In the early days of having a baby it’s easy to avoid doing certain things and going certain places in case baby cries. I’ve spoken to mums who have spent the first few months at home for this very reason, as the thought of a mini-meltdown in public just doesn’t bear thinking about. I definitely felt this way myself, but as someone who finds it … Continue reading When Water Babies Cry…
The Performing Arts Edition So, you made a little drama queen! You can’t imagine where they got it from, certainly not from you! Now you can go one of two ways, try desperately to shoe-horn this little ball of energy into an activity that will calm them and give them good solid focus, or embrace the drama by developing it at an activity designed to … Continue reading Choosing a Performing Arts class? Read this first!
The Dunk! So you’ve all seen the Nirvana-esque images of babes underwater, heading for the camera with eyes wide open and arms and legs spread wide. Capturing that very image might even be the reason you’ve signed up your brand new little babe for swimming lessons only weeks after they arrived. But what you may have failed to spend much time thinking about is that … Continue reading What you need to know before Week One of Water Babies…
Following an invite to come and try out a baby massage class with Blissful Babies I deliberated over my decision to go. For a week I had been trying to get Phoebe (my 11 week old daughter) into a napping routine in the day and this class fell right in the middle of the usual morning nap. At worst it would mean she got overtired … Continue reading Blissful Babies- Baby Massage
It was one of those mornings where the nap-time stars had aligned and I arrived for the 10am Incy Wincy Rhymers session with a beautifully well-rested and alert little babe. What a perfect place for a happy baby to be. The main activity space is upstairs and is beautifully curated as a place where imaginations can run wild. Amongst the reading nooks and soft seating … Continue reading The Storybarn- Calderstones Park
Keeping up with the kids The school run is done and you’re back home, you’ve completed a million tasks and there are still more to do. The mountain of washing, the bins by the back door and that’s before you’ve even thought about the kids tea. Miracle of miracles though, the kids are sat down at the table and their homework is out, you give … Continue reading Beautiful New Beginnings
For kids who climb trees… It’s Sunday morning at Airborn Academy and in front of me unfolds an inspiring and innovative set of classes. The kids taking part are all eager to get going as the parents hand them over and take a step back for the warm up to begin. It is no secret that we should all be aspiring to a healthy … Continue reading Airborn Academy- Freerunning and Parkour
‘Poppins’ to the Cinema The one thing I’ve heard over and over again from new mums and dads is how you never get to go to the cinema anymore once you have a baby. It’s the very reason I found myself surrounded by people considerably older than me at the ‘silver screen’ events as I crammed in afternoon screenings of whatever I could in the … Continue reading The Everyman Cinema -Baby Club
It’s the week before christmas when I make my second visit to Airborn Academy to see what goes on at a cheer class and while most people are on the wind down the airborn academy are flipping out (literally!) From my precarious position between the sprung floor and the tumble track I feel every bounce and every landing. Arms and legs skim past my head … Continue reading Airborn Academy- Cheer
Blog Post 18- Mamafit Buggy Running Two and a bit months in and maternity leave is all I thought it would be; a completely new kind of hard work and a LOT of coffee and cake. The vision of spending my mat leave in coffee shops surrounded by other mums has very much been a reality so far and I really cannot knock it, but … Continue reading Mamafit Buggy Running
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