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I’ve written before about quite how useless I am at maintaining a healthy car, and even now I admit to leaving everything care related up to Sam, although I could check the oil if I needed to I think! Halfords did a bit of research into women and their knowledge of their vehicles and are launching some workshops for women to…
Today’s ‘What the Baby wore’ post is all about a few current favourite sleepsuits for Arlo. I am pretty sad Athena doesn’t wear them anymore as they make babies look so much younger but at least I’ve still got one little person in them! First up is this gorgeous rabbit print sleepsuit that was Athenas, then went to Norfolk for…
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I always aimed to wait until Arlo hit 6 months before we started weaning but he was grabbing at food (and playdoh, leaves and grass) and shoving it in his mouth with such determination that we actually started a couple of weeks prior to six months, as we did with Athena. However this time we’re heading down the baby led route…
So at the end of the month we have Halloween, which seems to rapidly becoming more and more celebrated over here in England! This month we’ve been reading ‘Pumpkins, Pumpkins, Everywhere’ from Parragon books. It’s a cute story that covers feelings and emotions and actions in simple terms, in a nice rhyming way. The pages are full of colour illustrations…
One day the week before last when it was miserable and wet outside and nobody was quite feeling 100% I somehow managed creep out from under Arlo, leaving him snoozing away so I could set up a little party in the living room for when everyone woke up! We’d been sent a little bag of Miffy goodies to celebrate the 60th…
Every week I sit down to write a meal plan, and either write it and don’t adhere to it or forget to buy one or two (alright, often more) vital ingredients for the meals. It doesn’t help that we don’t do our food shop on a regular day due to Sams unpredictable work schedule and only having one car! I…
I have a new love! It is a handbag, finally a bag just for me! No nappies or baby wipes will grace the inside of this wondrous item! I have been looking for little ways to regain a feeling of being ‘lauren’ and not MUMMYYYYYYY, and using a handbag again after over two years of changing bags is a perfect…
I am amazed at how speedily the last six months have gone. Half a year as a family of four, yet in some ways it seems like Arlo has always been here! The first six months of Athenas life were a lot more relaxed, sometimes we didn’t leave the house for a few days, we just sat watching netflix and…
Well another month gone and with it the last days of Summer I reckon! I’m fairly happy about that though as I’m a big Autumn lover… bring on the cardigans! I didn’t do a monthly recap last month and maybe not even the month before, and i’ve also been a bit crap at doing my ‘Stuff on a Sunday’ posts…
So I have been breastfeeding Arlo for very nearly six months now. In a way it seems a little silly to go shouting about it, as it’s a natural thing and only a few hundred years ago or less there was no other option and all mums fed their babies (or employed a wet nurse!) for probably much longer! But…