When I was pregnant for the first time I wondered why nobody had told me how awful pregnancy could be. How I would ache all over and every ailment from nausea to sinuses would be written off as a “pregnancy illness”. How insomnia would strike and I’d cry with tiredness sometimes.…
When I was expecting my first child, back in 2008, I spent all my hours researching baby products. (Well, the ones I wasn’t eating or obsessing about baby names or drinking Gaviscon by the bottle). I made spreadsheets of buggies’ features, compared prices in different shops (and countries) and read reviews…
I’ve three months’ supply of WaterWipes to give away to one lucky reader. If you haven’t used WaterWipes before here’s the info: “WaterWipes are the only wipes in the world that are as gentle on your baby’s skin as pure water. Scientifically formulated to be as kind to delicate skin…
Where’s the manual? Do all babies cry this much? Why didn’t anyone tell me? Why don’t babies come with teeth pre-installed? Why don’t the packs of wipes ever close properly? Where did all the money go? What day is it? Where’s my bag? Whose idea was this anyway? Why…
With a heavy heart last night I packaged up our Ergobaby sling to send to the lady who bought it from me online. A brown padded envelope with an address in Cork. I put it into a bag, inserted a little card with it and sighed deeply as I secured the…
I recently got the chance to test a product from Fluffy Fields, an Irish company which is distributing the beautiful La Millou Polish brand baby products. Given the state of our six year old buggy I had already been looking for a nice stroller liner to freshen it up for…
Our small girl has just turned nine months old, three whole quarters of a year. At nine months, she’s now lived in the real world for as long as I carried her. We can’t remember a time before she arrived, before the pink descended and colonised, before the talks of…
Little Miss Laoise is teething, she’s been teething for months but not a sign of a little tooth, just bright red cheeks, a snotty nose and oceans of drool. I’m changing her bibs constantly as they are soaked, and I remember being told with the boys that babies can get…
Recent experience has taught me that there are two types of things in the world- those that can be done with a baby in your arms and those that can’t. List 1 – Ten things you can’t do with a baby in your arms. 1. Assist her older brothers in…
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