How to make a hospital stay fun for kids
I thought milk & doughnuts was the perfect home remedy for BB’s pneumonia, but it turns out I was wrong. Struggling to breathe and with her little chest heaving, we ended up in A&E. She was all floppy like a ragdoll and was immediately fitted [...]
10 signs your baby is a weanager
I thought the terrible twos were the first tricky milestone we’re supposed to face, but apparently there’s a new one: the weanage years. That’s the name Ella’s Kitchen is giving to the period of time between six and 12 months old when your baby starts [...]
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It hasn't been the weekend we expected it to be. BB's pneumonia means she is now in hospital because she wasn't responding to the antibiotics and her oxygen levels were low, so she needed a little help (it turns out milk & doughnuts didn't quite [...]
Milk & doughnuts: the BEST home remedy for kids
BB’s got pneumonia. It all started innocently enough – she began complaining of a tummy ache and seemed a bit hot – but it quickly escalated into a hacking cough and soaring temperature leaving her unable to do anything but lie on the sofa. At [...]
Routine for babies: just how important is it?
I’m feeling like a really crummy mummy this week. First there was the whole 'brexting' thing, now we’ve had the first of Little B’s ‘settling in’ sessions before he starts nursery, which involved me taking him to the baby unit for the first time to play for an hour [...]
Why you should NEVER feel guilty about ‘brexting’
Brexting. Also known as texting or using your mobile phone while breastfeeding. It’s the latest no-no being flagged up by ‘experts’ and yet another thing we’re supposed to feel guilty about. As if there isn’t enough already. Apparently brexting can interrupt mother-baby bonding and cause [...]
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Today we're coming to you from a sick household. BB has had a bug since the middle of last week - a temperature, tummy ache, sore throat, cough: the works. And don't we all know it. It's definitely fair to say she's not an easy patient. [...]
InfaCare bubble bath review: excuse the pink towel
Bubble bath. Because neither of my babies have had sensitive or dry skin, it’s not something I’ve ever paid much attention to. I’ve tended to reach for whatever’s on offer at the supermarket: own label as a rule, a brand if it’s on offer. There’s [...]
The chances are your teddy is harbouring poo
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it turns out the chances are your teddy is harbouring poo. And staphylococcus, a virus associated with food poisoning. Microbiologists have swab-tested a load of kids’ teddies and found more than 80% were contaminated with staphylococcus and almost [...]
How do you tell a child about death?
It all started when we pulled up at some traffic lights in the car and BB asked what the ‘mountains’ were next to the road. We were next to the cemetery, and the ‘mountains’ were the gravestones. After exchanging looks with Misery Guts I explained [...]
5 baby items you really DON’T need
With Little B’s first birthday at the end of the month it’s time to put away some of his outgrown clothes to make room for the next stage. With BB I religiously packed away her old clothes at the end of each three-month phase, but [...]
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Autumn is always the best time of year for sunsets where we live, but this week they've been really amazing. The sky has looked like this at teatime pretty much every evening - in fact I can't remember the last time it was cloudy or [...]
Zippy JCB Bandana Bibs review: Little B has perfected his catalogue pose
Bibs. I’ve never been a particular fan of bibs – they’ve always been surplus to requirements in our house because when it comes to meal times baby led weaning means we need either total coverage of clothes or no clothes on at all (the kids, [...]
Asking bloggers to write for free & how to say no politely
Like many bloggers I regularly receive emails from companies asking me to review their product or service. If it’s a product or service I believe in and is something we would use or do as a family, or if I think it will be of [...]
Our big allotment challenge: we’ve started planting!
It’s been almost a year since we made it to the top of the list and got our own little patch of the world in the form of our allotment, and finally we’ve started planting! It was rather overgrown when we got our hands on [...]
