An unexpected sociable baby
My baby loves people…fact. I reckon he gets bored of seeing the same person for more than a morning, so we try and get out and about as often as possible to give us both lots of variety. I think…
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We love Kiddicare
My online birth month board is fabulous. We went through pregnancy together, the trials and tribulations of birth, and now are sharing the development stages that our little ones are going through. When we can, local mums and babies catch…
Changing naptime patterns to monster sleeptimes
N certainly likes his sleep. We’ve gone from 30 minute daytime naps around 3-4 times a day, to mammoth 1 1/2-2 hour naptimes in mornings and afternoons. Quite handy in one sense as means there’s plenty of time for me…
Help your baby sleep with these easy methods
Now I’m writing this, I’ll probably jinx my son’s good sleep patterns. He’s always been a good sleeper (with a few blips around age 3). I wanted to share my easy methods to help your baby sleep. When you’ve a…
Warnings for motherhood (and benefits too)
Aside from the obvious, having to give birth and potential complications if you’re really unlucky, having a baby can be really dangerous. Motherhood is wonderful, and generally is full of positives. The bonding with your child, even if you might…
We have a tooth
Finally, we have the first tooth cut…true to form, N’s hit the average for having first tooth cut by 6 months. And, in a day of firsts, he’s also managed to stand up by himself with support. Wooo! My…
Baby sleeping bag – wriggler jiggler
For a few mornings now I’ve gone in to find N sideways in his cotbed. But this morning we had him not only sideways but on his front! In a sleeping bag. I don’t know how babies do it, especially…
Karma is sweet – a dirty nappy
My mum had an op the other day as I was going to visit during what would usually be N’s bedtime, it meant the OH was going to have to do bedtime for the first time ever…oh, and that does…
From baby bath to big bath
*Ad – contains affiliate links I finally got round to ordering a bath Babydam as N’s grown out of his baby bath. I was hoping to see them at the Baby Show, but as they weren’t there had to pay…
Debating weaning my baby
Many mums don’t really want their babies to grow up and really want to have them return to the newborn stage. I’ve never really been a baby person, although now I see really small newborns it does make me go…
Teething solutions
The problem with teething accessories is you never know how badly your child would have suffered without them. Ns been giving painful gums for some time now. Lots of dribbling and fist sucking. He’s also had the classic vinegary smelling…