Recently, I was contacted by the lovely ladies at Kiwi Mummy Blogs to review 'Golden Month' a book about Caring for the World's Mothers After Childbirth; I was intrigued and excited at the same time. Golden Month discusses and explores the changes a women's body and mind goes through post baby. It looks at how recovery is not just physical but also mental and emotional. Golden Month travels the world looking at how other cultures embrace the post partum period and the benefits this has to … [Read more...]
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Quick & Easy DIY Letter Décor
"Happy Tuesday Friends! I am thrilled to have Tegan from A Kiwi Mumma sharing this Quick & Easy DIY Letter Décor with you all today. I love how easy this tutorial is and how it can be customized to suit whatever space you have. I love how Tegan has used this as part of her little ones first birthday party décor, and I can see it being perfectly suited for a nursery as well (hmmm, now there's an idea)!" I'm so happy to be guest blogging for Lydia on Always Made … [Read more...]
Top 5 Tips for Travelling with a Toddler
"With the recent arrival of Lil Gooseberry, I have decided to take a bit of a break from my blog and spend some time with my little family. However, I am thrilled to have a series of lovely guest bloggers and friends lined up fill the void during this time. Today, we are kicking off with a fellow Kiwi Mummy Blogger - Karen from mummydoit.co.nz. Karen is sharing her 'Top 5 Tips for Travelling with a Toddler' and given the fact it is the Summer holidays here is New … [Read more...]
Children’s Artwork Display
As I am sure you are aware of by now, Sebastian and I love getting creative and most of our afternoons involve an invitation to play of some description. Fairly often that involves 'messy play'. Recently, painting has become a firm favourite and most requested activity (ever since we got to review this fun box of goodies here). The thing with painting, well there are two things really.. one, they have to dry somewhere and two, they take up so much space. So far so good, we … [Read more...]
Pink or Blue? Old Wives’ Tale Gender Predictions
Over the weekend my Mum threw me a Baby Shower (or rather a Baby Sprinkle) to celebrate the up and coming arrival of Lil Gooseberry. My Mum planned the whole thing around a Buzzy Bee theme be(e)cause, as you know we have decided to hold off from finding out what we are having until the day our little one decides to make an appearance. Naturally, one of the afternoons activities or games we played was Guess the - sex, weight and arrival date. It was … [Read more...]