ended up disappearing (miraculously, where does lost baby hair actually go?! You never find it anywhere on clothes, carpet or bed. Strange), apart from his back ‘mullet’. He…
Winning baby goodies
Way back when I entered a competition where you had to write a review of The Wonder Weeks book. I used this book as my bible in understanding what the developmental stages mean & how they impact your baby, so…
12 months jab and symptom delay
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…
New Tricks
We’re rapidly approaching a year old (well in a few weeks time), and N’s been practising some of his new favourite tricks. I love the way he just practises over and over again a though he’s so excited that he…
Bleak house…illness reigns
Makes a change that I’m the healthy one in this house, as my OH always moans I have the sniffles. OH’s come down with a kind of tonsillitis illness that he sometimes suffers from. Of course being bank holiday weekend…
Flirting baby
My boy’s a flirt. Even when he’s ill (which he’s been this weekend). He loves people and has always been a smiler; whenever we’re out and about, I’ll see people smiling and talking to him across the room, and when…
A few of my favourite things about N
Babies grow so quickly their favourite things come and go without much notice. N’s current favourites are both annoying and amusing: 1, Gurning. My son used to have a lovely smile (well he still does when he chooses). But now…