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Can't beleive our little baby girl turns 1 today!!

Can't beleive our little baby girl turns 1 today!! 👶👨‍👩‍👧❤🎉🎈🎁
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I know I'm biased but she's becoming the most affectionate and funniest little girl who already has such a big character for her age. I can't wait to see her personality develop even more over the next year as she becomes a toddler! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
The baby stage is cute and cuddly but I love the toddler stage as they become more interactive and do the funniest things. Also, looking forward to all the activities we can do together and adventures we can go on 🎨🌲
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Baby E was meant to be having a joint christening and birthday party tomorrow but least it's something to look forward to. Hopefully in the not too distant future. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
We're hoping to go for a nice walk somewhere today as she loves being outside. Just hope the weather improves a bit! 🌬🌦
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Today also marks one year of our breastfeeding journey! 🤱💞
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I made this simple stop motion video to add to baby E's birthday video I made for family. Inspired by @katie_ellison YouTube tutorial. It's not the best but I'm happy with it for my first try. I managed to make it whilst baby E ate lunch and watched 🙈 #stayathomestopmotion ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#oneyearoldtoday #babygirl💕 #quarantinebirthday #mylittlelove #makingmemories❤️ #motherhoodthroughig #myeverydaymagic #babiesfirst #stopmotionvideo

This afternoon, I quickly made this activity for B

This afternoon, I quickly made this activity for Baby E with the IKEA shape sorter (given second hand from a friend) and some yarn.
A very simple set up which offers lots of opportunities for learning and development e.g...
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⭐problem solving
⭐colours
⭐shapes
⭐fine motor
⭐concentration
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You could swap the shapes for any small objects or pieces of material. This making it more of a sensory activity which would be great for babies. (Also, change the sizes of the gaps. I realised I made the gaps too small for baby E). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Once they've finished with the activity, encourage older children to 'unwrap' the box to increase their fine motor skills. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Baby E wasn't sure of the activity but enjoyed using her finger and thumb to pull at the yarn (great fine motor development). She also enjoyed dropping the shapes into the gaps after I demonstrated how to get them out. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#problemsolving #finemotorskills #momlifehacks #earlychildhoodeducator #earlylearning #playtolearn #playideas #simpleplay #babyeducation

I made this little water-play set up for baby E ye

I made this little water-play set up for baby E yesterday. The best I can do until we get a pool 🙈 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
It was her first time playing with water, other than in the bath, and she absolutely loved it. Got herself and mummy very wet whilst splashing 😆
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She's loving containers at the moment. (Well opening and closing anything to be honest). So I put some containers in with the water for her to explore. I also added some daises as she is always carrying a daisy around whilst outside. I demonstrated how she can scoop the daises out of the water with the containers and she enjoyed picking them back out. Great for developing her fine motor skills. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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One thing I find quite clever Is how she's recently become fascinated with lights. She points at the light whenever we walk into a room, I say "light" then tell her whether it's on or off. I also showed her how to turn them on and off and now she wants to switch the light switches whenever she passes one whilst I'm carrying her 🙈
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#themagicofchildhood #documentyourdays #ourecerydaymoments #playoutside #playideas #childhoodoutdoors #finemotorskillspractice
#discoverunder1k #momsofinsta #momlifestyle #motherhoodmoments #motherhoodinspired #babiesfirst #littlesnippetsofus #livethelittlethings #thesearethedays

At times like these we need to take one day at a t

At times like these we need to take one day at a time and concentrate on any positives to come from this awful situation we're in 🌎
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Here are 6 things I'm grateful for during this hard time: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
1. Having my husband home all the time with me and baby E and enjoying more time together as a family. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
2. A slower pace of life with less stress as we're not rushing around.
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3. Having the technology to keep in contact and still see friends and family. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
4. My husband and myself might both be home to witness baby E's first steps ☺
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5. Having this time to reflect on how lucky I am to have the life I do and how we shouldn't take anything in life for granted. (Who would have ever thought that going for a walk would feel like such a privilege).
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6. The warm, fuzzy feeling I get when everyone claps for carers/the nhs at 8pm every Thursday. (All our neighbours take part). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#perspectiveiseverything #perspective #positivethoughtsonly #moodchanger #onedayatatime

