Rain rain go away, sunshine I hope you are here to stay.
Wow we’ve had a fair bit of rain of late. But a few glimpses of sunshine have now arrived and wow the temperature certainly spikes up too. Yipee!!
So it’s that time of year again where the clocks have gone forward and the kids are up early and hesitant to go to bed. Even the baby seems to have Continue reading
One of my most enduring childhood memories is getting up in the night (we lived in the US) to watch the Royal wedding of Charles and Diana with my grandmother.
I’m not sure if the appeal of watching it was down to:
1. Being allowed to get up in the night to watch TV.
2. Watching a young lady becoming a real live Princess.
3. My grandmothers excitment, she was a true Royalist.
So when I heard that Her Majesty the Queen would be visiting Ebbw Vale (home of The Flower Stork HQ) as part of her Diamond Jubilee Celebrations I wanted to Continue reading
So the Little Man is 7 months old and on the move but sitting up just eludes him. At about 14 weeks he was trying hard to sit himself up and even now he can push himself up into a sitting position but he just wobbles over. He’s a long slim baby so perhaps there just isn’t the bulk to hold him up.
Visiting friends over the weekend she offered me her Widgey Nursing Pillow and it’s brilliant. I have used a non maternity V pillow but it is too wide a V. The Widgey is more like a C pillow so it wraps around him slightly and he can sit for 10 minutes. Chuffed to bits with himself!
Add it to the list of things I wish I had discovered sooner. A definate nursery essential The Widgey can be used during pregnancy, breastfeeding and for baby to toddler. In fact my two big girls have both been found reclining on it.
So the Little Man can get around pretty well rolling. He’s perfected the roll. Front to back, back to front and dead quick too but out of the blue just as I was rushing around like a looney on Good Friday packing to get away on holiday he did The Commando Crawl. I decided it was pretty much a one-off, he was just reaching for a toy. Surely he can’t crawl at 6 1/2 months? Surely?
Once they can crawl, life is not the same. There is a certain comfort in knowing they will be where you left them when you pop off for a few minutes to put the wash on. It’s also one of those baby milestones that mean you’re baby is growing up. I found with No 1 you can’t wait to tick off each milestone, No 2 you are a bit more laid back and with No 3 sometimes you just don’t want them to grow up.
Over Easter weekend he continued to drag himself around, picking up speed and by Sunday we decided yes we have a crawler…time to baby proof!
With No 3 I am big on getting him to eat the same foods as the rest of the family, hence less meal preparation for me! So we always offer fingers foods and usually a bit of what we are having. It does lead to rather a lot of mess though so I was on the look out for a wonder bib and well I found it. The Wonder Bib by Mum2Mum is a Continue reading
