Travelling light? Here are my top five most-used space-saving baby things. You’re welcome. The Yoyo Pushchair, recently reviewed here, if you want to read more about it. Folds down so small you can fit it in an overhead aeroplane locker and is great if you have a small car with limited boot space. It’s £339…
I know that the word “cool” is a bit outdated, but I don’t know how else to describe the collaboration between kids’ brand Mini Rodini and Adidas. When a top-hatted panda mini-tracksuit arrived on the doorstep, my first thought was: my sister would LOVE this in a full-size version. And my sister is sort of my barometer for…
For those who don’t follow me on Twitter or Instagram, an important update: New Baby has arrived! A boy! He was delivered on Friday 3rd February weighing in at 9lbs 7oz and he is just absolutely perfect in every single way. (Not the seventy eight thousand kilos I was led to expect, but then I suppose…
In between doing crazy, frenzied bursts of work (obviously my version of nesting, as I’ve mentioned!), I have been spending quite a bit of time browsing clothes online for Angelica. And in-store, if I’ve been out and about, but in truth I’ve not been getting around much – I need a wee every twenty seconds,…
UPDATE: The winner of the Mokee Tipi Tent is Katie Groves! I’ll contact you by email for your address – congratulations! I nice little reprieve from the whole Gestational Diabetes debacle (yes I do have it, update post coming soon) and the electric shock pains that seem to be shooting about in my crotch and bladder this…
This is the biggest update yet, I reckon. Not in terms of length, but in terms of sudden developmental leap. I don’t know whether it was because we took two weeks off at Christmas and so perhaps we were more attentive to Angelica than usual (I mean, she gets a lot of attention anyway, but a…
OK, so conundrum is rather dramatic a word to use, but we are currently in a quagmire of confusion trying to work out which type of car seat we need for Angelica now that she has outgrown the Cybex Aton Q and needs more room to stretch her legs. In an entirely selfless move (ha!)…
I’ve come to a bit of a decision, with these update posts; I think that when New Baby arrives I’m going to amalgamate all of the updates into one so that the monthly post covers my own post-partum recovery, the new baby’s development and also a little bulletin on what Angelica has been up to. Otherwise I’m…
With just a couple of months to go before New Baby arrives, I’ve been having a think about the equipment I found most useful when I came home from hospital. Here are the five things that I couldn’t have lived without in the first few weeks with a brand new baby. Bear in mind that I…
*NOTE: this post was written on December 13th 2015 and I have only just found it, unpublished! So I thought it fitting to publish it an entire year later, to the day. Reading it has brought back many memories and sent me into a mini panic about the fact I’m about to do it all…
Isn’t the word “tricycle” great? Partly it makes me think of that scene from The Shining, where the kid’s pedalling his little trike up and down the deserted hotel corridor, and also it reminds me of that vile puppet (is he called Jigsaw?) in the horror movie Saw, but mostly it conjures up images of Victorian children…
Right, it’s about time I got on with some serious baby-gadget-reviewing, because the baby is now a toddler, new baby is imminent and I’ll be onto test-driving double prams and what-nots before you know it. So, introducing my most-used baby-transporter of the year, the Babyzen Yoyo. Yes, the Uppababy Vista is amazing and – if we’re going…
If you’re stuck for baby and toddler Christmas present ideas, here are just a few ideas I’ve collated. I do a big series of gift guides on A Model Recommends (you can find them here) and along the way, this year, I noted down good things for children. More specifically, toddlers and babies (I suppose I have…
I bought this brilliant little wooden advent calendar “cabinet” a few weeks ago. It’s from a great kids’ toy brand called Great Little Trading Company – really well-made, attractive wooden toys that are such a blessed relief in what has become a sea of garish plastic in my living room. I didn’t know whether Angelica was…
Well it’s all go over here! A walking baby (yes, I know, she’s a toddler now) and another one kicking around in the proverbial oven waiting for its debut appearance in approximately twelve weeks time. Argh! I think, when New Baby arrives, that I’ll do a sort of monthly amalgamation post, covering Baby 1, Baby…
Get it before it goes: I absolutely adore this little hat-and-mittens set from Sainsbury’s, with its Liberty-esque floral print and soft furry fabric. Seven quid. Look at Angelica’s face: Full happy with that hat. She does try to take it off, a lot, but it’s quite a snug fit, so she has difficulty, especially with the mittens on…
I hate the word “haul” but I’m not sure what else to call this video other than “Ruth shows you the mountain of baby clothes that has been accumulating in the corner of the room”. Do enjoy – there are some real gems here, including the Liberty-esque-print hat and gloves from Sainsbury’s and the monster…
Just a quick post, because I’m currently trying to watch 50 Shades of Grey on the telly and it’s requiring all of my willpower to maintain eye contact with the screen. It is, quite possibly, one of the worst films that I have ever seen in my life. Boring, non-sexy and with a terrible script. At least…