>Wooden Toys!

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I have grown a slight fascination with wooden toys in recent times and have been scouting about trying to find the best places that do the older style wooden toys from back in the day when I was young.

It feels kind of special to continue including wooden toys as everything these days is plastic!

I was contacted by Woodentoyshop.co.uk to have a look at their website to see what I thought. In terms of the website it’s incredibly easy to use, I managed to navigate the site and view the whole range of toys within 5 minutes, that’s not due to lack of toys but to ease of use.

There are options at the side where you can narrow your search down to boy/girl, price range and brand which comes in handy if you are looking for something specific.

There are also categories at the top separating the toys into sections for example ‘ride ons’ and ‘kids room’.

I am amazed at the variety of toys they do and have a few in mind for the future that I’d like to get for Luke!

So you should head on over to 


WoodenToyShop.co.uk - a world of fun with wooden toys








*I was offered a voucher to use on their site in return for a review of their website but this by no means sways anything I write, I am always 100% honest irrespective of things offered.

>Toddler Frustration

>How worried should I be about head banging in the toddler years?


Now I’m fully aware that tantrums and frustration are normal, especially at the age Luke is coming into now, but I cant help but panic slightly about this behaviour.. He doesn’t start off my crying but he will go over to the floor and smack his head REALLY HARD on the floor then start screaming but whats even more worrying is that he will then do it again in frustration and nothing we seem to do will stop him.


He has a plastic toddler laptop, he also smacks himself in the head with it…


I have left a message with the Health Visitor and waiting for a call back, I’m worried she will think I’m silly and panicking over nothing as tantrums are normal, but how do I not know if he’s doing some damage and what about the possibility of being on the autistic spectrum?


I thought the fiery temper just came with the hair colour


Have any of you had the same issues? how did you cope?

>Madness

>These last few weeks have been nothing short of madness but I feel like things may calm down soon! *hopefully*….
I was lucky enough to be invited down to Portsmouth to stay with the lovely Emma from MeTheManAndBaby for a few days and aside from the long drive, it was lovely! Portsmouth is one of my new favourite places, its so scenic and the weather was great too!On the Saturday we had a yummy BBQ and I also got to see Hannah, Vic and Kerry so it was great, especially after the comedown from Cybermummy!


Yesterday I went up the hospital as I’ve had a lump in my boob, but after having an ultrasound and being told its a harmless one, it has been named ‘Larry the Lump’… seems like he’s here to stay! aahhh well as long as he causes no trouble eh?


Thursday brings a very exciting day as I’m off to London again, this time to meet the midwives and tour around the Portland Hospital, I’m really excited about that as I have been watching Portland Babies the last few years! So there will be a future post on that coming up next week!


My Hypermobility Syndrome is quite bad at the moment, to the point where my ankles are swelling up at night    

(it doesn’t look pleasant!) I don’t know if its the weather or if the weather is going to change, all I know is it’s making me quite miserable but the next 2 days I have devoted to staying in the house, although I’m on a major nesting spree (and I’m not even pregnant! how does that happen???)

>Silent Sunday

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>Miserable

>Having a bit of a low at the moment. So much going on from being worried about my dad (who is better now thank god!) to now worrying about a lump I have found – I have had a lot of lovely ladies on Twitter sharing their   experiences so I feel slightly better but until I’ve been to the hospital that worry won’t go completely.


I had such an amazing time at Cybermummy at the weekend and I feel this low is part of a comedown. I’m prone to depression anyway and the pain I’m in daily contributes to the feeling like I want to sink into the floor.
 Last night I shut myself in the toilet because I felt so low but there wasn’t a massive reason for it , it was just how I was feeling.

Luke is having some awful temper tantrums, he’s 16 months now and when he’s angry he bangs his head on the floor repeatedly, hurting himself. When you tell him to stop, he does it more! He also is going through a ‘scream at the top of his lungs because he loves the sound’ stage. I’m getting quite a few dirty looks when I’m out shopping or in a cafe…. seriously, if I COULD shut him up I would, it’s not like I LIKE the noise either! and no, I’m not a bad mother, he’s a 16 month old toddler, get over yourself! I guess those that do stare haven’t had children themselves.


I have reapplied for the bariatric surgery, there’s a possibility I will be turned down again but then again there is always a chance. So I’m waiting to hear back from my doctor to see if it’s a go or not.


Taking Luke to the doctors as when he whines or cries he makes a ‘rinsing’ sound in the back of his throat… mum was round last night and said it sounds like what you’d expect from a child with a cleft palate, so now I’m worried that he may have a hole in his palate?? hopefully it will be OK and nothing to fret about. 


Gonna sign off and stop the moaning now. On a happy note, I now write for the online magazine Brew Drinking Thinkings (from July) I am the Disability writer and can be found on Twitter as @BDT_Disability .
 Enjoy the happy pictures.


Oh and I’m in the process of moving over to WordPress, so hold on, it may be a bumpy ride!

Here’s a cute vid to cheer you up!

>Cybermummy11 Slideshow!

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Here sums up my fantastic Cybermummy weekend experience! ENJOY

Sponsored by

>Silent Sunday

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>The Gumigem Winner!!

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So with the Cybermummy weekend beginning tomorrow (I couldn’t be more excited if I tried!)

Here, chosen at Random on Random.org is the lucky winner of a Gumigem necklace! courtesy of my wonderful sponsor Gumigem.

Congratulations to….

@wendymcd83

You will be able to chose the Gumigem of your choice from the website and let me know your postal address mrsweight@gmail.com

>Silent Sunday

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>Happy Fathers Day 2011

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I’m a tad early here! But today I sat Luke down at the table in his highchair and for the FIRST time ever he did a crayon drawing where he actually marked the paper and didn’t ingest the art materials!

Cue one proud mummy and daddy got to benefit too as his first ever master piece was… yes, you guessed it! A Fathers Day card!

Aaron is fantastic with Luke , he runs around after him, makes him giggle so much and isn’t afraid to change a nappy *like we had tonight!* I know that these two boys will be best friends and have a great bond.

Also Happy Fathers Day to my daddy! of course I hadn’t forgotten!

My dad is a great man, I had an incredible bond with him growing up, he traveled with work and I have early memories of going on business trips with him around the country and even Brussels!

Getting to live just up the road from my parents is a great thing, He adores Luke, he makes the BEST sausage pasta and is genuinely a lovely guy! He has helped me and my little family out so much and he deserves the credit.

So Dad, if you’re reading, Happy Fathers Day and I love you loads!