Sponsored post in association with American Express® Oh beautiful Brighton! A city that I have lived in since I was just 18 years old and although I moved away a couple of times, it just kept drawing me back. There is no place quite like it. One of the most colourful, diverse and vibrant cities
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WIN: Jazz up the Mum uniform with Mama Jewels!
I feel like as a Mum, I’m still finding my identity. I’m still figuring out which outfits work for me, now I have a slightly more curvy figure – plus, most of my clothes need to be durable to be tugged about or puked on, not to mention all the scrabbling round on the floor
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Family Weekend Away at The Red Lion Odiham – Part 1
There is one thing I really miss since becoming a mother. That is travel and our breaks away. Before we had Violet, travelling was our ‘thing’. We’d spend all of our hard-earned cash on trips away, reaching Peru, Jordan, Israel, Egypt, Cape Verde and more, but since Violet a trip to France has been all
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Review: Mustela Baby Skincare & Giveaway
For the last few years, a trip to the Pharmacie was always a highlight of my French holidays. Caudalie, L’Occatane and Vichy are some of the brands I usually look out for, but now Violet is here my love for French skincare has extended to her too, having recently discovered lovely French brand for babies
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Violets Seven & Eight months update!
Ok – bad Mum alert as I’ve just realised that as Violet is days away from being NINE months and I have failed to write her seven AND eighth month updates. I feel a bit rubbish about this as out of everything on my blog my pregnancy and baby update posts are the ones I
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
I am just bursting with excitement about Christmas this year. Maybe you can tell by the fact this is my third Christmassy post and it’s only mid-November. In fact, being the soppy wreck I seem to have turned into since childbearing I could almost well up at the fact this is our first Christmas as
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Review: Fisher-Price Zoom ‘n Crawl Monster
With Christmas fast approaching, I’ve been thinking a lot about what to buy for Violet – it’s been a hard one to plan in advance as a first time Mum as I have no idea where she will be in her development and what her interests will be – it literally it all changes month-by-month
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A Family Day Out at Drusillas Park
Drusillas always reminds me of happy memories of my childhood – I’m not sure I could count the amount of times I’ve been there when I was very small, so going back as a Mum with my own little girl was definitely a special day for me. I’m sure it’s changed a LOT since my
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5 reasons to babywear + GIVEAWAY win one of three baby carriers!
Since Violet was born we have been huge fans of babywearing – We use our baby carrier at least once a day, even 8 months down the line! When Violet was a newborn I think I would have gone a little crazy without it – she didn’t like going in her pram at first, so
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Weaning: Trying new tastes & textures with Organix #NoJunkJourney
I can’t believe Violet is 8 months old now! It’s time for another update on her weaning journey as it seems in the last couple of weeks she’s made some amazing progress on her quest to solids! You may have seen my previous posts, at 5 months we started her gently on some purees and
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How to cope when your baby has a cold
It’s been a tough few weeks over here in the Fizzy Peaches household, sorry it’s been a bit quiet around here – we’ve all been feeling under the weather with all the nasty colds and bugs going around. Violet managed to go a whole 7 months without catching a cold but now they are all
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Which Baby Change Facility would you use? #ad
I know, baby change facilities is not the most exciting of topics, is it? But when you have a little baby – they are kind of a big deal! I often think it’s clear that shops/restaurants have not put much thought into them when installing a quick table into their disabled toilet and calling it
