Teething Toddler, Tired Mommy!

Teething is absolute hell, I mean seriously hell. We have one very agitated, grumpy, teething little boy! It's so awful and there isn't a whole lot we can do about it and it also seems that Oliver is cutting a whole mouth of teeth at once (okay that may be a slight exaggeration!) but he is cutting a fair few including some rather big nasty looking molars! 

Our poor baby, Its awful how utterly helpless you can feel isn't? He's definitely been a mummy's boy today whilst Daddy has been at work, Today has been one of those cuddle I don't really want to do anything else but cuddle you mummy day's last night was awful too, Oliver literally would not sleep in his own bed and kept waking up and screaming so ended up wedged between me and daddy although I can't really say that really helped the situation either he still continued to scream and cry but this time kick and punch me and Ben to his hearts content! 

Oh how I wish teething was nice and simple but most of all pain -free! We literally survive his teething stages on mainly calpol because teething gel doesn't really touch it and he can't have a lot of the other products that are available on the market because they contain lactose which is a right pain in the bum. Oliver hasn't ever really been a fan of teething rings or the water teether's or anything really! 
All that I can hope is that this teething phase passes really soon and we can regain some kind of peace and proper sleep to our house again soon! 

Mini Toddler Clothes and Make - Up Haul

So today I'm bringing you a sort of mini haul from my shopping trip to Redditch with my lovely sister in law Sophie this week! We had an absolutely lovely time and Oliver loved seeing his Auntie! 
So we first went to my absolute favourite place Primark, I love a good mooch in Primark and nearly always end up coming out with something everytime even if its just something small I just cannot help myself! So today I picked up a couple of things for Oliver which were two long sleeved t-shirts one in light grey with a black speech bubble that says "I didn't do it, Okay maybe I did" which I thought was quite lovely and simple and not all in your face. The second t-shirt I brought for him I brought for him says "I still live with my parents" with I though was quite funny and quirky, both shirts were I believe £1.50 which you can't really beat, I think if I remember I brought 1 shirt in 18-24 months and the other was 24-36 months which I know Oliver is nowhere near that but I thought that it was too lovely to not buy, I also tend to buy in the next size up for Oliver in Primark because sizing seems to run slightly small in there. The last thing that brought was a summer dress for myself, its black and made from a sort of silky type material with like a ruffly front. The label said that it should of been £3 reduced from £8 which I thought was quite a bargain, got to the till to find out that it was actually reduced to £1 which I thought was even better! My sister in law also treated me to a lovely choker which is like a black velvet type material with a little silver charm on with a pearly pink semi precious stone in the middle and I believe that it cost £1.50. 

I also had a trip to my other two favourite shops; Superdrug and Boots because I am totally addicted to buying make - up, skincare and basically any beauty product! From Superdrug I picked up a pair of lashes from what was leftover from their Halloween collection and they were only 49p! I also picked up a Sugar Baby Vita + Skin Vita Lip coconut infused lip balm and lip scrub collection which was only 49p too I picked this up because my lips have been really awfully dry and I wear a lot of liquid lipsticks and some dry my lips out more than others. I then picked up a couple of things from boots, I picked up a Maybelline Dream BB fresh 8-in-1 Beauty Balm Skin Perfecter I think they were like discontinuing alot of make -up and I ended up only paying £1 for that one, I also picked up a Bourjois Paris Sculpt Light Illuminator which is basically a cream highlighter and I only ended up paying £1 for that one also, I also picked up a nail varnish which was the Maybelline Colour Show Jelly Tint in the colour Berry Merry and that was only 50p, I think I only paid such little for these because the particular boots store was discontinuing them. 

I then popped to B & M and Wilko's both of which I love having a good mooch around, from B & M i picked up some George Pig short pyjamas for Ollie ready for the summer (but as you can see from the picture only shorts are there because he's already worn the top! I believe that I only paid £3 for the Pj's and then from Wilko's I picked Ollie up a Peppa Pig Paddle drum type thing that he absolute loves just as a little treat and that only cost me £1! 

I hope you've enjoyed my little haul. Thank you for reading! 

We're Going On Holiday!

We're going on holiday woohoo. So we washed away the January after Christmas blues and we booked our Holiday! and we're heading to Butlin's on one of their 4 day just for tots holiday's in May. I can safely say I pretty darn excited! I'm literally so excited to be taking Oliver on his properly holiday this summer, we took him away for a couple of days last summer but he was about 8 months don't get me wrong he was really interested in everything but he's gonna understand and be able to do some much more this time around. I don't know who's more excited me probably! When I was telling Oliver that we were going on holiday he kind of looked at me like I was a right freak and just carried on playing! I've literally gone into my let get prepared self and I've started writing a whole big list of what everybody is going need and everything that we're going to need to take with us and all sorts. I've even started writing a list of all the things that we're going to need to buy ready for our holiday, super organised me! 