I absolutely love and adore my baby girl and I'm s

I absolutely love and adore my baby girl and I'm so grateful to have her but sometimes once she's in bed I think about how tomorrow I have the responsibility of tending to her every need again and it's daunting.
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Sometimes parenthood can just feel so repetitive and emotionally exhausting. Especially when it feels like you don't even get a minute to yourself. Even when she's sleeping I'm constantly checking on her and wondering how long it'll be before she wakes. In those moments I have to remind myself she won't be this little for long. Which kind of makes me sad 💔
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It also scares me how much she means to me. It's cliche but she really is my world and the thought of ever loosing her is terrifying 💕👩‍👧🌎
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Parenthood brings such a funny mix of emotions. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#parenthoodunplugged #honestmotherhood #motherhoodunplugged #realmomlife #welcometoparenthood #thisismotherhood #daughterlove❤️ #lifeasamama #motheranddaughter #mymotherhood #momlifebelike #mylittlelove #ig_motherhood

My husband's a science teacher and when his work c

My husband's a science teacher and when his work colleagues found out we were expecting they got baby E this Astrophysics for babies book and alphabet chart. I love them and whenever Baby E spots the chart she giggles 🤷🏽‍♀️ Maybe shell be a future physicist or she just loves all the colours...
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Chris Ferrie has written a number of books like this for babies 💕 I think I'm going to have to start a collection as I love how they introduce children to the basics of each of the subjects. I could even learn something from these books 🙈 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Some of his other science for babies books are:-
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• ABCs of Science
• Organic Chemistry
• 8 Little Planets
• Evolution for Babies
• Rocket Science ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#physics #physicsfun #physicist #scienceteacher #babyphysics #Chrisferrie #astrophysicsforbabies #astrophysics #science #sciencelover #igmoms #momsofinsta #discoverunder1k #newmomblogger #parentbloggeruk #babyeducation #smartbaby #earlylearning #booklover #earlychildhoodeducation #readingismagic #alphabetchart #physicsalphabet

Had a lovely walk yesterday afternoon. Although th

Had a lovely walk yesterday afternoon. Although the sky was quite dull the ground looked bright and colourful thanks to the fallen leaves 💕🍂
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#autumnwalks #littleadventures_bigpictures #walkaround #gooutdoors #exploringnaturewithchildren #naturelovers #momsofinsta #leafphotography #fallenleaves #wonderofnature #documentyourdays

Aldi are selling a selection of these toddler book

Aldi are selling a selection of these toddler books by Julia Donaldson and Nick Sharratt 😍 I bought this one for a friend's baby for Christmas. The selection included the popular Chocolate Mousse for Greedy Goose. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Seeing these toddler books ended in me searching for a collection of Julia Donaldson books for baby E. I found a great black friday deal online at thebookpeople.co.uk. 10 Julia Donaldson books for £11.99!! Great if you haven't got any of her books yet.
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Even though baby E won't fully appreciate them yet I couldn't resist buying them for that price. I may have also bought the CD collection for the car🙊📚 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#booklovers #childrensbook #juliadonaldson #nicksharratt #hippohasahat #hippostories #momitforward #igmoms #aldifinds #thebookpeople #lifeasmama #readingismagic #toddlerbooks #rhymes #readingisfundamental #readingtime📖

I bought Nature Ned whilst pregnant. When I realis

I bought Nature Ned whilst pregnant. When I realised there's a book to go with him I couldn't resist! I can't wait to take him along on our adventures once baby E is a little older 💕🤖 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#rudiandbear #woodenrobot #naturened #nedtherobot #woodentoys #ecotoys #sustainabletoys #adventures #nedsgrandquest #nedsadventures #ethicaltoys #playmatters #booklovers #smallworldplay #naturaltoys #readingismagic #momsofinsta #themagicofchildhood #momitforward

Found some beautiful #handmadetreasures in @stow_t

Found some beautiful #handmadetreasures in @stow_thecotswolds at the weekend. Candles, soap and Christmas cards that come with a handmade scented sachet.
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We decided to do some Christmas shopping last weekend and found these lovely handmade products 💕 Although it was chucking it down with rain, we still had fun looking around the shops and spending some quality family time together. Baby E seemed to enjoy it to. She was trying to eat the rain cover on her pushchair the whole time! 🤣 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#handmadeproducts #handmadeisbest #stowonthewold #buysmallbusiness #buysmallthischristmas #handmadecandles #handmadesoaps #handmadecardsarethebest #cotswoldslife #cotswolds #christmasshoppingtime #itsthattimeofyear #festivefeeling #familydayout❤️ #rainydays☔️

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