A Mothercare haul

Just recently I'm starting to see that some of Squidge's clothes are starting to get a little small for him - my favourite top of his, the rugby top from Zara doesn't really fit over his head anymore :( The arms are still a bit too long and the length is great, but it was challenging to say the least when I put him in it last - I think their clothes are a little on the small side as some of his other 3-6 months clothes still have plenty of wear in them.  That aside, I'm starting to collect clothes for his next size up so they're ready - here's a look at what we bought (all of this came to £50).  They're all 6-9 months in size, and for the most part other than his sleepsuits, they're all short sleeved as he'll be wearing them as the weather warms up :)

Soft booties - he has the blue version of these and I thought I'd bought the next size up, but these are the same size as the ones he already has, so I need to send them back. (Update: I took these back in store yesterday, and not only did they have the right size, they were in blue as I initially wanted, and on sale) :)

I couldn't resist these! Both his Dad and I are geeks so I just had to buy these :)

I need to buy more sleepsuits, but these I thought were great, they're rainforest themed and very cute!

Again, being geeks we just HAD to ge this! I can't wait to see him in this :)

We're also cat lovers, so this was a big yes as soon as I saw it :)

Some plain t-shirts (I figured if it's cold he can wear a long sleeved vest underneath).

There's a bit of a long story to this one, but basically, my brother, who passed away last year, was an abstract artist (you can see his work here) and one of his paintings was from a photo he'd taken when he was in Seattle, and it was of an eccentrically dressed preacher with a yellow cab behind him, Jools (my brother) abstracted it and created what is my favourite painting of his - and this t-shirt really reminds me of that piece of art, and my brother :)

I've also got £60 in M&S vouchers to spend, and shortly I'll have £100 to spend on clothes for him too - most of it will go on next size stuff (so 6-9 months) but some of it I'll spend on the next size up from that too ready for the summer :)

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Baby Winter Mothercare clothing haul

After an impromptu trip to town on Friday to spend my Nectar points on a Nexus 7 tablet (finally!) with the mother in law, we found ourselves venturing into Mothercare for some Dr Browns level 2 teets - as Squidge is on comfort milk, it's a lot thicker and the level 1 teets tend to get blocked all the time.  

Anyway, while I was there I of course browsed through the baby boy clothes and after agonising over if I should get anything, I realised I had a gift voucher in his change bag for £45.  Needless to say, the agonising was over and I started to shop :)  The booties I was going to buy anyway, as he doesn't really have any dark warm shoes, so this will be well used as they'll go with a lot of his outfits. Anyway, here's a closer look at what I bought.

Blue booties with faux fur lining, £7

 Dr Browns level 2 teets £3.99 per pack - I know these say for 3+ months, but these are for the thicker comfort formula - if we go back to the normal formula, we'll make sure we use the normal teets, until he's 3 months old :)

I loved these cute dungarees, they're made of really soft material and they have poppers at the bottom for easy access to nappy change - it also came with the stripy vest which is super soft and lovely quality.  I love the little animal face detailing on this - it was £16

Two pairs of soft stripy trousers with little 'fly' detailing (love that!), they're not super thick like the ones I've bought from Sainsburys, but they're very cute! These were £7 for the pair.

Two pack of winter themed tops, this little one at the front with the bear on it has yellow elbow patches, very cute! It was £8 for the two.

And finally, his star pyjamas, I adore these!!! I'm obsessed with stars, I love them, he has a lot of clothes with stars on it as a result, and I wanted to get some proper PJs for him, the only other ones he has are short sleeved so no good for winter, these will be perfect with a vest underneath :)

With the gift voucher I only ended up spending £13 of my own money, which I was pretty happy with!  With the Nexus 7 too, I used £137.50 of saved Nectar points, so only had to spend £12 of my own money - a fairly thrifty well-spent day if I do say so myself :)

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Mothercare wishlist #1

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Virtual online shopping is one of my favourite past-times, whether it's looking at houses I'd love to live in, or filling a virtual shopping basket with goodies and not buying them.  Well, now I have a great excuse to do some actual shopping - but before actually spending our money, I'm having a really good look around at the kind of things I want to buy for little Squidge.

Even though we'll be finding out if they're a boy or a girl, I still want to keep the room pretty neutral, it certainly won't be blue or pink, more likely yellows, beiges with splashes of colour.  Lots of people have said to me not to worry what the room look like or what we have, as the baby won't care, but I will care, and I'll be spending a lot of time in there breastfeeding, changing the baby etc, so I want it to be a nice place to spend time in.

It's a really small room, a box room really, so we need to be really smart with our use of the space, I'm not looking at furniture just yet, it's just the small things, the bigger stuff can wait until later :)

I'm really bad at dealing with poo - and this is something I'm going to HAVE to get used to and live with.  But I'm also all for making my life easier, which is why I've included a nappy disposal bin on my wishlist - you plop the nappy in, and the bin wraps it up in a bag creating a sausage-like train of wrapped nappies - then you just empty these away, and it keeps the horrid smells out.

I love the idea of a musical mobile for over the cot, and this one is super cute, I love the little happy animals that look like they're flying, this will be a definite purchase for me :D

The baby grows and clothing were just a few pieces I found that were under the 'unisex' banner and that I thought were gorgeous - I mean, slippers for a baby, how cute!  Love the lamp baby grows too, I'm obsessed with lambs (this is my favourite time of year because of that!), and what baby would be complete without a hungry caterpillar baby grow :)

Finally I picked a couple of lights that I thought were gorgeous.  I'm NOT a fan of 'big lights' - i.e. ceiling lights, they're always too bright, or not quite bright enough, I much prefer soft lighting from lamps, so Squidge's room will be equipped with a nice lamp, and a soft night light (like the elephant ceramic light).

I hope you've liked this wishlist, I'll be publishing plenty more over the coming weeks/months on all aspects of setting up the baby's room, like nursery inspiration posts, baby clothing, baby furniture, decor/flooring etc :)

Thanks for reading, catch you tomorrow :)
Georgina



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