Choosing a Car Seat – what a minefield.
Choosing a car seat is one of those essential purchases that come in your Pregnancy To Do list, along with cot, babygrows, ridiculously cute baby hats and super-extra-worryingly-thick sanitary pads. But it’s often once they grow out of those first carry-them-around-in newborn seats that often come as part of your pushchair travel system that the decision making sets in. When my oldest (now 16) was moving into a bigger car...
The astonishingly lovely ‘Imaginary Fred’ from Eoin Colfer & Oliver Jeffers
Any conversation about children’s books is going to feature a couple of names at some point. Oliver Jeffers. One of the very best picture book authors/Illustrators in the whole widest world. We have a complete library, and my book-absorbing 8yr old STILL regularly revisits the astonishingly beautiful ‘Stuck’ and ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ on a regular basis. And Eoin Colfer – the man who gave the...
A Confession for You, TK MAXX… #GiveUpClothes
At the bottom of the cupboard in my wardrobe is a box. Inside that box is a pile of clothes. Not a big pile – just a neat, folded, carefully placed pile. A range of items – a basic wardrobe collection, in fact. Jeans, tops, a cardigan. All worn, but all looked after, and still with ‘plenty of wear in them’ as my Granny used to say. They are all maternity clothes. My youngest child is eight. There will be no more children. And yet,...
Win a £150 Gift Card from Smyth’s Toys with Scooby Doo LEGO!
Okay come on – hands up who owns a child who’s made a stop motion? How often have you downloaded your camera only to find 178 images of ever-so-slightly-different lego men in fabulous scenes? Yes, me too. In fact, the LittleStuff YouTube channel still proudly boasts the No.1’s first public attempt (he’s 16 now… and will prolly kill me for sharing it again…) So I watched with a gleeful dose of happy...
Win a pair of Naturino kids shoes – any pair you like!
When I was contacted by Italian kids shoe brand Naturino, I admit, I was a little casual. I mean – have you ever heard of them? No, me either. But then I had a proper look – and wish they’d expanded into the UK years ago. Seriously. These shoes are amazing! Naturino is a footwear line for children produced by Falc S.p.A. (a European leader in the footwear industry for more than 40 years). Every parent knows that...
New competition – Win a £50 Potato Stamp Organic Cotbed Set from Fox Organic
If you saw the review of the Potato Stamp duvet set, you’ll already be wanting one. This bedding is amazingly delicious. The cool star print is such a winner, partnered with a smart blue stripe underside for a versatile reversible set. The stars have been rendered as though they have been stamped with stars made out of potatoes (hands up who know whats to go and make some potato stamps?), and the lovely swirly star...