Preparing the House for a Newborn

May 24, 2022 Lauren Natalia

Today’s post and video is about how I prepared our house for the new baby to make things as easy as possible for us when we brought them home!

As this was the second time round, I had a better idea of what to expect, so was able to set things up in a way that was just a bit more organised and helped make the transition a little easier!

I found the best way to think about it is in terms of “stations” - feeding station, changing station etc and making sure you have everything you need all in the right place!

This blog post is just going to be a list of things I had at each station, but the video talks through and actually shows things a little more, so have a watch if you’d like to know a bit more detail!

I hope its helpful if you’re about to have a baby!

Our Maternity and Family Photos For Baby # 2 (and Musings On Motherhood)

January 13, 2022 Lauren Natalia

Sharing our maternity/family photos for baby number two and a little ramble about motherhood

Flashback To Mother's Day Last Year

May 6, 2020 Lauren Natalia

Hello Hello :)

Just a quick, personal post today. As we’re approaching my first mother’s day I was looking back on these photos from last year, and wanted to share them so they could be recorded on the blog!

It is so crazy how much can change in one year. In these photos I was 21 weeks pregnant and hadn’t even announced the pregnancy yet - only our closest family and friends knew! (See this post if you want to know how I managed to hide that giant tummy! haha)

Mum and Bub Feel Good Morning Routine & Ideas For Entertaining A 6 Month Old Baby!

March 28, 2020 Lauren Natalia

Mum and Bub Feel good morning routine 2.png

Hi Friends!

With all the craziness going on in the world right now, I thought I would try and provide a little positivity and escape by sharing our morning routine. These are a few of the things we’ve been doing to pep ourselves up and will hopefully give you some ideas for entertaining a 6 month old baby, to make what can be a really long day more fun!

(None of these things are groundbreaking - but sometimes we just need a reminder of how to make the everyday moments and tasks a bit more magical)

I know given the gravity of the Covid-19 situation, a blog post like this might seem a little frivolous, (particularly when so many people are in really tough circumstances right now), but given that, for a lot of us, the best thing we can do is stay at home, I figured I would try to spread a little happiness in my own small way, and hopefully help some other mumma’s who might be finding the social distancing/quarantine really challenging.

Last week I was getting up and immediately reading the news, as well as constantly checking it throughout the day whenever I had a spare moment, and while I think it’s super important to remain informed, I realised it was just getting to an unhealthy level. So now I’ve been limiting myself to just checking in a few times a day, and distracting myself with these things.

Newborn Must Haves - Essentials We Used Everyday (video + blog post)

March 19, 2020 Lauren Natalia

When it comes to buying baby things and preparing for the arrival of your new bub, it’s very easy to go overboard (particularly when you’re a first time parent!) so I thought I would share my list of the newborn must-haves that we found the most useful when our little Ruby was a newborn.

These are the “essentials” we used almost every single day for at least the first 3 months and that made our lives so much easier as we navigated the new world of parenthood and sleep deprivation (with all it’s amazing ups and downs!)

I’ve tried to keep this list to the basics (because some I’ve seen are quite overwhelming!) but have still included a few of those “extra” things that you could probably manage without, but that just make things a lot easier when you’re adjusting to life with a tiny little person!

If you’re pregnant and trying to figure out what you will actually need and use - I hope this list can help you out. Obviously every baby will be a bit different, but these are all items I would highly recommend to friends and that were totally worth it for us!

I was only intending for this to be in video form, but then realised that it’s often much easier to refer back to a blog post, so I’ve written it all out too (and also included a few extra tips!)

Blog