I don’t normally write posts like this but as it’s new years day of course, like we all are, I’m feeling reflective. I feel excited to say my blog has stepped up a gear this year in 2017, I had so much more time to work on it being on maternity leave, plus having a
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2017 – The year of Ultra Violet
Wow, I can’t believe I’m writing my 2017 review post, already. Where has this year gone? How is Violet nearly a year old? Time has flown by, even more so since having Violet, it seems once you have a baby your life goes in double time. It’s just crazy, but this year has been amazing.
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The Christmas Tag
You might have guessed, I’m slightly obsessed with all this Christmas this year. It’s Violet’s first Christmas, so it was going to happen! So, I was tagged by the lovely Laura to answer some festive questions and I couldn’t wait to share my answers with you. What’s your favourite Christmas movie? It doesn’t really feel like
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Violet’s First Christmas Eve Box
It’s beginning to look a LOT like Christmas in this house, the tree is up and I’ve gone full swing into preparations for Violets first Christmas. I know I’m probably going completely overboard, seeing as she won’t really understand whats going on besides the twinkly lights, tasty food and scrunchy wrapping paper – but if
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Review: Summer Infant Pop n’ Play Deluxe Playpen
People often ask me how I manage to work from home whilst looking after Violet. My blog is not just a hobby, but it’s actually my business that has supported us throughout my maternity leave, so finding time to fit work into my day is essential. Until about 2 months ago, fitting my work into
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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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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
