Babywearing when pregnant–& win a Kanga Wrap! [ended]

  Sometimes life is just easier without a pushchair, short trips to the shop or home from nursery for example. Although I’m almost 6 months pregnant it hasn’t stopped me from having Athena in a carrier. This week we’ve been using a new wrap from KangaWraps as a change from our mei-tai or buckled carrier, which is getting a bit…

Preparing for baby #2: A toddler and a baby sharing a room?

Unless we win the lotto (which we don’t actually play at the moment) and move to a bigger house Athena and her baby brother will be sharing a room once he’s no longer sleeping in our room, out of sheer necessity. I’ve been thinking a lot about this (talk about worrying about something that’s probably almost  a year away!) recently…

My 2014 & Share your year Linky

I love writing an end of year round up, and as I’ve recorded the year on my blog it’s much easier to do than if I had to rely on my memory alone! Last year I set up a linky for anyone else doing a round up to add to, basically so I (and everyone else!) could have a nosey…

Stuff on a Sunday #11

Monday: after three days of being cooped up in the sick house I was determined to get out of the house for a stroll. We popped into town for a couple of errands, and to get Athena’s feet measured. She was not happy about this for some reason, despite having it done three or four times before! It put her…

Blogolutions 2015

  I’ve noticed a few of the blogs in my feedly doing ‘resolution’ type posts for their blog, so thought I would jump on the bandwagon and hopefully give myself a kick up the behind. I am also not going to make any other new years resolutions, as I never really stick to them anyway! In 2015 I plan to:…

Project B pregnancy subscription box–Energise

This months pregnancy subscription box from Project B was another good one! In it I received: What to buy for your baby book Alpha bites & Safari paws from Bear Aleva Naturals daily moisturiser Urban Veda day cream Teapigs fruit/herbal tea selection Divine fair trade chocolate Apothederm Stretchmark cream Femfresh wash Along with the normal cards containing hints, tips and…

Review: Gro Company 3.5 tog Gro bag

Poor Athena has been really under the weather for a while now, first with a nasty nappy rash that needed special cream to treat it and then with a nasty  bug that left her off food and drink for two days and included a lovely sick-in-the-car incident that was pleasant for nobody! So when a gorgeous new 3.5 tog baby…

What the baby wore: cutest penguin EVER!

     What is more festive than a baby dressed up as a penguin? Not much! We were very kindly sent a penguin outfit from Time to Dress Up, who have a huge array of dressing up costumes! It took us a little while to decide what to pick, but anyone who knows me knows I love penguins, so that…

Stuff on a Sunday #10

This week has been a write off. I didn’t do a Stuff on a Sunday post last week because the Athena had been sick the day before, and still was on Sunday, joined by me on Sunday evening… and i’m still feeling awful now a week later. I’ve never had a sickness bug this long before, and it doesn’t help…

Pregnancy: 24 weeks with baby 2

I feel like I’ve been ill for the last month non stop. First the abscess, then poor Athena was quite ill with a bug which I caught, then recovered from for a day and then re-caught (either from her or from Sam) Luckily baby seems to be fine and is wriggling around lots, and finally this week Sam’s manage to…

Festive gift guide: The mug edition

I love mugs, the type you drink tea out of rather than people who will believe anything… here are a few I’ve spotted on my internet trawling’s! Perfect as stocking fillers, or for secret Santa’s you don’t know very well! All the images link to retailers… I think my favourite is the heart mug where the pattern appears when the…

Interiors: festive home decor

  I’ve finally started making our home feel festive! I feel like the world has started putting up their decorations earlier than normal this year, I spied a couple of trees on my instagram feed in November would you believe? Anyway, what with all the illnesses we’ve been enduring, and the miserableness of Sam being in a car accident (nothing…