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Top 5 Holiday Pet Peeves

holiday pinToday I’ve been thinking about what really bugs me when going on holiday. Since Lamb came along, my patience hasn’t been great, I mean taking a toddler isn’t on holiday isn’t easy, and the stuff they need is insane!

We’ve taken Lamb on a few holidays since he was born. A couple in the UK and a couple abroad. I have to admit I find the UK holidays less stressful. I just fill the car with as much as I can and drive.

CheapHolidayLand.com surveyed 100 of their users to find out the most popular holiday gripes during a family holiday in the sun.

Holiday Gripes by CheapHolidayLand.com

My holiday pet peeves…

  1. Queue jumping. There’s nothing worse than queuing patiently for some idiot to think they can just walk to the front. Whether that be at the airport, waiting for a local bus or queueing for the water slide. You don’t want to jump the queue I’m in….
  2. Plane passengers that get up and find their hand luggage as soon as the plane lands. Seriously. Where are you going? We all know it takes ages for the plane to actually park up, the stairs etc to be attached and for the hostess to open the doors. You’re just irritating!
  3. Luggage allowance. Please, please please weigh your bags before you get to the airport! It’s not hard! The amount of times I’ve had to wait while people rush to unpack their bags and rearrange so they don’t have to pay the fees for being over weight. We’re all tired and bored of waiting.
  4. Packing. This is actually a personal pet peeve. I HATE PACKING. I’ve been known to cry during packing. Honestly. I just get so worked up about what we need to take. I panic about forgetting something. I think too much about the weather, “what if it rains”, “what if it’s hotter then expected”. I’m really one of those holiday makers that takes everything but the kitchen sink.
  5. Sunbed savers. We all hate this don’t we, but we all do it. Because we don’t have much choice. There’s never enough beds! Fair enough if you put your towels out, go for breakfast and come back after an hour, I’ll accept that. BUT if you put towels on your bed and bugger off all day and think you can come back at 4pm for the last few hours of sun, you’re really going to boil my blood. Just. Plain. Selfish.

I could go on, but I’ll stop at 5. None of this ever ruins my holiday, but let’s be honest, it would be so much nicer if these 5 pet peeves were a little less stressful.

What are your holiday pet peeves?

Ax

*In collaboration with CheapHolidaysLand.com

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Blogiversary Giveaway With Sweet Dreamers

Russell the Dream Sheep Dog pinTime for another amazing ‘blogiversary’ giveaway!

This time I’ve teamed up with the amazing brand Sweet Dreamers who brought you the bestselling Ewan The Dream Sheep.

SweetDreamers, the brand behind the infamous ewan the dream sheep, is thrilled to unveil its newest member. Introducing Russell, the dream sheepdog, who is taking the baton from ewan, as he em’barks’ on a mission to be the ultimate bedtime companion for toddlers.

Today I’m giving you the chance to win Ewan’s little friend Russell.

A little bit about Russell…

For ages 18months +

  • Soft blue and green light show ‘glow’ lasts for 30 minutes
  • Record personal message, story or song  up to 4 minutes long
  • Playback of recording is looped 8 times to give 32 minutes of comforting
  • Requires 3 x AAA batteries – not supplied
  • Unlike ewan, Russell has no pre -recorded sounds
  • RRP £34.99

For you chance to win this amazing prize just enter via the form below.

Good Luck!

Ax

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Fire Station Activity Book from Parragon

firestationpinJust before Christmas Lamb was sent the Fire Station activity book as part of the Parragon Book Buddies. We decided, as it was so close to Christmas, we shouldn’t be giving him new things and to wrap it up and put under the tree.

Lamb is pretty obsessed with fire engines at the moment and has a huge love for Fireman Sam (as did his mummy when she was little!) so when he opened his book he was obviously pretty excited.

Whats great about activity books is the interaction. Daddy helped Lamb put together the fire engine and fire station and they spent some real quality time together figuring out how to put together the pieces.

