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I am a multi-award winning blogger, photographer and writer from London. I’ve travelled to over 38 countries, lived out of a backpack for a year and love to scuba dive! This site is a destination for all things travel, lifestyle and my successful online book club.

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Feet up, staycation vibes ✌🏼🚐 Picked up a

Feet up, staycation vibes ✌🏼🚐 Picked up a campervan this weekend to explore the highlands and Skye with our tiny adventurer. So…Scotland is giving me all the NZ vibes! Swap sandflies for bastard midges (😳) and L&P for Irn-Bru - there are stunning mountains, valleys, waterfalls and lochs around every corner! This was our wild camp on the first night, just outside Glencoe. I wish the rest of the UK would get on board with allowing respectful wild camping…Moving owning a campervan higher up our goals list, though my backpacker days might be wearing thin because I was totally eyeing up the motorhome styles with showers and loos at the ferry port yesterday. 🚿👀
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Any favourite spots on Skye, near Loch Ness or Loch Lomond? Or anywhere in between the three!
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Campervan rental: @staycationscotland ⛰🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #scotlandexplore #babytravel #scottishhighlands

12 weeks of YOU. The littlest love of my life. You

12 weeks of YOU. The littlest love of my life. You are pure sunshine Ziggy Rex 💛🌈

Today was my favourite day on our little family ho

Today was my favourite day on our little family holiday so far! Northumberland is so beautiful. We spent a really lovely few hours wandering around The Alnwick Garden, browsed Barter Books (home to over half a million secondhand titles!), visited a friend and hung out at the beach. 🌿
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Just for balance, Ziggy has decided night time sleep is lame. He’s been more similar to his early newborn self this week; dozy days, irregular feeds, broken nights. He sleeps so well at home that I was beating myself up a bit about taking him away from his usual bed/environment and struggling with the exhaustion I thought we were on the other side of. There have been night time tears (from both of us) and frustration on my part that I know he can sleep. Then I checked the Wonder Weeks app and saw he’s supposedly smack bang in the middle of ‘leap 2’. I don’t like to pay much attention to what babies “should” be doing at different points, but it was a reminder that a) it’s just a phase, b) he’s learning incredible new things, which is a joy to witness, and c) he’s just a baby, busy being a baby. And it’s my job to deal with it whilst cutting myself some slack. And coffee, coffee helps. 😴☕️

Good morning Yorkshire ☕️📰✨ Baby’s firs

Good morning Yorkshire ☕️📰✨ Baby’s first holiday is underway and today we’re exploring York before heading up to Northumberland for a few days tomorrow en route to Scotland. Any recommendations for York or Northumberland? We’re about to head out for brunch and a visit to Betty’s for tea and cake is definitely on the cards this afternoon too. Oh it feels good to explore new places again, even if they’re a little closer to home than we’re used to. #ZiggyintheNorth

Postcards from baby’s first trip to the seaside

Postcards from baby’s first trip to the seaside ⛵️🍦🌊 Of course it was the greyest day amongst a glorious week and he slept the entire time but never mind! The first of many family adventures 🥰

AD: Co-bathing is one of my absolute favourite thi

A sunny weekend in the country. Long walks, pub lu

A sunny weekend in the country. Long walks, pub lunches and plenty of cuddles with Nanny 🌿✨🦢

My post-natal reality. This is how I received the

My post-natal reality. This is how I received the midwife who visited us the morning after Ziggy came home from the NNU. She turned up without any warning; I was in bed, naked bar an adult nappy, on a load of towels to soak up the insane night sweats nobody told me about. I had raging mastitis and had surgically taped silver nursing cups (way better than any nipple balm, by the way) and breast pads to my engorged, leaking boobs because I couldn’t wear a bra. That’s an ice pack on top. My hair was greasy, sweaty and broken from almost two weeks of scraped back hospital buns. After a traumatic instrumental birth and two catheters, I found myself temporarily incontinent; something else nobody had warned me could happen. Not to mention the mental impact of a NICU baby. Throw in a beautiful little newborn waking to feed every 30 minutes...I looked and felt like a badgers arse after a run in with a HGV on an A road. Why share? Because I wish I’d known that this is NORMAL! But also to say that if this is you right now, or if you’re pregnant and a bit scared, it’s temporary. The fog lifts, you will sleep again, breastfeeding eventually becomes second nature, you will be able to take a long shower and wash your hair again. We need more realities about new motherhood, but less “your life is over” fear-mongering too. Life is 10 x more chaotic but 100 x more magic. 💫 What do you wish you’d known?

