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Christmas decorations out ! Babies stay away ! 🎄🎄🎄🎄

Christmas is just around the corner! Yes it is and yes I know it’s so hard to believe! Christmas is a very special and magical time of the year …. It becomes even more incredible and special once you have the baby….and a bit more hectic and difficult …. and a bit more dangerous … and a bit more stressful!!!!

Chloe was only 2 months old when she celebrated her first Christmas and she could not have been less bothered by it; now she is a very curious and WALKING baby (still can’t bring myself to call her a toddler) and that means a very different Christmas for us😊

I started thinking about what I will need to do differently this time not to make my house a health and safety hazard !

You see I love Christmas decorations! Usually we have them everywhere ! Big Christmas tree, Reindeers and Santa on the floor, Christmas cloths on the tables, lights everywhere and pretty much the whole house gets decorated, you get the gist. From now on I will have to do things differently, why? Because I have a walking baby who keeps getting taller every day (I swear that she is able to reach higher and higher every day! ); a baby who chooses to ignore NO whenever she feels like it and a baby who LOVES lights and glitter.

CHRISTMAS TREE

I am having a proper, big Christmas tree. I know that a lot of people choose not to have the Christmas tree when they have a baby/toddler or have a tiny tree on top of the highest furniture in the room; not me.

I will be putting the Christmas tree up and I will try to decorate it with Chloe ( I might change my mind 10 minutes in to the decorating 😂). (It’s all done now. Chloe was helping … to get all of the decorations out of the boxes, but I must say it was lots of fun and I am happy that I have done it with her)

I will decorate the tree with bigger decorations only (hooking hazard) and keep the most precious decorations in the box for the next 2 years just in case.(I have ended up putting out all of my decorations, with the most precious ones very high)

I will keep the bottom half of the tree (up to where Chloe can reach) with minimum decorations on, and try to use mostly plastic/wooden decorations. ( I didn’t manage to have only a few decorations on the bottom of the tree but I made sure there is no glass decorations there . Chloe loves to touch all of her decorations, and Chloe loves talking to them. Very good advice if you have an artificial Christmas tree: hang decorations and then bend the tip of the tree branch, it will stop your baby from pulling all of the decorations. I have also given Chloe a small box of her own plastic decorations which she is allowed to play with, which seems to keep her away from the real deal 😁).

The Christmas tree will be attached to the ceiling on a hook by see through cord. This is to make sure that Chloe won’t be able to tip the tree over. That’s exactly what my mum use to do for years (her tree was perfect each year and she had 4 kids)

CHRISTMAS TABLE/ TABLE DECORATIONS

I love table cloths! I would have one on the table all the time; unfortunately they aren’t child-friendly 😁

We cannot have a table cloth because Chloe would pull it (with everything that is on it) off the table. This year I will purchase an amazing and over the top table runner and put out some gorgeous placemats to complement the table runner.

When it comes to decorating hallway, stairways etc I will do what I normally do which is go crazy and over the top 😊
And it’s all done !!!!

This is the end result of my weekend filled with decorating

Fireplace is the perfect home fixture for Christmas decorations and obviously Christmas stockings. But if you don’t have a fireplace (which lets be honest looks amazing but is a hazard with the baby for the first 4 years if not more – yes I am saying it to make myself feel better) like me that doesn’t mean that you can’t have a Christmas stockings.

After having Christmas Tree and decorations up for a few days it seems that the novelty wears off. I also think that if you get your little one involved in the process and let them touch all of the decorations he or she will be less tempted to be misbehave (we know that they want what then cannot have 😁).

We have also bought Chloe’s own little Christmas tree which she has in her room. We have decorated it together in small plastic decorations which has made the novelty of the Christmas tree even less of : uh what are you ? I want to pull everything off you and eat you and I want all of those shiny things 😂

I hope that you will love decorating your house with your baby as much as I did 🎄

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER MEAL, ANOTHER OUTFIT …

DINNER RECIPE

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER OUTFIT …

In ❤️ with those cute crown printed leggings !

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER MEAL …MUSHROOM AND MINCEMEAT RICE

Ingredients:

– 200g mushrooms

– 250g pork mince meat (you can use different one if you prefer)

– 50g carrot

– 1/2 onion

– 1tsp thyme

– 1tbsp reduced salt soya sauce

– 100g brown rice

– 100ml vegetable stock

– 50ml double cream

– 50g parmesan cheese

Cooking method :

All vegetables to be sliced in to small cubes (I use food processor for onion and carrot).

Cook rice according to the cooking instructions on the packet.

Fry onion and mince meat on the frying pan for 5 minutes. Add carrot and mushroom and fry for another 5 minutes. Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer for 10minutes.

Add rice to the dish and then finish off with the parmesan. Enjoy it !

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER MEAL …RICE AND APPLE BAKE

DESERT RECEPE

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER MEAL…

RICE AND APPLE BAKE

My mum used to make it for us all the time. This can be serve as a snack, supper or a desert.

You can make a very healthy version of it or just healthy one. What is important is make lots of it as the whole family will want to eat it.

Ingredients :

– 1kg of sweet apples

– 250g of brown and wild rice mix (this can be replaced by white rice)

– 1 vanilla flavour actimel

– 400ml of milk (this can be replaced by water)

– 1tsp cinnamon

Cooking method :

Heat up your oven to 200C.

Cook rice in milk following cooking instruction on the packet.

Peal and grate all apples.

