As much as I love juicy meaty beef burgers, I am a little wary about how healthy they actually are, even when they are homemade. If you had suggested I would enjoy a vegetarian style burger before starting our baby led weaning journey three years ago, I would have laughed in your face. That is…
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AD | A Weekend in Hull – The UK’s City of Culture 2017
Disclaimer: We were invited to Hull by Visit Hull who paid for our food, accommodation and the activities we did during the weekend. I was not asked to share a…
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The Ultimate List of Baby Led Weaning Breakfast Ideas
Breakfast is my favourite meal of the day. I don't know if it's because I just spent the past nine hours not eating, or if it's because of all the…
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Baby Led Weaning Equipment: 11 Must Have Products
We have had such a great success with baby led weaning and I've enjoyed the experience immensely. It has been a huge learning curve: finding out what foods work, finding…
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Leap 4: The Wonder Weeks Mental Leap at 4 Months Old
We are knee deep in The Wonder Weeks' fourth mental leap and cannot believe the change in our baby over the last couple of weeks. We sailed through leaps 1-3,…
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Getting Started With Baby Led Weaning: Everything You Need to Know
Weaning is one of the most exciting times of your baby's life and while choosing baby led weaning can feel a bit daunting, it truly is an exciting journey that…
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Working Mums to Blame for Obesity Crisis in the UK…Seriously?
Research conducted by the University College London claims that working mums are to blame for the obesity epidemic that is currently blighting the U.K. As if us working Mums didn't…
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How to Make Moving House Easy for Your Toddler
In August we moved into our first ever owned family home. It's been a dream of ours for years to get onto the property ladder and in May last year…
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A Weekend in Birmingham with London Northwestern Railway and Visit Birmingham | Ad
It had been a while since the three of us had managed to get a weekend away together, what with me having the worst pregnancy ever and working every Saturday…
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Every woman remembers the day they got their first period. There’s such a hype to it, you don’t want to be the first in your friendship group, yet you definitely…
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Baby Led Weaning Cake | Lemon Drizzle
Read moreNeil absolutely adores his Mum’s lemon drizzle cake, which is totally delicious, but also I imagine quite calorific and full of sugar. Not great for a young baby whose sugar intake I’m trying to limit. I have never posted a dessert type recipe before, instead focussing on finger food, but there comes a point when…
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Baby Led Weaning Beetroot Pasta Sauce for Babies
Read moreOne of the easiest meals to prepare for your baby when the cupboards or bare or you’ve had a particularly challenging day is pasta. What can be simpler than throwing pasta in a pan, topping it up with water and leaving it to boil for ten minutes or so? If you’re feeling slightly more adventurous…
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Felix’s 7 & 8 Month Update
Read moreMy darling Felix. Please forgive me for being so slow at writing your seven and eight month updates. We have been so busy as a family, cherishing every day of the six week summer holidays and spending two weeks in Spain meeting your Grandad for the first time. It feels like eons since I wrote…
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Maternity Leave: The Sort of Halfway Point…
Read moreIt’s been seven months since I started my maternity leave and I’ve still got another six months before I’m due to return to my role as a manager in a busy retail outlet in Liverpool. I’m sort of at the half way point now and it got me thinking, am I really making the most…
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Read moreThe summer months always evoke so many memories for me- I’m not sure if it’s the warmer weather or the fact that the six week summer holidays always seemed to last FOREVER when I was a child – but this time of year always leaves me reminiscent of years gone by.
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Baby Led Weaning Hash Brown Potato Cakes
Read moreWe are just back from a two week break in Spain and the difference in Felix from when to left to when we got back is incredible. He started leap six while we are away and we’ve noticed that as well as gaining a lot of hair on his head, he’s becoming much more adept…
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