We set off on our first overseas family holiday – to Sicily – with our 1-year-old and 3-year-old kids a few weeks back. I still have bad memories of working out what to pack for a previous holiday to Tuscany – my first ever trip with a baby (when I packed everything including the kitchen […]
Travel: Italy With Kids – Festa Di San Paolo In Palazzolo Acreide, Sicily
We got back from a week in Sicily on Sunday. It was our first holiday as a family of four, and – aside from a long delay at the airport due to a mix-up with our keys (to be fair, two screaming kids in the Europcar office probably sped things up a bit) and an […]
Travel: 5 Genius Travel Products For Under-5s
**UPDATE 22/6/16: Having now had a chance to test out the Prince Lionheart stroller clip I can confirm it is AWFUL and I can’t recommend it. So, I’ve swapped the link for another similar product that – although I haven’t tested and therefore can’t personally recommend – gets much better reviews online. Apologies.*** Holiday travel […]
Travel: Tuscany With A Baby, Part 1 – Cerreto Guidi
Our first holiday abroad AK (after kids) was a week in Tuscany when The Boy was 9 months old, and it was quite possibly our best holiday yet. We’d already fallen in love with the Italian city of Florence on a trip there for work, and spent a long weekend in Cagliari – the capital […]
Travel: Legoland Windsor with a baby and toddler
I was a bit apprehensive about taking the kids to Legoland. Don’t get me wrong – I’ve always wanted to go, and I’ve always thought they’d love it, but with them being so young (3 and 1) I thought we’d wait a few years to justify the ticket price. Then my sister offered us some […]
Review: PacaPod Jasper Leather Baby Changing Bag
It’s not every day your handbag is out-classed by your baby changing bag. But that’s exactly what’s happened in my house since PacaPod’s Jasper bag arrived a few weeks ago. Suddenly – in the face of this shiny new luxury leather thing – my scuffed old handbag looks like it’s in dire need of a […]