Prepare round, 30cm cake tin by coating it in a very thin layer of butter. Put half of your rice in to the cake tin, then add your apples and cover it with the remaining rice. Pour over actimel.

Bake for 20 minutes.

Dish is ready to serve straight away, hope that your kids will enjoy it as much as me and Chloe did.

Remember to be careful with the way you store cooked rice. This dish can be stored for up to 2 days in an airtight container or frozen within an hour, for up to 3 months.

BEST BATH TOYS.

BABY STUFF - DO WE NEED ALL OF IT ?

Kids love bath time, and what’s better to make it more fun than a great toy. Unfortunately a lot of toys designe for a bath don’t work very well in the water. I was shopping for new bath toys for Chloe and decided to share my findings with you.

1. Ocean Explorers Sparkle Bay Fountain.

2.Little Tikes Sparkle Bay Water Spinners

3.Edushape Magic Fish Bath Mirror

4.Munchkin Turtle Shower Bath Toy

5. Nuby Kissy Fishy Bath Toy

6.Lamaze Bathtime dragon

7. Tomy Splashy The Penguin Bath Toy

8.Playgro Bath Sort n Stack Floating Hippo

9. Hamleys Water Fun Musical Blossoms

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ANOTHER DAY,ANOTHER MEAL…COCONUT AND BANNAN (SUGAR FREE) PANCAKES

DESERT RECEPE

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER OUTFIT….

Fox print leggings and a white blouse, only a baby can get away with it 😊

ANOTHE DAY, ANOTHE MEAL …

COCONUT AND BANNAN (SUGAR FREE) PANCAKES

Babies and kids love pancakes. This is a great breakfast, snack or a very healthy desert.

Ingredients :

– 400ml coconut milk

– 3 bananas

– 2 tsp baking soda

– 1 1/2 cup of flower

– 2 eggs

– 1 tsp vanilla extract

Cooking method :

Warm up coconut milk in the cooking pan, the reason we do it is to make sure that we have one cream consistency.

Blend bananas. Combine all ingredients together until your mixture is smooth.

Fry on a non stick pan.

HEALTHY BUT SO YUMMY KIDS PARTY FOOD ! Yes it is possible !!!

BABY ADVICE, SNACK RECEPE

Kids Birthday Parties can be fun, yummy and … Heathy ! Yes they can ! There is no need to buy only junk food or to have everything with added sugar.

A few weeks ago I organised Chloe’s 1st birthday party. I wanted a sugar free party, why? Because most of Chloe’s guests were 1 year old or under and because I haven’t given Chloe sugar before. I have gathered lots of different ideas about kids party food from Pinterest and I have adapted some sugary recipes so that they are sugar free.

This is what I have prepared for the party

ICE CREAM CONES

Ice Cream Cones dipped in blended blueberry and coconut. You can make so many different versions of it, depending on the age of the kids.

– chocolate and nuts

– chocolate and coconut

– blueberry and cornflakes

– melted marshmallows

ICE CREAM CONES WITH FRUITS

Stuff ice cream cones with any fruits you like. It’s sweet, healthy and it looks great.

SWEETCORN AND PEAS

All kids love those ! Put them in to cute little cupcake cases to serve.

KIWI FLOWERS

Another fun way to serve fruits. Use a small cookie, flower cutter to use around the kiwi. Top the kiwi with a raspberry and add a leaf of mint to finish it of.

STRAWBERRIES
Strawberry is another great replacement to sweets/cookies. Because of its sweetness and vibrant colour kids (most of the kids) love them.

Dip strawberries in a soft cream and … coconut for a super healthy snack or in dark chocolate and then coconut if your kids are already eating chocolate.

You can also cut strawberry in half and put little dots of soft cream/ chocolate on top to make little ladybirds.

HEART AND STAR SHAPED SANDWICHES

I know that this is a lot of work but I can do once a year for a special occasion. Just make your sandwiches and flatten them, use biscuit cutter of a desired shape to cut them. Just remember that the sandwich needs to be very simple : soft cheese, cheese or ham are ideal.

MAGIC WAND

Kids love blueberries so get some of them on a toothpick, topped with a star cut out of watermelon and you have a magic wand ready. I have used bought toothpicks with gold stars on top of it.

BANNANA MUFFINS

Bannana sugar free muffins are a great alternative to the traditional ones. They have been a hit on all of the babies parties I have been to (you can find the recipe on my blog).

ITS ALL ABOUT ME AND MY CROWN !!!

MY BABY EXPERIENCE

Every little princes needs a crown …. this new trend is becoming very quickly very fashionable , and it’s so so cute !!!

H&M

LINDEX

MINIKIDINI

ZARA

RACHEL RILEY

CHRISTMAS DINNER let’s get all dressed up !

YUMMY BABY & KIDS FASHION

Christmas dinner is a special event for which you will need a very special outfit for your gorgeous baby. This year is all about Reds, Checks and Golds and below are my favourite picks.

JOHN LEWIS

ASDA

SAINSBURY

MOTHER CARE

M&CO

LINDEX

MAYORAL CHIC (at childrensalon)

MONNALISA CHIC (at childrensalon)

MAMAS AND PAPAS

🎄🎄🎄LETS GET IN TO THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT 🎄🎄🎄

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Don’t we all love Chrismas? And Christmas has became so much more fun since you have a baby…. Especially if you can dress you baby in one of the cute Christmas outfit …. This is my pick of the best available Christmas clothes.

MARKS AND SPENCER

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