ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER MEAL … SALMON PASTA WITH BROCCOLI

ANOTHR DAY, ANOTHER MEAL …

SALMON PASTA WITH BROCCOLI 

Ingredients:

– 100g Salmon

– 150g Broccoli

– 70 ml of baby vegetable stock

– 100 ml of single cream

– 2 spring onions

– 60 g of baby pasta

– tiny bit of lemon juice

– tsp is dill

Cooking method :
Cook your pasta according to the cooking instructions.


Cut your broccoli in to a tiny florets (size depending on the age of your baby and the feeding stage)

Put vegetable stock and salmon on a frying pan. Bring to boil then cover and simmer for 5 minutes. You want the salmon to be nicely cooked.

Once salmon is cooked put in aside and add broccoli in to the pan. Fry for 2 minutes then add cream; cover the pan and simmer for 3 minutes.


Add salmon and then pasta, a little bit of lemon juice, dill and it’s ready! it’s that simple !

ADULT VERSION:

Ingredients:

– 200g broccoli

– 350g tagliatelle

– 200g of salmon

– 4 spring onions

– 150 ml of wine (if you prefer use vegetable stock instead)

– 200ml of single cream

– Fred dill to garnish

– Salt and pepper to season

Cooking method :

Exactly this same as your baby’s version.

HEAD IN THE CLOUDS – NURSERY TREND ALERT

There is new, very big trend which you definitely have seen recently in the stores. This new and cute take on clouds ☁️ has become very popular, especially recently the clouds ☁️ are everywhere !!! Baby nursery, kids bedroom, kids clothes, kids soft toys …  You name it and the clouds are there … clouds are everywhere ☁️⛅️☁️⛅️ … If you are looking for fashionable, cool  and cute idea on how to decorate baby nursery, or your toddlers room clouds are perfect!!!

⛅️☁️⛅️  HUGGABLE CLOUDS

Cutest cloud toys for the baby room ! (Cristal Tree at http://www.easy.com)il_570xN.604049994_b8tl

Love this cloud cushion ! (annatrinmmeldesigns at http://www.etsy.com)
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OMG What a great decoration for the wall/ cushion (Milipa at http://www.etsy.com)
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☁️⛅️☁️ COT MOBILE

Hot air balloons  and clouds baby mobile (Sunshineandvodka at http://www.etsy.comil_570xN.671035425_efef 

 

Rain Cloud Mobile 


⛅️☁️⛅️ WALL PRINTS TO BRIGHTEN UP THE WALLS

Cute wall prints to decorate your shelves or walls (www.wenelo.com)

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☁️⛅️☁️ SLEEPING IN THE CLOUDS …

Another way to introduce clouds in to baby nursery is by bed accessories and duvets.

This one is from http://www.notonthehighstreet.com
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Those few are from http://www.adairs.com.au
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☁️⛅️☁️ WALLPAPAER FOR BIG IMPACT …
There is also a cloud wallpaper if you are brave enough !

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☁️⛅️☁️  ACCESORIES 
Those cute cloud cork boards (www.landofnod.com)

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The cutest cloud lamp from http://www.scoutandcokids.com
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Clock in the shape of cloud from http://www.mothercare.co.uk

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⛅️☁️⛅️ WALKING ON THE CLOUDS…

Another option is to buy one of the cute rugs which are widely available (Stuff collections at http://www.etsy.com)

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Cloud and rain drops rug from rupydetequila from http://www.etsy.com

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⛅️☁️⛅️  SHELVES… 
Shelves in the shape of clouds are also available (www.willowandwood.com.au)
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ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER MEAL … CHICKEN, COURGETTE & MUSHROOM PASTA

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER MEAL …

CHICKEN, COURGETTE & MUSHROOM PASTA

Another recipe for you and your little one.

The only difference between your version and your baby’s is seasoning really. You can make it without the turkey for a vegetarian version.
Ingredients:

– 1 courgette

– 100g of chanterelle mushrooms

– 1 turkey breast

– 50ml of cream

– 100g baby pasta

– 1 tbsp of Parmesan
Cooking method:

Cut courgette in to a small cubes or grate it, cut mushrooms in to a small pieces. Fry turkey breast and once cooked cut in to small pieces.


Cool pasta following cooking instructions.

Fry vegetables on a tsp of butter for 5 minutes.


Add chicken and cream to the vegetables followed by pasta. Mix well together, add parmesan and you are ready to serve …


Grow up version:

For a grown up version use this same ingredients + 2 egg yolks.

