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Baby & Toddler, Family Life, Kids

Lockdown Potty Training: When it Takes a Crisis to Get the Job Done

March 25, 2020

Nothing beats the thrill quite like a new milestone. Baby’s first crawl. Baby’s first word. Toddler moving into his own big boy bed in his own bedroom (okay, that landmark I mourned more than I rejoiced). But, potty training is a whole new game – […]

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Baby & Toddler, Family Life, Kids, Maternity & Motherhood

CO-SLEEPING | Why We (Still) Sleep With Our Child

September 20, 2018

Co-sleeping is everything like you imagine: it’s cramped, inconvenient, a bit scary, and can often have you waking with a stiff neck.  So why do it?  Because as much as co-sleeping with a little one literally cramps your style, it’s the best feeling ever. Updated […]

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Baby & Toddler, Family Life, Kids

Reuben’s First Hair Cut: Tips For Toddler Salon Success

April 24, 2018

  If you’ve ever looked at your little one and thought they’ve grown up in a blink of an eye, wait until they have their first hair cut.  All of a sudden your baby looks set for school and you’re grieving the loss of those […]

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Maternity & Motherhood

8 Phrases You Need To Stop Saying To Parents

April 16, 2018

Good advice is great.  Who doesn’t appreciate advice at some point in their life?  Sound advice comes in many forms; expert opinion from professionals like your GP, or wise words coming from experienced family and friends who’ve been there before, offering invaluable knowledge to get […]

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Health, Maternal Health, Mental Health

Parenting Through Anxiety: A Mentally Ill Motherhood

April 7, 2018

For as long as I’ve been a mother I’ve had anxiety.  To me, motherhood and anxiety are one and I don’t see a horizon on this tumultuous sea of worry. People love to tell you that anxiety comes with being a parent.  Mums and dads […]

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Baby & Toddler, Family Life

Reuben’s First Birthday: Calamity & Cake

February 27, 2018

*PR GIFTED This week Reuben turns one!  And with my little man being my first child, it’s meant hosting my first ever birthday party.  I’ve had umpteen house warmings and socials and planned my own wedding, but none of this prepared me for the emotional […]

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Baby & Toddler, Family Life

Baby Bath Time with Child’s Farm Skincare

January 19, 2018

Bath time is a highly anticipated activity in this house.  Not least by myself (what frazzled mum doesn’t love a good soak in the tub?), but of course, the littlest man himself.  It may be a daily ritual but with a menagerie of flashing frogs and half […]

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Baby & Toddler, Maternity & Motherhood

Newborn Baby Essentials | The (Less Obvious) Products I Couldn’t Live Without

November 11, 2017

Buying the essentials for our first ever baby, we barely knew where to begin.  Launching head first into parenting books and baby shopping events, we had expectant parent written all over us.  But all these expert advisers with their newborn must buys were just overwhelming and if we’d listened […]

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Baby & Toddler

LapBaby Seating Aid: Sitting With Baby, Sorted

October 4, 2017

  There’s nothing like being trapped beneath a baby when you have things to do.  Now obviously, I love nothing more than cuddles with my boy and I’m completely aware there’ll come a time sooner than I’m prepared for when he’ll not want to spend […]

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Baby & Toddler, Maternity & Motherhood

VISITED: The Baby and Toddler Show Manchester | PART 1

September 27, 2017

Last week the Baby and Toddler Show came to Manchester’s Eventcity and we were invited along to go check it out and share some of our highlights.  Being the UK’s biggest baby show, we couldn’t wait to experience the event for ourselves – and it was to […]

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Maternity & Motherhood, Mental Health

10 Ways I’m Treating My Post Natal Anxiety

September 5, 2017

No one goes through pregnancy expecting illness after childbirth – but I did. Having a baby is one of life’s beautiful experiences; incredibly rewarding but often hard work.  My pregnancy was difficult and tinged with worry and although I looked forward to finally meeting my baby, I […]

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Baby & Toddler, Maternity & Motherhood

Baby Led Weaning: First Steps Onto Solids

July 25, 2017

Someone once said to me that your baby will decide when they’re ready to do something.  At the time I thought, how does that even work?  We’re given all these guidelines and advice telling us when to do this and how we should hold off from […]

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Rain doesn’t stop play around here 🤪 🌧️ Rain doesn’t stop play around here 🤪 🌧️ 🌈 We’ve put our @englishheritage membership to good use and visited SO MANY places over the summer holiday. There’s been new pop badges released which Reuben has enjoyed collecting ALL of!  He’s also done the various trails which have been fun, and he achieved the coveted 2nd, 4th and 6th visit badges completing his summer ‘passport’. I think he’s chuffed!

So here’s yesterday’s day of play - Helmsley castle. Helmsley was my late Dad’s birthplace and stomping ground. Can’t visit here without feeling that connection. It threw it down with rain before the most glorious rainbow came out. 😌 🌈 

#englishheritage #helmsleycastle #badgesnapshare #daysoutwithkids #daysoutwiththekids #daysoutinyorkshire #yorkshireblogger #yorkshiremum #mumlifeuk
Still on the school holiday adventure train with l Still on the school holiday adventure train with loads of photos to share from days out places, so just gonna dump yesterday’s shenanigans right now. 

A visit to the National Space Centre in Leicester, on our way back from a Legoland trip. 🚀 

This place was awesome! A bit of an information overload (I found) but it was all so interesting. Reubs loved the interactive bits like the mini Hadron Collider and a Q&A screen that went through the mathematical distances between us and each part of the universe.  Mind blowing stuff. We had a late lunch literally beneath a massive rocket which was pretty cool and finished off with a ‘sky at night’ show in the Sir Patrick Moore Planetarium. Could’ve spent longer as it was great, however it could be improved too. Some of the displays could do with updating in terms of ‘00s aesthetics and silly bits about girls being made of stardust and then the alien bit is a bit dubious. And I definitely think there’s room for more artefacts, like it’d be amazing to see moon rock or something from space, or even see what life is like in the international space station. How do they wash in space? Do they grow plants? That’d be interesting.

Has anyone else been here?  What did you think of it? 🤔 We’ll definitely return but not sure if it’s worth the 2hour drive on its own when there’s The Centre for Life in Newcastle with a very good space area.

#nationalspacecentre #spaceexplorer #thingstodowithkids #daysoutwithkids #familydaysout #summerhols
Summerrrr 😎 ✌️ Gonna remember this one fo Summerrrr 😎 ✌️ 

Gonna remember this one for all the things! ☀️ 🏖️ 🎢 🍦☀️
Cutest boy on the block and he’s mine 🥰 #mum Cutest boy on the block and he’s mine 🥰

#mumsboy #boymum #boymama #yorkshiremum #yorkshireblogger #mumlifeuk #daysoutwithkids #schoolholiday
Still mentally unpacking from THE holiday. ☺️ Still mentally unpacking from THE holiday. ☺️ 🏝️ ☀️ 🇬🇷
Now that’s what I call a holiday! 🏝️👙☀ Now that’s what I call a holiday! 🏝️👙☀️
Exciting, first time thrills, hot, SO HOT, breath-taking, nausea-inducing, amazing, beautiful, sweaty and a terrifying experience all in one. So many thoughts and takeaways from our first proper family holiday (never been anywhere longer than 3 days, never abroad). The Greek island of Rhodes was an experience alright. Think I need to write a blog about this one! But yes, the post-holiday come down is happening, I’m a bit sad, and I’ve LOADS of photos to share. 😄

#familyholidays #firsttimeabroad #firsttimeflyer #rhodesisland #greekislands #holiday2025 #rhodestown #familydays #greekholiday
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