So I'm now going to love and leave you all! I hope that you enjoyed my super quick and excitable update! 

What My Toddler Eats!

So I thought that I would start something new today and its a what my child eats in a day! I'm hoping that this post may be helpful to some people because our little boy Oliver is Lactose Intolerant and a lot of the meals that I'm going to be writing about have things substitited in to cater for his needs, So I'm just gonna crack on and I hope you enjoy reading about what Oliver eats during one day. 

Breakfast 
Breakfast is usually either toast or cereal he's not really all that fussed which it is aslong as he gets his breakfast on time! For toast we use the Vitalife Dairy free spread to spread on his toast, and for cereal he eats practically anything and everything; cocopops, porridge (plain and with banana in) at the moment though he's really loving Shredded Wheat and the Bear Alpha Bites cereal, he does however prefer the multigrain ones to the cocoa ones!  

Lunch
Lunch is usually cheese on crackers or cheese on crackers. We use the Arla Lactose Free cheese for his sandwiches and crackers. Oliver is also enjoys the Arla Dairy Free cheese spread on hi crackers too. With his Lunch he usually has some pom bears, along with some fruit and maybe something like the Bear Pure Fruit Yo Yo's snacks. 

Dinner
Dinner ranges from everything and anything really but he especially loves pasta he's eat it all the time if I let him! I usually try to bulk cook for our evening meals but with the Oliver's Daddy being such a fussy person that doesn't always happen! Pasta he eats really well and I do that with chopped tomatoes and just chuck some chicken and veggies in or I do pasta with meatballs and such. We also recently discovered a brand of ready meals called Kirsty's which specialise in Dairy, Gluten and Wheat free product which have been an absolute life saver and definitely taken the stress out of trying to make things to accomodate Oliver's allergy so I just pop one of these in the microwave if Me and Ben decide that we want something that perhaps Ollie can't have or if he needs something quick for whatever reason. He also really enjoys a roast dinner and loves all of his veggies he isn't however all that keen on peas. I also tend to make him his own pizza using a wrap as a base with tomato puree and his own cheese which he really enjoys, I use the wraps because unlike a normal pizza its a lot thinner and makes it easier for him to chew! 

Snacks and Drinks
Oliver isn't really a big snacker but when he does have a snack I try to stick to something like a banana or a plum or a couple of strawberries chopped up in a bowl. He is also quite partial to a couple of malted milk biscuits which if I let him he's end up eating more than he probably should do! He has a bottle of milk in the morning when he wakes up and bottle to settle him down at night and he drinks squash during the day just a small amount diluted in his sippy cup he usually prefers Orange over most. 

Hope you enjoy reading all about what Mr Oliver eats during a typical day! 

Catch Up! Oliver Update!

So I've been missing again seems to be a recurring theme here of life and just everything getting in the way! So I thought we could have a little catch up, so first things first I've changed my platform from wordpress to here! I'm hoping to maybe reach out to people a little bit more by changing up my platform. 

Oliver is absolutely thriving he's now 15 months I mean where has that gone doesn't seem like 5 minutes since we found out we were expecting him.

Development wise he still isn't walking independently he stands by himself but he isn't quite confident about walking on his own - he walks amazing aided and literally runs around holding the furniture so I can only imagine what he's going to be like once he starts walking. His speech is coming along great too he seems to come out with saying something that we've never heard him say every day! His favourite words seem to be Daddy, Daisy (his nanny and grandad's dog) and the typical toddler word no! He seems to say no to just about anything and everything. 

Sleep - isn't brilliant we seem to be going through a major sleep regression patch as well as him cutting teeth again, getting him to sleep is fine! but getting him to stay asleep and in his own bed is proving to be a major problem. He usually goes down to bed with a bottle about 7 but we're only managing to get him to stay asleep until about 11/12 o'clock and then he's wide awake and ready to play! We never really wanted to co-sleep with him but it definitely headed that way and the only way he seems to go back to sleep is if he's in our bed with us and then moved once he goes back to sleep, 

Teeth - He's now got 7 and is currently cutting some nasty molars at the moment which have lead to a very grumpy dribbley little boy! 

Oliver last time he was weighed which was about 3 weeks ago weighs 22lbs 11oz. Clothing wise he's in 12 - 18 months but some clothes we buy for him depending where there from seem to be absolutely huge and other places mainly Primark seem to a little small! and he's in a size 3 shoe.

Lactose Intolerance -  Oliver is still lactose intolerant and we've not got very far in trying him on milk products the highest we managed to get up the chart is to malted milk biscuits which is the first step on the chart we have to follow, but we're following the advice of the dietitian and taking a break for a few weeks before trying again to see if his tolerance has changed at all.