tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29720180109602292612024-03-13T23:09:19.188+11:00The boy named after a carkriznizzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11969987675008796292noreply@blogger.comBlogger508125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972018010960229261.post-59339535027944562562016-07-07T13:07:00.003+10:002016-07-11T20:19:24.122+10:00Dreambaby® Royale Converta® 3 in 1 Play-Pen Review <div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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<span style="color: black;"><u><b>Testing
Particulars:</b></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><b>Products
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<span style="color: black;">DREAMBABY® ROYALE CONVERTA® 3 IN 1 PLAY-PEN </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">DREAMBABY® 2 PANEL ROYAL CONVERTA EXTENSION</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">DREAMBABY® PLAY-PEN MAT IN NAVY</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><b>Time
frame:</b></span><span style="color: black;">
1 Month</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><b>Testing
Location:</b></span><span style="color: black;">
Melbourne </span>
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<span style="color: black;"><b>Tested
by:</b></span><span style="color: black;">
Harper 6 years, Charlie at 4 years, and Olive at 19 months</span></div>
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Specifications</b></u></span></div>
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<b>PLAY-PEN</b></div>
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The
Dreambaby® Royale Converta® 3 in 1 Play-Pen Gate is a versatile play
pen which can be used in many ways at home. The six easy-to-adjust
panels can suit any type of home layout, and
can be placed in any area or room around the home.</div>
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The panels can be
opened to create an extra-long gate, or used as a protective guard around
a room, a door, or fireplace. As a play-pen, it can be set up in a
variety of shapes, remaining large enough for your children to
enjoy free space to play around in.</div>
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Constructed
from durable, sturdy metal, the play-pen is safe and secure to use,
and will last a long time.</div>
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It includes 6
modular panels including convenient walk through gate</div>
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RRP<b>
</b>$179.95</div>
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<b>EXTENSION</b></div>
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The
Dreambaby® 2 Panel Royale Converta Extension quickly and easily turns
your 6 panel Play-Pen Gate into an 8 panel Play-Pen Gate.</div>
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RRP
$49.95</div>
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<b>PLAY-PEN
MAT</b></div>
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-Soft, comfortable play surface</div>
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-Easy to care</div>
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-machine
washable, dyer safe</div>
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-Simple to
install</div>
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-Fits an 6 panel
play-pen</div>
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-Protects
carpeting and flooring</div>
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-Colour : navy
blue</div>
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-RRP $29.95</div>
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<span style="color: black;"><u><b>The
Experience:</b></u></span><span style="color: black;"><b>
</b></span><span style="color: black;">On
opening the box, DreamBaby didn't fail to impress me with their
design, the first thing I noticed was the weight of the play-pen. It
was heavy and that gave me peace of mind. I knew it wasn't going to
be moved easily by a young child. I flicked though the instruction
book then started putting the play-pen together and adding the gate
extension, it was easy enough to work out taking me about ten minutes to set up. Adding the gate extension made the play-pen into a 8 panel
larger play-pen making it easier to be used by my older children. </span>
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<span style="color: black;">Over
the 4 weeks that I tested the pay-pen I have used it mostly as a safe
area for my older son to play "big boy lego" and other games that contain chocking toys away from my toddler. Adding the
extension made the pen a great size to be used in this way. The play
mat has been a nice feature making the floor warmer and softer. It also
made packing up the lego easy as I just tipped it from the mat
straight into the lego tub. I've also use the play-pen mat as a guide
so my son knows where the lego has to stay so my toddler can't reach
it through the bars of the pay-pen. This has been working nicely. My
son use to play lego in a bedroom with the door shut so it's been nice
for him to be in the main room with me playing without worrying his
sister will get hold of the lego.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">I'm
pregnant with our fourth child and can see the play pen will get a
lot of use once the baby is born. </span>
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<span style="color: black;">The
stand out feature of the play pen is the way it folds for storage.
