Blog takeover: Bringing up baby by the seaside

I’m Polly (aka Brighton Mama) from Our Seaside Baby blog. This is the first time I have guest posted on another blog and what a wonderful blog this is! I first came across Belle du Brighton when researching moving down to Brighton a few years ago, offering me an insight into life in the city! Now, as a blogger myself…

Stuff on a Sunday #25 – three become four!

The week when three became four! Sunday was incredibly windy and a little bit wet too! We had a brunch in town with friends and their daughter after a lay in (well Athena and Sam had a lay in… I was awake from half five as per normal! After brunch and a little perusal of the shops we headed home…

The Sisterhood tag

Yonks and yonks ago my good chum Donna tagged me in the ‘Sisterhood’ tag, and I wrote the answers then the blog post stayed in drafts for ages, but ha! I have resurrected it so here we go… I think I was meant to ask ten more bloggers ten questions of my own but I am finishing this post hurriedly…

Blog takeover: Lifts, Automatic Doors and Society

I have been known to have a rant or two on this blog although more recently my rants about So Called Judgemental Parenting Posts and Baby Experts have been hosted on other lovely blogs! So here is another rant for Lauren to host whilst she’s busy having another baby! The one thing that winds me up every time I go into town, every time I…

Welcome to the world…

Meet Arlo Hayden. He arrived via a planned Cesarean section on 31st March at 2.20pm. It was as natural as a C section could have been and he is utterly adorable, sleeping lots, making snuffling noises and generally being very cuddly. He weighed 7lb 13oz, one ounce less than Athena did! Shes met him and seems quite smitten with him,…

Blog takeover: Ode to Brighton

When I approached Lauren to ask her if she’d like me to guest post, it (almost) automatically sprung to my mind that I absolutely have to write about Brighton. Brighton is my favourite city in the world to visit, and whilst I haven’t exactly scoured the globe, I’m pretty confident that it will stay a firm favourite no matter where I…

Thinking about saving for the future

Now we have two little people to care for and nurture (well, hopefully by the time you read this anyway!) Sam and I have been thinking about ways we can ensure a happy and hopefully prosperous future for our children. Although our income isn’t as high as it was when I was working full time as a hotel manager pre…

Stuff on a Sunday #24

The week that was irritating at the end… so the word of the week is ‘arghhhhh’. Sunday saw us nip in to town to return a few things and then I did a quick spin round Morrisons on my own (possibly for the last time in a while!) whilst Sam and Theo (Athenas godfather) took her to the park for…

Daddy… daddy… DADDY!

So guess what Athenas favourite word is right now? Yep, “DADDY”. She’s been able to say it for ages obviously but for the last three weeks or so it has been her most said word daily. I go in to get her in the morning and am greeted with ‘Daddy?!’ I go to pick her up from Nursery and am…

Food: Easter treats with Aldi

View post on imgur.com A couple of weeks ago Aldi sent me a lovely hamper full of chocolate and alcohol, clearly the alcohol will need to wait a little while to be consumed (by me at least, Sam has been tucking in!) but the chocolate was a very welcome addition indeed! The idea was to try out some new alcohol…

Finally a comfortable night…

Our bed and mattress are around 5 years old now, and have almost seen me through two pregnancies as well as accommodating a larger than average husband too. We do turn the mattress frequently but as it wasn’t a particularly pricey one the begin with it is definitely starting to get uncomfortable. Even though we have a mattress protector on…

What’s in the hospital bag for baby!

  It’s much more fun packing the baby bag than the mama bag (but you can see what’s in my bag for a C section here) and I think I’ve re packed it about 3 times now! I’m using a lovely big Stokke nursing bag to fit it all in and am probably packing more than we’ll need but better to…