How to add another family room into your home

A kids playroom should be a place of imagination and creativity and for us currently, the only playroom they have is their rooms and our living room.  Which is not particularly inspiring for them! We are desperate to re-claim our living room to create it into more of an adult space, a place where we can relax and unwind without having to stare at a mountain of toys.  I’m sure many of you can relate. But because we don’t have another room spare that we could convert into a play space, we are considering our options to make more space for another family area within our home. 

Benefits of Baby Massage

I originally wrote about this topic when I had just attended a baby massage course with Darcie when she was a baby. Baby massage is something I am now enjoying with Henry so I thought I would go over why should you give baby massage a go too.

Henry at Two Months old

Henry is two months old, in actual fact he is ten weeks old today! These last 10 weeks have been some of my happiest, I definitely feel that our little family is now complete after his arrival. My heart feels whole. 

So what's new this month?

#PetHates

"Hello readers,

It's Lady here, my human writes Mummy B and she asked me to have a word with you all about what it's like to be a member of Mummy B HQ. Firstly, she think's she is the one who looks after everyone, but I'll let you into a little secret - it's actually me. It can be quite hard being the family dog so let me tell you about a typical day....

One Proud Blogger

This week could easily have been one of the worst I've had in a long time. Struck down with a serious case of d&v (sorry if that's a little TMI!) to the point where I have had to have anti-sickness tablets to ensure I don't lost too much fluids due to also breastfeeding Henry. It's been a hard slog, but I have had three lots of amazing news which I'm so happy to share with you! 

Firstly, last week I was tagged on Instagram on a #WIDN, Emily who had tagged me, tagged a picture of some magazines she was about to read. An hour later she tagged me in another picture...

I actually couldn't believe my eyes, little old me in Essential's magazine as "Top Blog". It was a very bizarre moment. I immediately rang my hubby who then went and got a copy, along with my mum too who went and did the same. To be recognised for my work in a published magazine on a national level is pretty incredible.

On Tuesday I got a lovely email from the guys at Next, they had awarded me with Next Blogger of the month for November. From a huge brand like Next, whom I absolutely LOVE, it's another amazing achievement of recognition. When I told my hubby the new's he was like "that's huge!". I think it was a proud hubby moment for him haha.

Lastly, a personal goal was finally achieved this week. I managed to crack the Tots100 top 500 at 399. Now to some of you that may appear to be not that big of an achievement, but the Tots100 is out of 1000's of bloggers and I have been hovering around the 700 mark for a couple of years. Since having Henry I have been working on my engagement with followers across social media and I really think this has helped boast my score. It's so nice to see hard work paying off.

Right that's enough of my boasting.

Do you have anything you have achieved recently? I would love to hear as it's nice to see lots of positivity in the blogging world.

Mummy B xoxox

The Perfect Bedtime | The Bedtime Book Campaign

Bedtime is either a time that parents love or dread. There is just no in between! It can be hard work if your child dislikes bedtime or finds it hard to drift off, there was a period of time when Darcie was a lot younger, where she would only fall asleep if we laid next to her and sometimes it would take hours! However, bedtime is now something we look forward to, even Darcie never whinges when it's time to go to bed and it's all because she knows it's time for a bedtime story or two.

ASPACE in partnership with The Great British Book Shop have teamed up to find the top 10 books for bedtime. I was so pleased when we were asked to take part as Darcie is such a big lover of books. So in order to find these top 10 books for bedtime, I, along with other bloggers, have been sent 10 books to review. 

We have loved being a part of the project and have discovered so many brilliant reads, including now firm favourites of Darcie's, The Jolly Postman and I Wish I'd Been Born a Unicorn. The Jolly Postman is a book I remembered from my childhood so I was really pleased we now had a copy we could enjoy together. Darcie loves how interactive the book is, she get's so excited to open up the envelopes to see what's inside, it brought back memories for me too.

She also loved 'I Wish I'd Been Born a Unicorn' is a lovely and heartwarming story about learning to love yourself and true friendship. Something that both children and adults can benefit from reading about! She has asked for this book to be read time and time again.

We received other books including;

The Jolly Postman

I Wish I'd Been Born a Unicorn

The Gruffalo

Pip and Posy: The Little Puddle

Charlie and Lola: I will not Ever Eat a Tomato

We're Going on a Bear Hunt

No Matter What

Where the Wild Things Are

The Tiger Who Came for Tea

Would you Rather?

All of the books have been a big hit in our house and I'm looking forward to sharing each book with you in more detail in the coming weeks.

Now I have two books I'm going to giveaway to my lovely readers, Charlie & Lola's 'I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato' and 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'. This is open to UK residents only.

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Are your children a fan of any of the books listed? What's your child's favourite bedtime story?

Mummy B xoxox

*Books were sent to participate in this campaign. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Baby Boy Winter Wish List

My baby boy is growing just too quickly and so I have been looking to add a few more pieces to his 3-6 and 6-9 months wardrobe. It's a good excuse to warrant some online window shopping and a wish list post!

Flying with Babies, Toddlers and Children

Flying with children whether they're weeks old or five years old may seem like a daunting task. Will  the baby settle or will he scream down the plane? Will my toddler throw a temper tantrum? Will me and the hubby make it to our destination with hair still on our heads?! I know these are all things I have worried about in the past and the truth is it is a risk that you take, BUT there are so many things that you can do to prepare yourself to ensure minimal stress.