The foodie penpal I was paired with this month was Sonja (who was also away getting wed in Germany!). At the first glance when I opened the box I saw cupcake-y things which made me über excited as anyone who knows me knows I’m a bit obsessed with anything cupcake! I had told her I love to bake, especially cupcakes. So I received a pack of cupcake cases, two types of decoration, a vanilla pod (I’ve always wanted to use a proper vanilla pod!), a pack of cake wrappers, and a cute little cupcake which is now amongst my other cupcake paraphernalia in my …
August 2012
How do I get my baby to sleep more?
Getting your baby to sleep more is one of the things us Mummy’s, probably more often than not, could do with some help with. Although some of my readers most likely have one of those babies that takes to sleep quite easily, so will be able to help with the problem to follow. Little man didn’t start sleeping through the night until he was around 10 weeks old and even then he would still wake up once or twice every few nights for a couple of weeks. So just when we thought he had cracked the sleep thing, he hadn’t …
Hush Little Baby
Today I discovered the magical song (well, lullaby) to get the little man to sleep without much fuss! Of course I’ve heard it before, but I had to look up the full lyrics today as I was getting desperate because he just won’t go down in the daytime even when he is awfully tired and grumpy, but this has worked 3 times today. I’m sure I’ll know it off by heart soon! There are a few variations but this is the one I’ve been singing today. Hush, little baby, don’t say a word,Mama’s going to buy you a mockingbird.If that …
The Day That…
…We got married. Other than the day we met our beautiful little man, this was one of the most important, exciting, nerve wracking, emotional days of our life. I think this says it all: This post is my entry into the The Day That blogger photo competition. If you are a blogger and would like to have a chance at winning a gorgeous photograph of the sunrise on your special day, go to The Boy And Me right now.