For some parents, teaching their baby to swim can be a very intimidating concept. Baby Isla is only 16 months old but she is already very comfortable in the water and is so close to swimming on her own! It has been so exciting watching her learn how to jump in and out of the […]
New York City is known as the city that never sleeps. Shopping, the hustle and bustle of Fifth Avenue, evening cocktails, Broadway shows — New York is an adult paradise for many. But what happens when you’ve opted to swap your late-night drinks for bottle feeds and your Luis Vuitton for that changing bag that […]
We don’t all go to beaches equipped with large umbrellas and sun loungers and we don’t always have the capacity to carry such equipment with us. Hubby and I love a good trip to the beach whilst travelling, but we have come across one significant hurdle: how to shade the baby. The key is to […]
When I first had baby Isla all of the other mums were telling me that I must take her to Baby Sensory. ‘It is so great for their development’ it was told. They were right, it was pretty good. But it wasn’t as good as travelling, not even close. Travelling is way better at stimulating […]
When I was given the opportunity to present my mother-in-law along for a helping hand and we went off on our adventure to Kathmandu with a baby! As always, I was met with the usual cynics prior to my trip. ‘the roads are too uneven for a buggy’, ‘there’s too much pollution’, ‘the food might […]
Now that we have done a number of trips with a baby in tow, I have come to realise that there are some things to consider when booking a hotel with a baby that we might not have thought of before. In fact, travelling with a baby changes the way you think about everything — […]
I’d heard great things about Odds Farm so I thought where better to take baby Isla for her first birthday! We went in March so there were lots of baby animals there but much of the entertainment available in the summer wasn’t yet open (I’ve heard they have their own beach!). Odds Farm is located […]
Packed full of history, Kathmandu is a noisy, vibrant capital city, gateway to the Himalayas and the rest of Nepal. Young people from the country come here to study, to earn a better living and to own a piece of its future.Heavy traffic all day; cars, buses, vans, motorbikes and bicycles vie for space on the […]
I normally pack light, but as soon as we were travelling with a baby on-board that changed…drastically! I wish I took a photograph of all of my luggage on that first trip abroad, it was that hilarious! Whilst there is no doubt that you do need a few more things when travelling with a baby […]
Baby Isla turned one last week (seriously, where has the year gone!?) and she is lucky to have collected four stamps in her passport already! In the first year of her life she took five short haul and four long haul flights and was an absolute angel on them all! I have lots of parents […]
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