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Pregnancy third trimester tea recipe
Pregnancy

Pregnancy third trimester tea recipe

Welcome back, my friend! Today I’d love to share with you my recipe for delicious and helpful pregnancy third trimester tea! This tea is not only refreshing and tasty, it contains 5 wonderful herbs that are often recommended by midwives and other mothers to support you in the third trimester. This tea was somewhat inspired by the third trimester teas you can buy ready blended in bags. I’m talking about HotTea Mama The Final Push, and Mama Bloom Third Trimester Tea. This sort of tea is very convenient, however it’s so expensive! You can pick all these herbs up at Buy Whole Foods Online and whip up your very own tea blend for a fraction of the cost! It’s a no brainer. I’ve drunk red raspberry leaf tea in all three of my previous pregnancies – now I’m pregnant with my fourth and I’m looking to add a few extra…

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Cara has started solids and we're doing Baby Led Weaning
Food

Starting baby led weaning – the first two weeks

I’m really excited to share our experience starting baby led weaning. I thought it might be helpful to share Cara’s first foods, how I’m preparing her meals, and our set up. I hope it’ll help you get started, as I know how daunting it can be at the beginning! We began weaning Cara the day she turned 6 months old. I have to say, we’re finding it so much easier the second time around. You see, we introduced my son Jonah to solids with baby led weaning too. He’s almost 3 now, and a voracious (yet very messy!) eater. So, we know the differences between gagging and choking, we’re more prepared to deal with the mess, and importantly we’ve seen first-hand the benefits of baby led weaning. If you’re unsure if baby led weaning is right for your family, it’s definitely worth reading up on the benefits, or buy the…

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Multivitamins for toddlers
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Multivitamins for toddlers – 6 reviewed

This post discusses the need for multivitamins for toddlers and reviews 6 popular multivitamins that are suitable for older babies and toddlers. My 2 year old son Jonah and I have tested 6 popular multivitamins for toddlers over a period of several months. At the end of the post, you can find our verdict on the 6 brands we tried, and learn which is our favourite amongst the picks. 25% off At Home Vitamin D Test Kit to measure your amount of vitamin D in the blood. Order online with next day delivery. Collect your sample at home. Return your sample using the pre-paid envelope to our accredited laboratory. Receive confidential results in 2-5 days with 24/7 support. It’s good to know. Use code HELEN. I really hope you find this post helpful in selecting a multivitamin for your toddler! Why give multivitamins to toddlers? NHS guidelines state that babies and…

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The Gentle Eating Book
Parenting

The Gentle Eating Book review

I was so pleased to be sent a copy of Sarah Ockwell-Smith’s new book, The Gentle Eating Book (£9.99, Amazon). I’ve followed Sarah and gentle parenting since Jonah was born. I’m going to apologise in advance for the length of this post, but reading this book has moved me in so many ways. I’ve found it to be very healing. I’m so excited to share it with you! Disclosure: I received a free copy of this book to review. My opinions are my own and unbiased. Sarah is a founder of the gentle parenting movement, which is a shift away from authoritarian parenting approaches of the past. Gentle parenting aims to be a child led, respectful, and mindful way to raise children. Sarah’s other books include Gentle Parenting, The Gentle Discipline Book, The Gentle Sleep Book, and The Gentle Potty Training Book, amongst others. The Gentle Eating Book follows similarly by…

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Nutrimum Breastfeeding Bars
Breastfeeding

Nutrimum Breastfeeding Bars review

As a breastfeeding mama, it’s always intriguing to find premade snacks marketed towards breastfeeding women. These Nutrimum Breastfeeding Bars caught my eye in Boots last week – I just had to buy a pack! I am partial to a biscuit or flapjack, so I had to find out what the benefits for a breastfeeding mama would be from these bars. And importantly, if they actually taste good. When I first started breastfeeding Jonah, I was the thirstiest, hungriest mama alive. Seriously, I kept a pint of water and a 4-pack of Co-op granola bars next to me at all times. Probably not very healthy, since one of those granola bars contains about 300 calories and lots of sugar. So, these Nutrimum Breastfeeding Bars are a healthier option and have some added goodness to support your body in its breastfeeding role. Obviously, a varied and healthy diet is the best way…

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Messy Little Thing Bib review
Food

Messy Little Thing bib review

We’ve just got back from a gorgeous babies brunch where we got to try out the brilliant Messy Little Thing bib. Those a-ha moments in parenting, where you wish you’d discovered something sooner? I’m going to share with you just one of those moments. Jonah is almost 19 months and we’ve been weaning him since he was 6 months old. He still eats with his hands and isn’t that great at using a knife, spoon, or holding a open cup. He’d much rather make a huge mess and get stuck in with his hands! In true baby led weaning fashion, almost every meal he gets messy. We don’t avoid the mess. We use an eco stain remover to soak his clothes. At the beginning of weaning, we did an awful lot of soaking. We still have a hard time keeping Jonah clean when we eat messy meals like tomato sauce pasta,…

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Find out how to make this delicious no added salt chicken gravy, suitable for babies of six months plus and toddlers.
Food

Jonah’s no added salt chicken gravy

Which meat eater doesn’t love a traditional Sunday roast chicken with all the trimmings? If you’re following baby led weaning, or feeding a toddler, they will enjoy this staple family meal too. A traditional accompaniment to classic roast chicken is a delicious chicken gravy. So good – Sunday dinners wouldn’t be the same without it. So here is my recipe for no added salt chicken gravy, suitable for babies. Most traditional gravies are too salty for babies and toddlers – Bisto Gravy Granules have 14g salt per 100g! The government recommendation for babies under 1 year is 1g of salt, rising to 2g for 1 year plus. Anything with more than 1.5g salt per 100g is considered to have a high salt content and will be unsuitable for babies and toddlers. But I wouldn’t have Jonah missing out at our Sunday meal time! So I created a quick and easy chicken…

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Jonah tucking in to cheese and lentil wedges
Food

Jonah’s cheese and lentil wedges for baby led weaning

This recipe for cheese and lentil wedges is adapted from the fantastic Baby Led Weaning Cookbook. The book is invaluable for tasty, simple recipes that your baby or toddler will love! These lentil and cheese wedges are just the right size for little hands, and are great with a side serving of Greek yogurt and fresh salad vegetables like tomato and cucumber (or umb-umber as Jonah calls it). The first time we made these yummy wedges from The Baby Led Weaning Cookbook, they didn’t turn out so good – although I think Jonah would disagree with me, since he ate up all his serving! I used Wensleydale cheese (a crumbly lower salt cheese), and I probably overcooked them slightly. Nonetheless, Jonah loved them, so I had another go. This time I used Cheddar cheese and reduced the cooking time by 5 minutes. They came out great and held it together…

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