A Quick Style Tip To Jazz Up Simple Outfits & My Typical Summer "Mum Uniform"

April 18, 2020 Lauren Natalia

Hello!

For today’s post I’m sharing a super simple tip for jazzing up the typical “mum uniform” of t-shirt and shorts that I’ve been finding myself living in over the past few months!

When it comes to summer dressing, I’m usually all about pretty dresses and fun floral patterns, but since having Ruby I’ve had to adapt my style a little due to the whole breastfeeding situation, as well as the fact that it just seems so much easier to be wearing a pair of shorts that has pockets (I always need somewhere to put my phone and keys when I’m getting bubs out of the car! Anyone else feel that or is it just me?)

While of course there are ways to make dresses work for breastfeeding, on a typical day it’s often just easier to stick with the basic combo of shorts (or jeans) + a t-shirt which I guess is why it’s such a stereotypical “mum look”.

My Style Diary - Playful Weekend “Stay At Home Style”

April 11, 2020 Lauren Natalia

Hello Hello!

I hope everyones having a happy Easter weekend at home!

It’s crazy to think how much has changed compared to this time last year - for us mostly the fact that we have another little person as part of our family, but also of course the pandemic and social distancing situation means we’re not able to celebrate as we usually would!

I was planning on sharing a longer post today about some of the things I’ve been doing to stay positive during these… interesting… times, but this week kind of got away from me, so instead we have another style diary post!

My Style Diary - Floral Flashback

April 4, 2020 Lauren Natalia

Hello friends!

What a strange time it is! I hope you’re doing okay wherever you are in the world <3

I thought today I’d provide a little escapism in the form of some old outfit photos that I never ended up posting at the time due to still being in the newborn baby haze!

Ruby was about 9 weeks old in these photos and this was one of the first times Tom and I went out without her, to celebrate our second wedding anniversary.

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

March 28, 2020 Lauren Natalia

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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!)

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