Grate courgette, and cut mushrooms in to a small pieces. Cut turkey breast in to cubes and fry in a tap of butter. After few minutes add courgette and mushrooms and fry for 5 minutes.


Meanwhile cool your pasta following cooking instruction.

Mix egg yolks with cream; add salt and pepper.

Combine all of the ingredients together and finish of with parmesan.
 

WHAT HAS JUST HAPPENED ???!!! Google screaming baby.

I have not been on the internet googling baby problems for a long long time! I  thing the last time I did it was when Chloe was around 4 months old … Since then I have got very confident in playing my new part of yummy mummy; I have got to know Chloe very well, we have settled in to a nice and good routine (with a small teething hiccups every few weeks) so I started to feel very comfortable ….. Not anymore !!!

 It has started yesterday late afternoon, I had to move some furniture so I placed Chloe in her playpen. The second I did it and left the room (it took all of a second) she went crazy, I have never seen her cry like that, on a secon thought I think that the only time she went so crazy was when we gave her, her first bath. She was crying and while crying screaming on top of her voice; tears were everywhere and she was getting to upset that she was almost sick! 

 I tried to calm her while in the playpen with no succes, I took her out and after 20 minutes of cuddling she stopped crying. Then she would do exactly this same every time I tried to put her on the floor ! It took hours for her to go back to her happy self … 

 Today was fine until the second nap. I put her down for her nap and she started going crazy… Exact repeat of yesterday crying and screaming … 

What is going on?!!! 

 Is it because she still  has runny nose ? 

Is it because she is teething ?

Is it the seperation anxiety? 

What is going on? !!!

   ANOTHER DAY,ANOTHER MEAL … FRITTATAS WITH COURGETTES

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER MEAL …

FRITTATAS WITH COURGETTES

Frittatas are great for breakfast or as a snack. You can add anything in to it, this recipe is an adaptation of Annabel Karmel.

Ingredients:

– 50g wholemeal self-raising flower

– 2 tbsp of milk

– 100g grated courgette

– 50g grated carrot

– 20g grated pepper

– 2 tbsp of sweetcorn

– 50g grated cheddar
Cooking method

Beat the egg then add your milk and flower, mix it together till nice and smooth.  

Add all of the remaining ingredients and combine together.

Fry the mixture until golden and serve !

COOLEST & CUTEST BABY SLEEPSUITS !

As it starts getting colder and Autumn sets in properly is time to start putting our precious babys to sleep in a long sleeve sleepsuits. 

 This is a selection of (in my option) the coolest sleepsuits out there right now. 

NEXT as always has the biggest and best sleepsuits selection. Belowe are photos of some of the sleepsuits available right now. They are all cute and bang on trend when it comes to colours and prints (www.next.co.uk):

   
    
    
    
    
   
MAMAS AND PAPAS has a small but lovely choice (www.mamasandpapas.com):

   
 
Few from VERY (www.very.com)

   
    
MATALAN selection is cute and very well priced (www.matalan.co.uk):

   
    
  
There is also a very good selection of gorgeous sleepsuits on JOJO MAMA AND BEBE (www.jojomamanbebe.co.uk):

   
    
    
   

VTech baby crawl and learn ball 

 One of the best toys that Chloe has is VTech crawl and learn ball! Chloe got this toy when she was 3 months old, and from the very beginning she loved it. 

  
 This ball has everything going for it:

– music and lots of different noises which baby of any age loves.

– lights which entertain baby from a very young age .

– buttons to press, little ribbons to pull etc 

– teaches your baby about basic numbers, colours and animals.

– rolls on its own encouraging crawling.

– lots of different melodies and sayings.

  
 This ball helped us with tummy time when Chloe was little. You know how hard it is to keep your little one lying on the belly for longer than a minute or if you are lucky few minutes. This ball was keeping Chloe entertained during her tummy time for up to 15 minutes. There is lots of lights and pictures on it and with the movement it was mesmerising for Chloe

 Then came the crawling time. I must say this is where the ball really came in to action. Because by that time Chloe loved to play with it whenever the ball would roll away from her she would try to get to it …. And she would try very hard…. Once crawling started, she would be chasing the ball all the time… 

 I would recommend buying it. You will see how much fun your baby will have with it. 

THERMOMETERS 

Thermometer … We all have one right? But then your baby comes along and you think that your standard thermometer isn’t good enough, so you go and get a new one …. I ended up getting 4 new thermometers so I dare to call myself an expert now and advise you on what you should and shouldn’t buy! 

