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Spring cleaning – simple ways to engage kids with the chores

This guest post is written by Alex Farley who loves to write alongside running her business and here is sharing her ideas for engaging your children with the traditional Spring Cleaning.  This post contains a link to Alex’s cleaning company, but please note Navigating Baby has not used its services and has not been paid […]

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The complete list of newborn essentials you NEED

THE NEWBORN ESSENTIALS YOU ACTUALLY NEED If you are pregnant, especially if this is your first baby, I know you have started thinking about what the first baby essentials are.  I know you are planning ahead and probably budgeting as getting all these essential things for a newborn can be very expensive, but where do

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pizza making

Homemade Pizza Toddler Friendly Cooking

Last week the temperature soared in London and all of the plans I had for dinner suddenly didn’t seem right so it was time to open up the fridge and come up with a new plan.  Pizza on the BBQ – why not?!  I needed an activity for the littles as well and I always

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Head over heels about Gymnastics Review

Head over heels about Gymnastics is a set of DVDs and written books that introduce gymnastics skills.  I was sent a copy of Volume 1: Boys & Girls Floor Skills to try out with my littles.  Please note I was given this product for the purpose of review, but the opinions here are entirely my

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14 things you need to know about potty training

I have just started potty training number 4 and despite the fact that I have just had to pick up a massive poo from my back garden I remain hopeful that this will be the end of nappies for our family. I shan’t be sad to wave them goodbye despite a 7 year relationship. This

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Toddler development

Toddler Development – A week of firsts

It is funny how toddlers develop in fits and starts so you feel like one day you have a baby and the next a threenager is staring back at you with their hands firmly planted on their hips as they wag their finger at you and say ‘NO’.  It’s like they wait until they have

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toddler tantrums

9 Awesome Ways for Dealing with Toddler Tantrums

Dealing with toddler tantrums isn’t easy Although I am now on my 3rd and 4th toddler I have not really had to deal with full on toddler tantrums. Both of the boys had wobblies and threw their toys out of the pram (metaphorically speaking), but they didn’t really do that on the floor kicking, screaming

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primary school

Primary School Places Announcement

So today is D day for Primary School places and the first day back at school for most of us with older children.  The chatter in the playground tomorrow will undoubtedly be filled with ‘did you hear so and so didn’t get a place’  ‘gasp, no really?!’ My eldest littles attend a very oversubscribed school

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back to school

Back to School – 8 things I will miss

Tomorrow is back to school day after the holidays and apart from not jumping for joy at the thought of getting 4 littles up and out by 8:40am for the school run.  I have often said that I love the school holidays and now that they are coming to an end I feel a bit

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Aliens Love Underpants – The Underbelly Festival

This post contains an affiliate link.  If you make a purchase after clicking on an affiliate link I will be compensated. It will not affect the price that you pay.   Today a friend of mine was unable to go to Alien’s Love Underpants at the Underbelly Festival on the Southbank and very kindly gave

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