Babies are magpies. They love jewellery – anything shiny, especially if they can yank on it.

Which can become problematic if you have jewels studded into your face. But I am stubborn; dangly earrings, beaded necklaces, facial studs and rings are permanent fixtures – at my own risk of course.

For mums who’d prefer not to have their jewellery decimated by drool, hands and gums, but still want to look stylish; Gumigem Teething Necklace is the thing for you!

Gumigem was developed by a mum for mums. It is the original UK teething necklace “aimed to provide mummy with a stylish accessory that baby can chomp on to his heart’s content.”

In two styles, and several colours, the necklaces are made from a similar material to that of most baby teethers.

Gumigem silicone meets FDA standards and is BPA, PVC, lead, latex and phthalate free. It also has high tear strength so you can be confident it will stay intact.

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Our ‘Mummy Blogger Post of the Week’ goes to JanMary, the author of JanMary… welcome to my world.

Although JanMary is past the ‘babies and nappy rash’ stage of motherhood, as a mum of three and business owner, JanMary’s experience in all things ‘time and mummy’ is invaluable. JanMary also do a fab line of handcrafted bespoke jewellery.

Read “Father’s Day 2011” to find out how one mum celebrated the two special fathers in her life.

Father’s Day 2011

In honour of Father’s Day, I want to share a little bit about two special fathers in my life.

Firstly my Dad… a man of faith, compassion, loyalty and love. He is generous to a fault, caring and the best gardener I know. He gives generously of his time and talents in helping others. He frequently comes to rescue our garden, and supplies us with a steady stream of plants. He can still do head over heels in the garden with the kids, despite being well into his seventies.
The other important father in my life is my husband, dad to our 3 great kids. He shares many of the attributes I admire in my dad – loyal, caring, man of faith and principles. He is patient and tolerant of my clutter, and makes a great cup of tea! They do say you tend to marry a man who is similar to your father, and I would definitely say that is true in my case.

To celebrate Father’s Day our eldest daughter made a slide show for my husband (I will try to add it to this post later), he got some Hollister Aftershave (but he was told as he was given it “don’t think this is going to make you cool!”), and a mug of hot coffee in bed.

The Father’s Day card was very humorous “Dad – you’re grumpy but great”…..and inside it said “Happy Birthday “ – ooops – we changed it to “Happy Father’s Day”!

We are heading out to lunch later in Ballycastle, and are meeting up with my Mum and Dad later in the afternoon.

My heart goes out to those whose fathers are no longer here, I can’t imagine how sad a day like this could be.

Reusable baby wipes sound kinda gross. Actually they’re quite awesome. Or at least in theory.

I have never used reusable wipes but I have a couple of mummy friends who do, and they swear by them.

So I thought I’d investigate.

First and foremost; how do reusable baby wipes work? The standard modus operandi of ‘the reusable wipe’ is as follows:

* The wipes sit in a container filled with approximately 2cm of water and an essential oil blend – and they’re ready to use. Used wipes go in a ‘mucky wipes container’ that is filled with approximately 5cm of water and an essential oil blend that keeps the mucky wipes smelling sweet.

Most start up kits contain a mesh back that sits in the mucky wipes container and saves you having to touch the used wipes – thank goodness!

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Whilst on Google the other day I stumbled across something awesome. A chocolate pudding recipe… sounds normal but wait; it has avo in it.

You know; the green, mushy fruit with the giant pip in the middle. Yup, that avo.

A healthy kids chocolate pudding recipe!

Terilynn Epperson’s ‘chocolate pudding with avo recipe’ is super simple, uses only six ingredients and is lightning quick.

Perfect for mums on the run! Check it out:

Chocolate Pudding

1 avocado, diced

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Sophie is a Giraffe. She does not roam the African plains but rather lives in the homes of 20 million parents around the world.

Indeed, Sophie is the world’s most popular teething toy.

‘Sophie the Giraffe’ is a classic soft natural rubber toy whose purpose is to soothe and amuse small babies.

Teething babies find Sophie’s slender limbs utterly delicious. Made from 100% natural rubber derived from the sap of the Hevea tree, Sophie is safe to gnaw on.

The long-legged lady is painted with non-toxic, food-grade paints and is Phthalate-Free with No Vinyl (no-PVC)!

Sophie la Girafe was born in France in 1961, and if you’re a maths wiz you will have realised that Sophie turns 50 this year!

This means that the lovely Sophie has been making babies happy for a very long time. She must be good at her job!

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