Other Bloggers Family Lives Featuring Dot Makes 4

Welcome to another week of my new guest series Other Bloggers Family Lives, this week I am featuring Laura from Dot Makes 4. Laura's blog is full of family day's out, reviews and free from recipes as her son has allergies. 

Laura is a stay at home mum who has been blogging for a year and she lives in Lincolnshire with her husband and two children. So let's find out a bit more about the family behind Dot Makes 4. 

Little Dish Go Gos Range

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As a mam to two toddlers, aged one and two years old I know just how important it is to have snacks at hand for day's out and to avoid those mid-afternoon meltdowns. My little two love snack time and I am always on the lookout for healthy things to give them, ideally things that won't cause a mess when we are out and about and that can be stored in the changing bag on days out. 

Win Vital Baby Twist 'n' Lock Freezer Pods

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Vital baby have recently launched a new product to their weaning range, Twist 'n' Lock Freezer Pods. These clever little pods are ideal for using to store batches of foods you have prepared for your little one to store in the freezer. The set includes six individual 60ml pots which you simply twist and lock into place in the tray provided, this keeps them all neat and tidy and together. 

Win A Baker Days LetterBox Cake

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Today is day four of my week of giveaways to celebrate my blog birthday. You can't have a birthday celebration without cake, can you? So Baker Days very kindly sent me a cake to celebrate, they have also offered one of my lucky readers the chance to win a cake too! 

I actually reviewed a Baker Days cake back when I first started blogging. I was really impressed with the cake back then and thought that the whole concept of a cake being delivered by post was a genius idea. 

Win A Dr Brown's Starter Kit

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To celebrate my blog birthday I am running a week of giveaway's, as a way of saying thank you to everyone who reads this blog of mine. I kicked off my week of giveaways with a Theraline Original pregnancy and baby feeding pillow and yesterdays prize was a NSA 3-in-1 All Weather Protector. Today I have another great giveaway for any of you who are pregnant or have a young baby, or if you know someone who is don't forget to enter for them too.

Today I have one Dr Brown's starter kit to giveaway worth £17.99.

Other Bloggers Family Lives Featuring Dear Bear And Beany

Welcome to week six of my guest series Other Bloggers Family Lives, this week we will be finding out a bit more about Laura who blogs at Dear Bear And Beany. Laura's blog is full of lovely posts about life with her girls and the reality of life with two young children.

So lets find out more about the family behind Dear Bear And Beany.

Win A NSA 3-in-1 All Weather Protector

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To celebrate my blog's birthday I am running a week of giveaways this week, for you my readers as a thank you. I want to say a huge big thank you to each and everyone of you who take the time to read this blog, comment on my posts and follow me on social media. Yesterday I kicked off my week of giveaways with a Theraline Original Pregnancy & Baby Pillow giveaway, if you haven't already entered make sure you do!

Today I have another great prize for any parents-to-be or new parents out there, so if that is you or you know someone who is then get entering! Today's prize is a very handy NSA 3-in-1 All Weather  Protector worth £18.50. 

Win A Theraline Original Pregnancy & Baby Feeding Pillow

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A few day's ago my blog turned two, to celebrate I thought that it would be nice to run a week of giveaway's, for you my readers to say thank you. I want to say thank you to every single one of you who takes the time to read this blog, for those of you who follow me on social media and leave comments on my posts. 

To kick of my week of giveaway's I have teamed up with Theraline to offer one lucky reader an Original pregnancy and baby feeding pillow. Theraline were one of the first brands that I worked with on this blog,  we reviewed a Wynnie nursing pillow which we loved and used for many months. 

I am really pleased to offer an Original pillow as a prize, as I know just how brilliant they are and how useful they can be right through from pregnancy until your baby is six months old, or older.

