As a first time mumma and with lots of friends with babies or having babies, my favourite gifts for Baby Showers are: Books - We love anything by Mem Fox but our all time favourite is On The Night You Were Born Sleep suits - woombies, love to swaddles or ergo pouches are a new mum's lifesaver Toiletries - go with something natural...

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It was my birthday this week... another year passed already. Where do the years go? As usual, S bought me the perfect gifts without a huge amount of guidance on my part. My wishlist was relatively vague including a new watch and a black leather bag. He surpassed all expectations with a beautiful Michael Kors rose gold watch and the Oroton Alpine Hobo....

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Yep, nappy rash! All the glamorous topics are covered right here ;) Ethan has always had a very sensitive little bot that has been prone to flare up from the slightest things like a very lightly wet nappy (we change him almost every 2 hours except overnight), the wrong brand of wipes and now, eating certain foods. We used Huggies newborn nappies from...

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Age: 15 Months Stats: no weighing or measuring this month so nothing to share. Clothes: definitely a size 1 in tees now but my little poppet is still too narrow in the waist and short in length for size 1/12-18m bottoms.  Favorite Foods: mini homemade quiche, nanananas (bananas), weetbix, cheese, frozen berries of any kind, steamed fish with a light lemon garlic marinade - he inhales this...

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1. Country Road Dragon print pants - love that these have a zippered ankle and are perfect for dressing up, work or the weekend. 2. Hocus Pocus the movie - one of my all time childhood favourites, I was reminded of it recently from Jessica at Little Baby Garvin's blog (http://littlebabygarvin.blogspot.com.au/). I had forgotten just how funny this movie is and how much...

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Bloggers, instagrammers, facebook users, tweeters ... are all accused of only sharing the perfect moments of their lives so here goes with my confessions to a not so perfect life: Ethan loves to bop along to Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines and knows the video clip by the first frame - I do change the channel when Miley Cyrus comes on though. Ethan has...

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I was spoilt with a long weekend this past weekend. My dad had his Order of Australia Medal presented on Friday at Government House so my mum, sister and nieces made the trip with him to see it presented by the Governor General. It was a perfect day and a fitting ceremony for such an enormous honour followed by an elegant champagne reception...

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I know, when did the festive season go and sneak up n us like that? Thankfully, I've done it again ... completed my Christmas shopping for E and the nieces already - and its only September! I'm on a roll from last year I guess and its so nice to have it out of the way which leaves only my parents, Scott and...

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If you have followed me a while, you know I am a Country Road devotee. Sadly for my husband and our bank account, I can always find something, if not many somethings to buy and right now I am loving these bottoms from Country Road for Spring weather ... all would work in my wardrobe for any occasion with flats or heels, night...

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A repost from my old blog but I really want it on here too so apologies for those who have read it already...Its so taboo to say you would prefer a daughter or a son whilst pregnant ... like you're ungrateful or will love a child less because its not the preferred sex. I think it's sad we're not allowed to talk about...

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We enjoyed a fabulous if exhausting weekend here on the Gold Coast. My Saturday started at 3am... that's not a typo, it really did start at 3am and by my choice not Ethan's. My sister and I were captaining one of Moncrieff's largest booth for our local member in the Federal election and part of that duty is setting up the booth as...

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So, going back to work full time after having E meant I had to be super organised - even more than usual - just to keep on top of the basics. Lucky for me, I love lists and planning ... and trust me, both are vital to having any sense of order among the chaos. It can be really hard and draining juggling the roles...

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Sometimes you just want to hear 'you know what, you're a really great mum' or 'you're doing such a great job raising xyz'. The years may be short but the days really can be long, especially when friends fall by the wayside as their calls get fewer and farther between. It's lonely being a mumma sometimes and you end up with the strangest...

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I love food and I love making, baking and creating ... especially for Ethan. With E going to daycare now, I need to pack him lunch each week (morning and afternoon tea are supplied) so I've been looking at ways to make his lunches fun, healthy and appetising. I bought some (2) little cutters to use on sandwiches - fish shaped vegemite sandwiches...

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Its a constant game that keeps you on your toes, thinking up new ways to get good food into growing babes. I find snacks/morning and afternoon tea can be the biggest challenge but are a great opportunity to sneak certain foods into their diets as they are mostly well rested and happy to experiment at these times. E eats a lot of fruit...

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Welcome to the new blog and thank you for reading. Life is impossibly perfect right now ... Particularly after a long weekend with my little guy and the glorious end to Winter that Mother Nature turned on for us. We were busy but not crazily so, leaving lots of time for backyard water play, playground visits with granddad, a morning tea meet with...

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Age: 14 Months Stats: we actually had him weighed last week and he has dropped slightly to 11kgs in weight (only a 320g drop) which I would say comes from how active he is now and I can tell he's a little taller as his size 0 tops are too short to cover his belly now. Clothes: my baby is in size 1 and/or 12-18 month...

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Age: 13 Months Stats: Too heavy to be carried everywhere! I even have him climb our stairs so I don't have to carry him up everytime. I don't have E regularly weighed and never have. I figure if his appetite is healthy and he is meeting milestones, it really doesn't matter what percentile he is in. Clothes: size 0 pjs - the 1s are a little...

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