This feature makes it easy to pack up and take away which I plan on
doing for camping trips once we have the new baby.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">I
would happily recommend the play-pen to anyone who needs a bit more
security, in the home with small children or a baby. I would also recommend the play-pen opened as a long gate for anyone with an open plan kitchen/dinning room who don't have the option of a baby gate on a door. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Buy Dreambaby® Royal converta® Play-Pen <a href="http://www.dreambaby.com.au/royale-convertar-3-in-1-play-pen.html">here</a>. </span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Like DreamBaby® on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Dreambabysafety">here</a>.</span></div>
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Disclosure: Dreambaby provided the items listed above for this review. I was not
compensated for this post. All opinions are my own.</div>
kriznizzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11969987675008796292noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972018010960229261.post-75595319050042495722016-01-05T09:21:00.001+11:002016-01-05T09:21:53.569+11:00Summer Holidays<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MxXTP3-16VM/VorwcyPkwkI/AAAAAAAAG5o/qAt91kNzNbg/s640/blogger-image--660918861.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zo9lcEKXiqU/VorwgHjZuuI/AAAAAAAAG5w/4tg7-YvpQLg/s640/blogger-image--1170114119.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zo9lcEKXiqU/VorwgHjZuuI/AAAAAAAAG5w/4tg7-YvpQLg/s640/blogger-image--1170114119.jpg"></a></div><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MxXTP3-16VM/VorwcyPkwkI/AAAAAAAAG5o/qAt91kNzNbg/s640/blogger-image--660918861.jpg"></div>kriznizzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11969987675008796292noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972018010960229261.post-16874180435851517812015-08-25T21:18:00.000+10:002015-08-25T21:18:30.717+10:00Olive at 4 months old<b>Growth and appearance: </b>You look so much like Harper it's amazing, looking at you brings back memories of him as a baby, it's actually crazy how similar you look at times. You're eyes are getting really blue and super round and you have cute cubby cheeks.<br />
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<b>Feeding: </b>one meal every couple of days BF on demand.<br />
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<b>Sleeping:</b> slept through two more times. Most nights feeding every 3 hours. <br />
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<b>Development:</b> This month<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> slept through the night again twice before having your shots and spending the next week being really sad (waking up all night and not happy to be put down during the day). After a week you were back to your happy self. You started solids, but you're really hard to feed. You don't seem to watch the spoon or open your mouth. </span>You started laughing often, and have a super adorable chuckle. You enjoy baths and love tickles. You roll and are grasping toys.kriznizzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11969987675008796292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972018010960229261.post-42485589452637702982015-08-25T20:52:00.000+10:002015-08-25T20:52:13.006+10:00Olive at 3 month old<b>Growth, appearance and life:</b><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> you slept through the night for the first time, it was just a one off but still amazing. I just can't get over you, if all babies were this easy I'd have ten. You babble more and more and start to laugh when I tickle you. At the end of the month you started rolling back to front.</span><b> </b>You have perfect rolls poly legs and arms. You look more and more like Harper each week as your eyes grow bigger.<br />
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<b>Feeding: </b>breastfeeding<b> </b>about 3 hourly around the clock on demand.<br />
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<b>Sleeping: </b><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">You continue to sleep in the pram during the day and with us at night, sometimes in our bed sometimes in the bassinet.</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Development</b><b>: </b>2.5 months old you start rolling from tummy to back. To begin with I think it's a fluke but you prove me wrong doing it again and again each day. You have a check up with the Paediatrician who assures us you won't stop breathing again. You roll over for him and he seems really impressed you're rolling so young, by the end of the month you start rolling back to front. </span>You try to mimic "hello" and do a good job.<br />
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kriznizzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11969987675008796292noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972018010960229261.post-84408679882903100392015-07-06T09:27:00.000+10:002015-07-06T09:27:57.800+10:00Olive at two months old<b>Growth, appearance and life: </b>life is busier than I imagined, it's kinder holidays and we're all at home. Matt's gone back to work so it's just the four of us — pushing through the days finding our new fit. I do the groceries for the first time since you were born without another adult to help, you ride in the carrier Charlie goes in the trolley and Harper walks. Harper doesn't listen to a word I say, Charlie screams because she doesn't want to be in the trolley and I want to give up and leave. But I don't and together somehow we get the job done. By the time we get home your hungry and tired. I sit with you on the floor and feed you slumped against the wall, looking at the piles of groceries I still have to unpack. Things that were once simple are hard now, and as I sit on the floor I can't believe how much my life has changed in five years.<br />
