Back in October 2020 we took a family staycation to the New Forest for a week. One of our days our revolved around making Evan's dream come true by visiting Southampton's Paultons Park - the only home of Peppa Pig World. We went partway through the Coronavirus pandemic and to ensure access (due to the [...]
You've managed to get through your pregnancy. You've conquered morning sickness and done all the hard part of bringing your baby into the world. Now the fun part begins and you get to start making those lasting memories with your newest family member. There are so many costs associated with having a new baby from [...]
If considering a home birth it is important that you consider your home and how you will prepare it for this occasion. Prior to the birth your midwife will come and complete a check of your property to ensure that it offers a safe place for you to give birth and to ensure that you [...]
Happy Easter! I started this post weeks ago! But, in the Easter spirit it’s better late than never. Easter is fast approaching and our household is now isolating due to Covid 19. This means one things, we have a 2 year old to keep entertained within the confinement of the same 4 walls. As every [...]
We moved Evan into his new bedroom and big boy bed less than a month a go when he was around 2 3/4 years. We expected some battles and challenges as this is now our second time trying to transition him, but this time it happened seeminglessly with no problems. I'll be honest in saying [...]
Welcome back to another addition of expectation vs reality. Part one was all about pregnancy and the newborn phase and now we are back to shed some light on their next chapter, the toddler years. As we entered this phase, my mind went into overdrive with all these lovely ideals of what joys this would [...]
Pre-children I had all these ideological ideas of how life would be once our family was larger, and like most mother's to be this all started once I got the big positive on my pregnancy test. Of course, as I'm sure you've guessed already, those ideals didn't quite marry up with reality. So let's run [...]
Spring cleaning is not just about the home, it's a great time to embrace the mental spring clean as well. As an individual, I am the worst as holding on, and I mean to everything. It could be anything from keeping every single item of clothing and toy ever owned (and out grown) to birthday [...]
The time is fast approaching for packing a hospital bag. I personally am hoping for a home birth for this delivery and have prepared for that. But, with that being said it is still vital that we have a hospital bag packed incase of any unforeseen or unexpected changes to our ideal plan. So with [...]
Discovering ways to occupy and entertain a toddler can be tough. It’s easy to exhaust your favourite toddler activities. Particularly as I’m not an overly crafty or creative Mum naturally. That said however, I want to be. I just lack some of the know how. So when I receive beautiful handmade gifts from my son, [...]
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