What are the top toys for Christmas 2013? And what’s the number one best-selling toy of the year going to be? Wait, I hear you say. Christmas, seriously? But it’s only just started being summer! In true form to the topsy turvy weather we’ve been having this year, it seemed oddly fitting that I was…
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How to make the bathtime routine more fun
How do you make the whole bath time routine lots more fun and less of a chore – for children and parents? Eliza’s always had a bit of a love-hate relationship with the bath. The first time we put her in it she screamed the house down, which was slightly alarming to our first-time…
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Five random things my toddler is obsessed with
When I was pregnant, I envisaged all the toys our baby would have. Wooden, organic, ergonomic and tastefully painted, they’d all be from Sweden or somewhere similarly stylish. Then I had the baby and we quickly realised that what babies are actually fond of is anything brightly coloured and made of plastic. Especially if it…
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Perfect baby gifts – Natures Purest
Strange parenting confession time: not only do all of Eliza’s toys have names, they all have distinct personalities and accents, too*. There’s Ginger Sue with her ghostly northern voice, the trio of Angry Birds – Splitty, Big Manama and Mini Manama – who chat in high-pitched cheeps, and Randa the Irish panda…and that’s just for…