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<b>Feeding: </b>you feed every two to three hours day and night. Sometimes you seem to have reflux I can hear the milk moving up and down, these are often the times your breathing pauses though it's becoming less often and I'm feeling more confident each week.<br />
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<b>Sleeping:</b> day sleeps are in the lounge room in the pram, I keep the radio on and you sleep through H and C running around the house. Night sleeps are in bed with us.<br />
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<b>Development: </b>You coo and smile. You are really relaxed and happy you don't often cry even when your tired, etc.kriznizzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11969987675008796292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972018010960229261.post-12881020573179990252015-07-03T20:41:00.001+10:002015-07-06T09:28:47.238+10:00Olive at one month old<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Growth, appearance and life: </b>You look like Harper, your bottom lip disappears into your mouth the way his did, your eyes are round and your heads coved in short fluffy hair. You have more hair than your sister did, its brown and soft and smells like baby. Our first months has been kind of terrifying, your breathing is still irregular. There are more pauses than usual, I feel scared all the time and wake up expecting you to not be breathing. My mind goes back to the hospital more than I'd like. I'm so grateful to have you but watching you nearly die almost broke me. The four days following your birth were the hardest days of my life. I want to let go of the bitterness I feel for having to go through what we did, I want to just feel thankful to have a you — soon.<br />
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<br />kriznizzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11969987675008796292noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972018010960229261.post-13274467974382500432015-03-13T20:20:00.000+11:002015-03-13T20:20:00.550+11:00The day I dared to hope<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The mother scanned the shelf for a carton of milk. There seemed so many. It had been five long years since she'd stopped to look at milk. Previously she avoided the milk aisle, little fingers couldn't help but to touch. As if the thought of the impossible seduced him, his fingers always wandered further than they should. Now his fingers wandered and she let them. She stood there as if in a trance and when she couldn't decide she went with the choice that seemed the most normal. The one she was use to seeing in the fridge on trips to grandmas. The one she carefully avoided as she stacked her sons food into the fridge.<br />
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As she lifted the carton off the shelf her son asked to carry it. It took everything she had to say yes, her brain hadn't caught up with the day's events and she wondered if it ever would. After pausing she handed him the carton and he took it, he cradled the carton in his arms, the way she'd once held him. He held his head high on the short walk to the register, the mother didn't speak. She had no words left and even if she did none were needed. He stood tall as he waited at the register. Somehow the enemy had become the treasure.<br />
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Somehow they made it.<br />
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Somehow they survived.<br />
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Life threatening food allergies don't end with food. They effect every aspect of your life. And just when you think you're got this they knock you down. You lose friends. You lose trust. People you thought would support you don't. You can't sleep at night because you're to busy worrying if your child will die when they aren't with you. The anxiety sneaks into other areas of your life, and if you're not careful it will take you down. It's taken everything I've had to survive the last 5 years. Today we won. The biggest win we've had.<br />
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Today my son took on cows milk and he won.<br />
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This post was written after attending a hospital food challenge to cows milk. Harper is still allergic to egg, and tree nuts. He has now outgrown Potato, Peanut, FPIES to rolled oats, soy and cows milk. </div>
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kriznizzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11969987675008796292noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972018010960229261.post-89939788521463783022015-02-25T19:57:00.000+11:002015-02-25T20:07:31.121+11:003 Years Old. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19px;">“To the world you may be one person; but to one person you may be the world.” </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19px;">― Dr. Seuss</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Happy 3rd Birthday Bird. I'm so proud that we made you. You are so fierce and I happen to think you're spectacular.</span></span><br />
kriznizzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11969987675008796292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972018010960229261.post-30561671752309106562015-02-06T20:10:00.002+11:002015-02-06T20:12:50.497+11:005 years old<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">28.01.2015</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Dear Harper,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Happy birthday. Somehow we're here, you're 5 years old. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Something about five feels big. Maybe it's the idea that schools around the corner or maybe its because I've felt a shift over the last few months, it's subtle but I feel the pull. It's started, and I wish I could hold tight and stop it, I wish I could keep you tightly tucked under my wing. I'd keep you safe forever. I'd shelter you from the cruelty you'll find in this world and keep you my happy little boy.</span><br />
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But nothing I can do will keep you little and though this world is cruel it's also beautiful, and even little boys aren't always happy. And this beautiful thing we call life has it's ups and downs and you'll get hurt, your heart will be broken, and I won't always be able to fix your problems. But I promise to always try. I want big things for you, but mostly I just want you to be happy and kind, don't ever lose your big heart.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Love you,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Mum </span>kriznizzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11969987675008796292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972018010960229261.post-11299782689631396772015-01-12T13:12:00.000+11:002015-01-12T13:12:35.071+11:00For the moment <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What will my life look like without you as close? What happens when you grow up?<br />
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This holiday I'm making time to read, to play. I'm pulling myself away from the house work long enough to be present with them now. Because when you're stuck in the never ending tiredness, the never ending washing, the never ending parenting you easily forget it won't last forever and when you wake up and its over you'll wish it did. </div>
kriznizzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11969987675008796292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972018010960229261.post-11220297060878009742015-01-09T09:59:00.000+11:002015-01-09T09:59:19.137+11:00Yesterday<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hot dry summers. Swimming in the dam, salt sitting in the mud ready to be used on the leeches you knew would come. The local pool, playing in the creek. Boat rides, catching fish. Camping. And jumping on the trampoline with a sprinkler. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I had so much fun on our trampoline, it was massive and had an Olympic mat that bounced you so high flips became easy, back then I had no fear. For years and even as I became a teenager I played on that trampoline. My old yellow trampoline is long gone, but I have a new one in my life. It doesn't seem to have the bounce mine did, maybe I'm not as strong... I'm certainly no longer fearless but my kids are. Lets make some new memories.</span><br />
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kriznizzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11969987675008796292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972018010960229261.post-39350724942976701192015-01-06T14:21:00.001+11:002015-01-06T14:27:06.748+11:008 week old OliveOlive is 8 weeks old and growing in front of my eyes. She's easy going and perfect. She doesn't cry much and happily sleeps with the noise of Charlie and Harper <strike>fighting</strike> playing.<br />
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I feel really relaxed with Ollie, I think that comes from experience and being realistic in what I expect from a newborn. I go to bed expecting to be woken up by a hungry baby every two hours so when it happens I don't feel disappointed she didn't sleep longer. I've been sleeping her in the pram during the day because it's easy, she seems to settle better in the pram and I'm able to move her around the house as I move. It's also really important to get her use to sleeping in a pram before Kinder starts, soon we'll be out everyday and Ollie needs to learn how to sleep on the run.<br />
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Harper and Charlie have taken to Olive better than I could have imagined. They love her and are so caring and gentle. Honesty I'm shocked I always imagined Charlie being super jealous, but she keeps surprising me with her awesomeness and just wants to help.<br />
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Olive is smiling and cooing and getting perfect rolly poly legs and arms. She has super head control and loves baths. She is a total spunk and I love her like crazy.<br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif;">Product:
BABYBJÖRN Baby Bouncer Soft</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif;">Colour:
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif;">Tested
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When the product is used as a bouncer, the maximum weight is 9 kg.
Highest position up to 9 kg. Middle position up to 9 kg.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"> <span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif;">Lowest
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the product is used as a chair, the maximum weight is 13 kg.
