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March

Peacock

pal

Encourage your baby to explore
and discover different emotions with
If you have any success with
your own hacks, do send me a the Feathers & Feelings Peacock by
photo so I can marvel at your VTech. The colourful Peacock features
efforts – I’m @LouisePentl nd eight light-up shape buttons and emotion
on everything! pegs that give different reactions when
See the pegs are on or off the peacock’s tail.
There are three different modes
of play to choose from, including
explore and learn, quiz and music.
Suitable from two years.

£21.99, argos.co.uk

Pearl’s just turned two and I was
absolutely stuck for birthday party
inspo. Never fear, social media has
your back – I just typed ‘2nd
birthday party’ into the tags
and, voila, tons of ideas! Used
well, it can be a mum’s
best friend!

Slower is better. I’m a
natural list maker and goal
setter, but last month I took a week
off and gave myself one goal - Go
Slower. I didn’t fill the days with
activities, and I didn’t constantly try to
entertain the children. It was surprising
how happy they were making their own
little games up and just going for walks
with me and chatting about the
world around us. This year I’d 50%
like to do more of this and
less of the hustle.
Listen up, of the population say their
Mama! mood and outlook changes

after a good cup of tea. We
Here We Go hate to be a stereotype,
Again with but we’d have to agree!
Stacey Solomon,
On one of our walks last week
free, iTunes
Pearl was in her pushchair, taking it Having recently had a baby
all in, when she suddenly shouted,
‘Stickman!’ at one of the giant trees. She several years after her last,
shouted it over and over until we stopped
and talked about Stickman maybe living
presenter Stacey Solomon
in the tree with his stick lady wife and
explores what’s changed
‘family three’. It really touched me that motherhood, sparking debate
since her last foray into
all those times reading her the book
have paid off and she’s making
around subjects including
connections like that.
birth, breastfeeding and what
it means to be a mum in 2020.