  
1. Forehead Thermometer 

 They use an infrared scanner to measure the temperature of the temporal artery in the forehead.  Don’t waste your money! Those are the most expensive thermometers that you can buy (we bought the Braun Forehead Thermometer at a price of  £65) and in my opinion not reliable at all. Temperature readings are affected by everything : cuddling, breastfeeding, your baby doing any sort of physical activity. In the space of one 1 minute you can have 10 different readings. I also have discovered that NHS (National Health  Service) advises against using this type of thermometer as it doesn’t give an accurate reading. 

2. Ear Thermometers 

Ear thermometers use an infrared ray to measure the temperature inside your child’s ear canal. They’re generally quick, safe, and not at all uncomfortable. They can be a little trickier to use than other thermometers, because they have to be inserted exactly right to get an accurate, consistent reading. I found this one to be the best one. It gives, accurate reedings and it’s quick to use. 

3. Digital thermometers 

Those read the temperature in your child’s armpit. They’re easy, convenient, and safe, and recommended to be use by NHS They can be tricky to use as your baby has to keep it under the arm or let you do it for a long enough period of time. 

4.Pacyfier thermometer 

 This is a thermometer placed inside the dummy. This seems like a very convenient option, but the readings are not accurate and the advice is not to use them. 

 Right now I am using an ear thermometer as it gives a quick reading, if the temperatures worries me then I check it with a digital thermometer to double check Chloe’s temperature. 

REALLY????BABY CRY ANALYZER ????? 

I came across this on the website while looking at different baby stuff (I am addicted to shopping for things for Chloe) and couldn’t believe that someone has came up with such an invention. 

  

 
Why cry mini -baby cry analyzer. Apparently this machine will tell you why your baby is crying : is it because they are hungry? bored ? sleepy? unwell? … Really?? 

 I  love gadgets and everything what makes life easier but this one is a step to far in my opinion. Do we really need something to tell us why our baby is crying? Are we really that lazy and in such a rush to get answers that we don’t have the time or patience to learn about our baby? To learn what they sound like when they are hungry  or bored? The first few weeks when you get to know your baby and his/her needs are special and precious …. Isn’t this one of the reasons why we become parent …

 Also is this not dangerous ? Relaying on the machine to tell you what your baby needs ? What if the mashine is wrong ? What if your baby is unwell but the machine tells you that your baby is bored? …

 What is your opinion about it?

Do you have one of those and think that I am wrong ? 

Please share you opinion.  

Have a fab day ! 

ILL ABROAD !

  
Above Us yesterday before it all started …. 

Writing it while laying on the hotel bed in Lisbon, Portugal waiting for Chloe to get up from her morning nap.

 This meant to be the perfect last family holidays before I have to go back to work … Not the first time when Chloe gets sick !!! Yep I was lucky enough not to have Chloe ill until now. 

 She was fine the whole day when we were traveling except a bit of a runny nose, which I blamed on teething !  She went of to sleep without any problem and then at midnight it all kicked off. 

 Chloe woke up screaming  with 39 C fever and such a bad runny nose that she couldn’t breath ! That’s when the panic started building inside me … What if giving Calpol won’t get the temperature down? Should I be asking the hotel for a doctor or an ambulance ?… Why is this temperature not going down (2min after giving calpol) ? … 

 Chloe would be waking up every 10 minutes crying for the next few hours … I think that we managed to settle at around 4am … 

 Luckily I had thermometer , calpol, nose spray and this little funny thing to clean baby nose with me … Or shall I say luckily I had Calpol as the rest wasn’t really helpful to me. You see I have taken the forehead thermometer which as it turns up reeds different temperature every second, Chloe would scream whenever I went enywhere near her with nose “thing” (don’t know how this thing is called)  or the nose spray so I couldn’t use it. 

 After googling baby temperature  on NHS website I found out that you shouldn’t use forehead thermometer on babies as it isn’t accurate (hhhmmmm why do they sell them? Why do they market them for babies?) and that with baby over 6 months I shouldn’t panic yet (easier said that done!). I ended up just giving her lots of breast milk and water to keep her hydrated and Calpol to keep the temperature in control. 

 Luckily Chloe seems very happy this morning with her amazingly good appetite (she loves hotel breakfasts) and so far good morning nap so fingers crossed we went thorough the worst. Now we just need to go to the pharmacy to get more Calpol and old school thermometer 😊