Everyone loves cute baby pictures!

September 7, 2010 in Babies, Bath time, Parenting by jo.middleton | No comments

Don’t they? It’s not just us I’m sure…

Recently, we had an email from a lovely lady called Lorna who wanted to tell us how much her daughter Indigo loves her Cuddledry towel!

“She loves her towel,” Lorna told us, “I get so many comments about it if people are here at bathtime. Our lodger is a midwife and one of her pregnant colleagues just had a baby shower.  As a result of seeing Indigo in her Cuddledry she bought one for her colleague – all the midwives at the Baby Shower were very impressed with the gift so hopefully they’ll pass on the info to new mums in the birthing unit!!”

That’s the kind of email we love getting!

Lorna also very kindly sent us some gorgeous pictures of Indigo enjoying her towel, and is happy for us to share them with you.

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Guest blogger update: Baby Nathan at two months old…

September 6, 2010 in Babies, Parenting by jo.middleton | No comments

Today we have the latest in our series of guest posts from new mum Kayleigh – baby Nathan is two months old now, and growing fast!…

Nathan is now two months old and there are little parts of his personality coming through. He is a very smiley baby and my computer is slowly filling up with a ridiculously large number of pictures. I think my friends are getting tired of the daily picture updates on facebook and statuses telling everyone that Nathan just did a poo or something!

My collection of none-blue baby clothes is growing but so is Nathan! He outgrew his newborn clothes in about a week and is now in 0-3 months. I also received his appointment for his first vaccinations and it feels like a court summons. I am absolutely dreading it, but thankfully Kevin will be there for moral support. Nathan’s cord finally dropped off and his skin isn’t so dry anymore. Sadly we are now fighting a losing battle with cradle cap *disgruntled mumblings*

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Cuddledry at the Just So Festival

September 2, 2010 in Babies, Bath time by jo.middleton | No comments

With the festival season drawing to a close, we couldn’t resist one last weekend away, this time at the new Just So Festival in Staffordshire.

Set in acres of beautiful, ancient woodland, it was the perfect setting for families to get away from everything, and indulge in some quality time with nature. The festival is the first of its kind aimed specifically at young children, so it was a great opportunity for Cuddledry to lend a hand, by providing towels for festival babies to enjoy their evening baths:

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Summer holiday activities for babies and children

August 13, 2010 in Babies, Parenting, Toddlers by jo.middleton | No comments

We’re half way into the summer holidays now, and if you’re anything like us you may be beginning to feel the strain! The holidays are fantastic in lots of ways, but if you have young children you may find yourself running out of ways to entertain them, and your patience beginning to fray after about…oooh… two days?

So, to provide some inspiration and let you know you’re not alone, we’ve put together a few of our favourite tips to help you get through the summer:

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Bras for pregnancy and breastfeeding

August 3, 2010 in Babies, Pregnancy by jo.middleton | 1 comment

Tracey-Jane Hughes is a bra fitting specialist for maternity and nursing bras. Here she offers advice for breastfeeding mums…

Bras! Where do you start? Some women when they get pregnant ignore the changes in their breasts and just carry on as usual and then finally when it all gets too uncomfortable buy new bras. But at that stage they then realise that they could have been comfy all along!

So, we suggest that you get new bras when you start to feel that the ones you’ve got don’t fit any more. Makes sense really doesn’t it? That’s what we do with our other clothing (unless we’re in denial about dress sizes!), so why not our bras?

Our breasts start to get ready for breastfeeding baby (even if you don’t plan to breastfeed, your breasts don’t know that!), when you first conceive. So we usually expect women to need a new bra during the first trimester. We suggest a simple soft bra, usually a bustier type bra, is a good buy at this stage. Women often get tender and sore breasts in the first 12-16 weeks, so a soft bra that you can sleep in is a good investment.

