Charlie's Footsteps Blog

Travelling with Babies

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Travelling with Babies

It’s almost the summer holidays and the world is starting to tentatively open up again with the speeding up of the vaccine programme … which is very exciting for those of us who haven’t seen family for months and months, but also comes with its own set of challenges if you have a child or children! We managed to fly quite a few times with Charlie before the world locked down in March 2019, and the last time we managed a trip to the UK to visit his grandparents was in December 2020 and he was 15 months old. We’re...

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Top 5 Newborn Essentials

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Top 5 Newborn Essentials
The top 5 things I bought that ended up being essential in the first few months of motherhood.

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Our weaning story

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Our weaning story

It doesn’t feel like one blog can give this huge and interesting subject justice….but we shall try! This one is going to be all about weaning! I will start by stating clearly that I am not a nutritionist, nor a professional in the field of weaning at all. I am only going to share the things I learnt during the first 6 months of Charlie’s eating. I am a voracious reader and all the resources I used I will link to at the end of this blog. There are lots of options when it comes to introducing food to your...

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My Breastfeeding Journey

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My Breastfeeding Journey
I was open to both bottle and breastfeeding Charlie. In the end we breastfed for around 9 month, starting combination feeding from 4 months. Read the full story here...

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Hospital Bag

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Hospital Bag
A quick summary of the things I found useful in my hospital bag!

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