NO no, before you ask, I am not pregnant.  But the question of to have a third child or stick with 2 is ever-present as Austin is now 2 and Hayden is not far off 4. Like a parental version of the Pontoon, stick and be content with the known entity of 2 children or twist and risk the unknown future with 3 small humans... Read More The post To have or have not… a third child? appeared first on Mama Be Kind Blog ..read more

    Its national breastfeeding week this week, which means if you’re a mama you will probably be bombarded with breast is best facts and lots of arguments for and against breastfeeding. As a nation, we have some of the lowest rates of breastfeeding worldwide with; 81% of women initiating breastfeeding at Birth 24% of women exclusively breastfeeding at 6 weeks, with 55% still doing... Read More The post How to increase Breastfeeding rates in the uk appeared first on Mama Be Kind Blog ..read more

Austin I can’t believe you one already. What a year it has been! A lot has happened and changed in our lives this year. I still remember so clearly the day you came, and how it didn’t quite all go to plan, with you needing to come out the proverbial sunroof and all! But you were just perfect, you would never have known you’d had... Read More The post To Austin on your 1st Birthday!! appeared first on Mama Be Kind Blog ..read more

Less than a week to go and  I will be returning to work. Arhhh!!   Where has the past year gone!   I have had the best part of the last 2 years on maternity leave and to say I’m feeling anxious about returning to work it doesn’t cover it really. It was never an aspect that I had ever considered pre-baby, in fact I... Read More The post Returning to work appeared first on Mama Be Kind Blog ..read more

Over the past 6 months we have been working with the lovely people at HiPP Organic throughout Austin’s weaning journey, from first tastes onwards.  This time its all about the new HiPP Buddies and their new sweet and savoury pouches.   A bundle of which you could win if you enter the giveaway on my Instagram page.  HiPP suggested that we let the little ones ‘takeover’... Read More The post HiPP Moments Team – Meet the HiPP Buddies and New HiPP Organic pouches appeared first on Mama Be Kind Blog ..read more

Is there anything worse than a teething baby? They are in pain, upset and your pretty limited as to what you can do to help them, especially when its several molars coming through all at once. All I can say is pass the wine!! There are lots of different teething toy products available on the market, though most well known is probably Sophie the Giraffe.... Read More The post Matchstick Monkey- THE new must-have teething toy appeared first on Mama Be Kind Blog ..read more

Austin is now almost 9 months old and like his older brother Hayden is keen on his food! I have written previously about the start of our weaning journey. Weaning with Austin is now well under way and he is still enjoying the mixture of baby led weaning and traditional weaning. Now that he is a bit older, HiPP  Organic have kindly sent us some... Read More The post HiPP Organic moments- A moment for Jars appeared first on Mama Be Kind Blog ..read more

So you may have seen on social media that we recently started weaning Austin. We have been doing a mixture of traditional puree foods and baby led weaning. If you have weaned your children already you will know how fun but very messy it can be! Especially with the baby led weaning. It pretty much carnage!!   Obviously one of the must have weaning products... Read More The post Bibs Bibs and more Bibs- Bibetta Review appeared first on Mama Be Kind Blog ..read more

When Hayden was about 6 months old, we started at baby sensory classes. I hadn’t planned on going to them before to be honest. I had heard about them and thought it sounded a bit naff but I thought I’d give it a go after my fellow antenatal mums and babies signed up. But I couldn’t have been more wrong, Hayden loved it and so... Read More The post Baby Sensory appeared first on Mama Be Kind Blog ..read more

As you may know Austin is now 6 months old and we felt  he was well and truly ready to start weaning, he kept lunging at food whenever Mike, Hayden or I were eating something! So I was really excited for Austin and I to be part of the HiPP Organic Moments team. In preparation for weaning we recently received a lovely hamper from HiPP... Read More The post First tastes with HiPP Organic appeared first on Mama Be Kind Blog ..read more