ad: Through pregnancy I was so excited to dress my

ad: Through pregnancy I was so excited to dress my baby. 🤍 I loved choosing things and then trying to imagine this tiny person that I hadn’t even met yet in them! Something I feel passionately about is not dressing Ziggy a certain way because he’s a boy. We love @hm_kids gentle, neutral styles and the newborn and baby collection is no exception! Clothes that are affordable whilst striving for sustainability that keep him looking and feeling cool this summer 💫 How do you feel about dressing your kids? #HMKids #HMxME

(ad*) GIVEAWAY 💫 Win a BINIBAMBA sheepskin Wrig

(ad*) GIVEAWAY 💫 Win a BINIBAMBA sheepskin Wriggle Mat or Snuggler...
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Our Binibamba sheepskin snuggler has been one of our baby favourites from the day we brought Ziggy home. It keeps his pram and his moses basket cosy! The special thermo regulating properties means they’re perfect for use YEAR ROUND, even on these hot, sweaty days.
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I’ve teamed up with @binibamba and @naturalbabyshower to offer a lucky winner either a Wriggle Mat (pictured) or Snuggler of their choice!
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I’ve tried to write a caption about feeding and

I’ve tried to write a caption about feeding and I’ve deleted it three times. Our story is already too long, too complex and too emotionally charged to try and summarise in a paragraph just yet, but this is my greatest achievement in a photograph. My boy and the most determined I’ve ever had to be...🥛💫
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Thanks @victoriasomersethowphotography for capturing this for me 🤍

AD: One day we will tell Ziggy all about his start

AD: One day we will tell Ziggy all about his start in life and how brave we all had to be. For now, I’ve got hundreds of photos on my phone that I can barely bring myself to look at, let alone cull. I put this photobook together in less than an hour on the @onceuponapp, just a few pages at a time during feeds which was both manageable and cathartic. You can create quick, easy, beautiful books straight from your phone with no need to spend hours organising your images first. You can even add text, so I’ve written this like a story to him for when he’s old enough to understand. Now, it will live with his memory box; the story of a small but very mighty little boy. 🤍 How many of your most precious memories are stuck in your camera roll? Use ‘BETH25’ for 25% off this week only; just download the ‘Once Upon’ app. #onceuponapp

The second reason a Belfast sink was essential (go

The second reason a Belfast sink was essential (go back a couple of posts for the first). 🌸 Gorgeous peonies from @arena_flowers [ad - pr] look even more ruffly and delicious a week on! I think they’re my favourite. What are yours?

AD: The cutest little bum 🍑 We didn’t get to

AD: The cutest little bum 🍑 We didn’t get to change Ziggy’s first nappies. Such a simple thing, but I felt like we missed out. He’s made up for it plenty since! I honestly completely underestimated just how many nappies newborns go through...Did you know, Pampers New Baby are the only newborn nappy to be approved by the British Skin Foundation? They have a unique DermaComfort layer that pulls moisture away from delicate skin, locking it inside the nappy. With flexi-wings, a double leg cuff and a gentle contorted fit, you can protect your little one’s bum and clothes! @pampersuk_ire @bsfcharity #PampersNewBaby

Two months of you! 🕊🌈💫 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Two months of you! 🕊🌈💫
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By two months you...
• have learnt to melt us with your smile!
• sleep so much better 🙏🏼
• weigh 3.5kg (7lb 11oz)...59% up on your birth weight!
• are starting to notice noises and patterns
• are obsessed with light bulbs and windows
• love the car but hate traffic
• love bathing with mama (and fall asleep in the tub!)
• are the most peaceful, calm little soul
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Could not be more proud of you #ZiggyRex

Doing the washing up looks a whole lot cuter these

Doing the washing up looks a whole lot cuter these days 🧼 (swipe for the way he looks at daddy)

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