Tips and Advice

Practical tips, strategies, and advice I’ve learned along the way. Include parenting hacks, self-care suggestions, time management tips, and more.

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To shop second hand or not to shop second hand, that is the question

When I first found out I was pregnant, our household income just took a massive paycut with me leaving my full time job …

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Useful mobile apps for little one’s first year of life

Benji was born at the start of lockdown. 2 weeks after giving birth to him, we were in lockdown and I was at lost to what I could do with him. I wanted to play with him but I didn’t know how. I also was worrying about milestones (and in hindsight, I should worry less and I wish I soaked up all the newborn phase and enjoyed it!).

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White noise machine tips and tricks

When you do a quick search on Google about how to help your baby sleep, one of the recommendations is to get a white noise machine.

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