As you can see from the pictures, the activity book comes with some easy to follow instructions, so you can guide your little one through the task.

If I’m honest the fire engine didn’t stay together completely and the back of the engine spent most of the time undone. This had no effect on the fun Lamb had when playing with it, although my son is quite particular about things (and a bit of a perfectionist like his mum) so kept asking us to fix it. Only for it to come undone again. Nothing a bit of glue won’t fix!

Overall we really like this activity book and think it would make a lovely gift for someone.

What books are your little ones loving at the moment?

Ax

*We were sent this product free of charge as part of the Parragon Book Buddies, in exchange for our honest opinion and review.

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Ditching The Dummy – Will It Work?

ditching the dummy pinThis week I’m in sunny Yorkshire visiting my Nanan for her birthday (it’s today!) If you follow me on Instagram you’ll know Lamb still has a dummy and we are slowing decreasing the time he has with it until it’s gone for good.

The thing is, we actually planned to get rid of them on Christmas Eve. We told him that if he left them on the tree then Father Christmas would take them for other little babies who need them and leave him a treat in it’s place. Well, we kind of forgot to do this. Bugger.

So, it’s back to the drawing board to come up with a new genius idea to ditch the dummy.

Turns out, the universe has made the decision for us. I only brought one dummy with me to my Nanans house. One which I popped in the little pocket on the side of his Bear Ready Bed. Once which disappeared once Lamb finally went to bed. One which I searched high and low for but remains unfound.

Here was the perfect opportunity at ditching the dummy and if I’m honest I had mixed feelings about it. I desperately want him to be rid of them before baby number 2 arrives, but at the same time he loves it so much and it brings him so much comfort, it’s going to break my heart to say no to him.

Last night actually went pretty well. Unfortunately, he’s struggling with a nighttime cold. High temperature and sore throat, so this was no help to me at all. But like I said, I had no choice. No spare hidden away at the bottom of my handbag (trust me I checked!) We got through the night with him only asking for it once, maybe twice. He woke up so many times crying because he was poorly, I honestly thought I would be in the car looking for a 24 hours supermarket just to comfort him with a new dummy.

So here we are approaching bedtime with the fear of the missing dummy in the back of my mind.

He’s not asked for it once today. I know he’ll ask for it tonight but he knows I can’t find it and theres nothing I can do.

Stay strong Alex, you can get through this.

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Blogiversary Giveaway with Munchkin

As promised, I’ve got some amazing giveaways for you in celebration of my 2nd Blogiversary! My first giveaway is still open so click here to head over and enter.

Next up I’ve teamed up with the lovely people over at Munchkin to give you the chance to win the LATCH Newborn Bottle Starter Set worth £30!  011650 Latch New Born Starter Kit-LCL1Designed for mums who want to combine breast and bottle-feeding, the revolutionary LATCH bottle has been developed to closely mimic the natural breastfeeding experience, so your baby gets the best feed each and every time. This product would of certainly come in use when Lamb was a baby!

While other wide-mouth bottles only look like the breast, the unique LATCH™ accordion teat moves and functions most like the breast, helping ease baby’s transition from breast to bottle and back. The LATCH™ teat stretches, moves and pumps, so baby can LATCH™ and feed just like on your breast. The bottle also features the unique LATCH™ anti-colic valve – a base venting, one-piece valve that prevents air bubbles travelling through the milk, reducing the chance of colic.

The LATCH™ Complete Starter Set ensures you have everything need to get you started, each set contains: 2 x 4oz LATCH™ Bottles, 2 x 8oz LATCH™ Bottles, 4 x 0m+ Teats, 2 x 3m+ Teats, 1 x LATCH™ Deluxe Bottle Brush including Valve Brush.

For your chance to win this fab Latch Starter Set simply enter via the form below.

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For more information on what makes LATCH different, please visit: http://www.munchkin.com/uk/latch-newborn-bottle-starter-set.html

Good luck!

Ax

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