It’s been a while since I did a pushchair review and now we have two-under-two we are entering a whole new realm of DOUBLE buggies now too! Honestly, when I was pregnant I had no idea where to start. It feels like such a big jump from a single to a double, both in size
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2018 – The Year of Pearl
It’s time for one of my favourite posts of the year! It’s time for my 2018 review of the year. Last year was known as the year of Ultra Violet, so this or course Pearl’s year! I feel like it’s been a busy year, yet quiet at the same time. It’s been centred around our
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Pearl’s First Christmas
Last year I learned that planning a family Christmas for one baby was magical, even though Violet didn’t have a clue what was going on. This year I learned planning Christmas for TWO babies, one with a head-to-toe viral rash and tonsillitis…. is CHAOS. Christmas this year was most certainly low-key but it was Pearl’s
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Violet & Pearl – Siblings December 2018
It was totally intentional that we chose to give Violet and Pearl a small age gap. Even though we knew having two-under-two would be incredibly hard work, but we wanted to have siblings that would be close in age so that one day we hope they’ll be not only sisters but best friends too. I’m
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Violet & Pearl’s first ever visit to Santa’s Grotto!
Taking your children to meet Father Christmas has got to be one of those parenting moments where you have to pinch yourself. I’m not sure the magic of Santa ever goes away, not matter how old you are! I was so excited about taking Violet and Pearl for their first visit to meet Father Christmas,
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Life is Peachy: Self care, Waffles and my biggest parenting challenge yet!
I know, it’s been a LONG TIME since I wrote a ‘what we’ve been up to’ style post but I miss them! It’s so easy to get wrapped up in reviews, baby updates and now my blog is my full time job, my sponsored work too. After all, I started this blog to be my
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Planning Christmas presents for two under two!
There is nothing more special than seeing the look on your children’s faces on Christmas day, right? I’m so excited as this year we’ll have two little faces to celebrate this Christmas with! I’m sure at only five months old Pearl isn’t going to remember much but it’ll still be her very first Christmas! Violet
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Baby Clementoni Ride On Unicorn review
If you are anything like me by now you’ll be wracking your brains trying to think of exciting and different Christmas gifts for your little one. I certainly am this year! Usually I’m a ‘plan it all’ spreadsheet kind of girl, but I think this year with a house move, a baby and generally looking
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Pearl’s Three Month Update
This little chunk is THREE MONTHS OLD! Pearl is definitely not a newborn anymore – she’s a fully fledged baby that is starting to develop and show us the person that she is growing up to be. She is discovering the world and turning into such a sweet little girl with the calmest, sweetest personality.
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Getting out and about with two-under-two: My Ergobaby Omni 360 review
I have a little theme running on my blog at the moment – I’m recreating posts that I wrote in the early days with Violet but with a brand new update now Pearl is here! Today’s post is an updated version of this post, where I talked about my struggles with getting out of the
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How I cope financially during my maternity leave
Post written in paid partnership with Sunlife I’m sure I’m not alone in saying one of the stressful things about maternity leave is worrying about money. It is something that plays on my mind a lot and I’ve certainly had to make some changes since being on maternity leave – especially this time around as
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Weaning: First Food Adventures – preparing to wean again!
Post written in paid partnership with Organix As Pearl is nearly three months old, it really won’t be long until we start weaning again – can you believe it?! I’ve made it no secret that weaning was one of the harder parts of parenting. Firstly, I’m a rubbish cook and secondly Violet is a really