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The Mummy Diaries: Week three with Kayleigh and Nathan

July 23, 2010 in Babies, Parenting by jo.middleton | No comments

It’s week three now for Kayleigh and Nathan. Nathan’s Dad is back at work and a Jeremy Kyle overdose persuades Kayleigh it’s time to get out of the house!

Well we have discovered the joys of bending Nathan’s limbs this way and that to create funny pictures and he is soft enough to let us! We have discovered the additional bonus of him being quite a poser making it very easy to get some quality pictures.

Breastfeeding is getting easier though we top up with formula through a beaker as I simply get so exhausted, meaning my milk supply tends to dwindle towards the end of the evening. This is a bad habit to get into though, so it’s not advised, but I find it too hard to pump any reasonable amount of milk as Nathan is the best at extracting the good stuff! He doesn’t seem to mind though; as long as there is something in his belly he is content.

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Cosmo blog awards – please nominate us!

July 21, 2010 in Uncategorized by jo.middleton | No comments

Do we fancy winning one of the new Cosmopolitan blog awards…

Hmm…

Do we ever!

Which is why we are asking nicely…ok begging…for you to nominate us in the ‘Lifestyle’ category now! It takes no time at all, and you don’t even need to fill in any tiresome name, address, or email info about yourself.

I know our blog is only little and new, and I’m sure there are going to be hundreds of fabulous entries, but it would still be lovely to be nominated. So if you’ve ever enjoyed a post, or think we have anything vaguely useful or interesting to say, please think about voting for us.

Pretty please. With a cherry on the top.

Thank you!

x x

The benefits of babywearing – top tips for choosing and using a baby sling

July 13, 2010 in Babies, Parenting, Toddlers by jo.middleton | No comments

We carry our babies inside our bodies for nine months, so it surely makes sense to keep them close once they’re born? Today we have a post from Rachael at Kangarinos about the joys of slings and baby wearing…

A guest blog post all about baby slings and carriers! How exciting! A whole new audience to subject – sorry I mean entertain – with my favourite subject, where do I start? And how do I stop once I’ve started?! It’s all too much, I think I’m going to have to have a lie down in a darkened room cuddling a Wrapsody (lovely, soft, ethically made, hand batiked, generally beautiful, stretchy wrap)….

Ok, I’m back and relatively calm, I even brought chocolate (which incidentally is a colourway of the Pouchling Ring Sling!), all is well! Perhaps I’ll try to keep it relatively simple, tell you a little about why I like slings so much and how they’ve benefited us?

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Breastmilk – the ultimate green baby product

July 12, 2010 in Babies, Birth, Parenting by jo.middleton | No comments

Breast or bottle, washable or disposable nappies? As a new parent, the choices you make on a daily basis are seemingly endless and, with thousands of apparently ‘essential’ products available, it can be hard to raise a child whilst maintaining your eco-credentials. Apart from choosing greener products, (like Cuddledry’s organic baby apron towel of course!), there is one eco-friendly product you mustn’t forget – breastmilk!

We are always being told about the positive health effects of breastfeeding – the mantra of ‘breast is best’ is never far from a new mother’s mind – but have you ever considered the environmental benefits of breastfeeding?

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GUEST POST – Week two with Kayleigh and Nathan – baby shopping on ebay, co-sleeping and possible first smiles!

July 8, 2010 in Babies, Parenting by jo.middleton | No comments

Following on from last week when Kayleigh brought home her new baby, we are now in week two. Breastfeeding is becoming easier, excessive amounts of baby clothes are being bought, and Kayleigh is not looking forward to the end of paternity leave…

Nathan’s out of his tiny baby clothes and into newborn, leaving me to mourn the loss of his tiniest outfits. Of course this has led to an obsession with cute baby clothes and I’ve taken to dressing him up in ridiculous outfits for a 2 week old! Dungarees, T-shirts, jeans… I’ve also discovered that I’m sick to death of blue! This has led to my totally rational explanation to Kevin that “We need more baby clothes” and my daily ritual of scouring eBay for non-blue clothes.

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