Afternoon Tea With The Easter Bunny

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*Update the garden centre has now been taking over and is called Gosforth garden centre. *

Yesterday we went for afternoon tea with the Easter bunny at the local Wyevale garden centre in Gosforth. The garden centre is located just outside of Newcastle, right next to Newcastle racecourse (it use to be called Peter Barret's garden centre) and is close to where we live. 

Other Bloggers Family Lives Featuring Mummy's Diary

Welcome to week five of my blog series and this week I am featuring Katie from Mummy's Diary. Like myself, Katie has two children really close in age and her blog is full of life with two toddlers as well as reviews and family memories. 

Katie works two part-time jobs as well as running her blog and juggling life with two toddlers and a husband who works shifts. Her life sounds super busy, so here is a bit more about the family behind Mummy's Diary. 

Forever Memory Bear Baby Clothes Bear

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*Updated 2017 - Forever Memory Bears no longer seem to be in business. However I have seen lots of other companies make similar items. *

One of the things I loved in pregnancy was buying tiny cute outfits, it was exciting thinking my unborn child would soon be wearing them. The baby days pass by so quickly and soon those tiny newborn clothes don't fit anymore and even though they no longer fit, us parents find it so hard to part with some of the treasured clothes our little ones once wore. We often pack them away where they get forgotten about.

So when I was recently contacted by Forever Memory Bears and asked if I would like to get some of my son's old baby clothes turned into a bear I readily agreed. Picking the clothes was so hard as I have kept so many of his old baby clothes and you only need 7 items of newborn clothing to make a bear. 

 

Other Bloggers Family Lives Featuring What The Redhead Said

Welcome to week four of my new guest series Other Bloggers Family Lives, this week I have Donna from What The Redhead Said. What The Redhead said is full of her family adventures, reviews, recipes, giveaways and general musings. 

Donna and her family 

I have to say that Donna is one of the most helpful, hardworking and nicest bloggers that I have come across who posts multiple times per day on her own blog, is always helping other bloggers out on social media and just generally being very social. She also works part-time, looks after her two adorable young children and still finds the time to have lots of adventures with her husband and children. I honestly don't know how she fits it all in!

Here is a little more about the family behind What The Redhead Said.

The Forgetting Time By Sharon Guskin - Book Review

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The Forgetting Time tells the story of Janie a single mother, and 4-year-old Noah, who keeps crying for his mama and asking to go home. Except Janie is his mother and he is already home.... As Noah's vivid nightmares become more and more distressed, Janie seeks advice from countless doctors who aren't able to help. Eventually, she meets Dr Anderson, a psychiatrist who researches cases of children recalling past lives. He believes he can help Noah - but does this mean that Janie will lose her son forever? 

First Haircut At Pikku Gosforth

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* Update 2025 Pikku has now shut down but another children's salon called Little Locks has opened at the same place with some of the same staff as Pikku * 

My toddler son had such fine hair when he was born and had hardly any hair until fairly recently, it suddenly just grew and was getting really long around his ears and we knew it was time to take him for his haircut. Last year we visited Pikku, located on Gosforth high street for the first time to get Sophia's haircut.  We were so impressed that we have never gone anywhere else since.

So when the lovely people at Pikku heard that Jacob was in need of a trim they booked him in for a special Baby's first haircut session. 

Pampers #SagGoneGrooveOn

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When I had my eldest child thirteen years ago I always used Pampers nappies, as I found them to be the best around. So when I had my second daughter almost three years ago I once again turned to Pampers and continued using them when baby number three came along.

 We have tried the odd brand of cheaper supermarket nappies over the years but I always went straight back to Pampers, as I find them to be the best around as cheaper nappies went really saggy.

Other Bloggers Family Lives Featuring Purity Belle

Welcome to week three of my new blog series Other Bloggers Family Lives, this week I am pleased to feature  Cliona who blogs at Purity Belle.  Cliona's blog is such a mixture  such as her beautiful looking soy candles she sells to lifestyle posts featuring crafts, recipes and life with older children.

Cliona and her daughter's