Forty people in the children’s corner of the library; babies, toddlers, mums, dads and grand parents all singing ‘Five Little Ducks Went Swimming One Day’ and my baby slept through it. Despite efforts to bounce him awake JP slept for the full forty minutes of his first ‘bounce and rhyme’ class.
Bounce & Rhyme has become a regular fixture. At six months, JP no longer sleeps but listens, smiles and takes great delight in watching the toddlers make the hand gestures that go with the nursery rhymes. I love singing him my favorite lullaby which, being called Ali, I thought my Mum sang only for me. We’ve also updated it for playtime thanks to our ‘bounce & rhyme’ song leader. Continued…
Posted in Baby Activities, Diary.
Tagged with Baby Development, Bounce and Rhyme, Glasgow Library, Nursery Rhymes.
By Ali
– 16/08/2009
Babies “R” Us is the only UK retail store that stocks glass born free bottles. After traversing the country – Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen - in search of the glass bottles I have returned empty handed! They have sold out.
My issue with plastic bottles made from polycarbonate is that they can release a hormone-disrupting chemical known as bisphenol-A, or BPA, which is toxic. Furthermore, in the UK there is no legislation to force manufacturers to label products making it very difficult to select the safest product. Even if your bottle is ’safe’ what about the plastic in the teat or nipple? Continued…
Posted in Diary, Health.
Tagged with Bottle Feeding, Health.
By Ali
– 08/07/2009
Body Shop
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The Body Shop has just added Body Focus Stretch Mark Improver to its sale line. The stretch mark cream (150 ml) has been reduced from £15.65 to £5.00. The cream contains rosehip seed oil and pumpkin seed oil. Continued…
Posted in Promotions.
Tagged with Body Shop, Promotions, Sale.
By Ali
– 07/07/2009
At eight months pregnant I looked hot (not in the good sense), huge and clumsy. I had mastered the duck waddle, side bend pick-up and ‘rocking launch’ manoeuvre to propel me off the sofa. When John booked photographer, Sarah Mackenzie, as a birthday gift, I was apprehensive. “You gotta be kidding? If you hadn’t noticed, the only look I’m working right now is the beached whale!” Continued…
Posted in Diary.
Tagged with Pregnancy, Pregnancy Photography Scotland, Sarah Mackenzie.
By Ali
– 30/06/2009
Eight women sit – backs to the wall, legs crossed - in deep thought. All look still, but much is going on beneath their tranquil exterior.
“Tighten, release, tighten, release…
Last time and… tighten, release.”
Veronica our Iyengar Yoga teacher has reached the quick fire stage of our pelvic floor exercises and impresses upon us the importance of maintaining good muscle tone in this most delicate of areas. The pelvic floor provides vital support for internal organs and the spine. Continued…
Posted in Baby Activities, Diary, Health.
Tagged with Post Natal Class Glasgow, Yoga with Baby Glasgow.
By Ali
– 29/06/2009