Highest position up to 13 kg. Middle position up to 10 kg. </span></span>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif;">All
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Standard 100, Class I</span></span></a></u></span></span><span style="color: #4051c7;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif;">
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif;">Organic
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif;">Fabric:
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif;">On
opening the box I was impressed to find BABYBJÖRN has lived up to
their high standard with another great design. This sleek bouncer
will appeal to most people with an array of colour choices to fit
with any home decor. Even without reading the instructions it takes
no longer than a couple of minutes to discover how the Bouncer Soft
works. I adjusted the Bouncer Soft to the lowest setting and placed
Ollie in. She slept peacefully and seemed happy but I'm not yet
convinced as all my children slept through anything for the first
week. I'm eager to see how she goes once the sleep coma wears off.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif;">As
time goes on, Ollie spends more time awake and I find I enjoy using
the Bouncer Soft more and more. I use it while I shower to keep a
well meaning toddler from poking her. I use it when I need to grab a
nappy from the other room and don't want her left on the floor. As we
approach the third week I find Olive needs to be upright after a feed
to help with reflux problems, so now I use it after feeds when I
don't have the time to hold her.</span></span></div>
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first really standout feature of the bouncer is how easy it is to
fold away, I can definitely see myself taking it with us when we go
on holidays. I also love how easily it slips off to be
washed especially when using with a newborn (ours was
covered in vomit the second time I used it). It's so easy to use I
find myself no longer using our swing as it has a seatbelt and
sometimes takes more time than I have with three children under five.
Another great feature is the bouncer's ability to be turned into a
chair when the child outgrows the bouncer feature. And let's not
forget that no batteries are needed. </span></span></div>
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convenient, comfortable bouncer that will outlast others.</span></span></div>
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kriznizzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11969987675008796292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972018010960229261.post-40821448879251058132014-11-14T08:47:00.001+11:002014-11-14T08:47:37.815+11:00She's hereIntroducing Olive Belle born at 8.42pm on the 9th of November 2014.<div>Weight 3.2kg </div><div><br></div><div>We've had a few very hard days after Olive was taken to intensive care. 12 hours after Olive was born she stopped breathing, the following 12 hours she had 6 more episodes the worst being when I watched them work on her while she didn't respond for 5 minutes. No mother wants to see this and I wish I hadn't, I can't shake the tight feeling in my chest and the sick feeling in my stomach at that moment I thought she was going to die. There's more to this story and I'll share it all in time but right now the pain is to raw.</div><div><br></div><div>Today we are very lucky to be bringing Miss Ollie home. 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With everything that's happened in the last few months I'm struggling to get my head around how fast it's come. In saying that the days are becoming long. My back hurts, my feet hurt and I wonder where 8 weeks of baby growth can possibly fit.<div><br></div><div>I've no doubt found this pregnacy harder than the others, maybe because I'm getting older, maybe because it's our third. </div><div><br></div><div>Charlie and Harper are growing up quickly and looking forward to the baby arriving. Harper wants a brother, I've told him I'm near sure it's a girl after a slip up at the 28 week scan. He'll be happy either way Harper's always been drawn to babies. Charlie I'm a little more concered about, she's always needed more from me and I can see it taking awhile for things to settle. </div><div><br></div><div>I'm not worried about loving this baby as much as the others, not like I was last time. I'm slightly worried about my sanity as I learn to be a mother of 3, mostly I hopeful for an easy transition and thankful to call 3 children mine. </div><div><br></div><div> </div>kriznizzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11969987675008796292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972018010960229261.post-83887629079803769682014-07-29T07:34:00.000+10:002014-07-29T21:41:51.563+10:00HelloI'm back, though I never left. I've had a few crazy months.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">A portrait of my family, <strike>once a week </strike></span><span style="text-align: center;"><strike>every week</strike></span><span style="text-align: center;"> whenever I have time, in 2014.</span></div>
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Charlie, a girl who wears skirts just so she can twirl.</div>
kriznizzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11969987675008796292noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972018010960229261.post-40026600075839825342014-05-21T12:40:00.000+10:002014-05-21T12:41:25.567+10:00Light at the end of a tunnel. Week 13.One of the sad things that comes with not blogging often is I've stopped taken photos. I never took photos solely for the blog, but having a blog seems to work well as a reminder. I've felt better in the last week (pregnancy week 13) I'm still not 100% and do feel sick everyday but I'm not throwing up and my energy is slowly coming back, you'll still find me in bed by 9pm but I'm getting basic jobs done around the house. The first trimester really kicked my butt, I feel like I'm coming out of a haze. At some stage I'll try and do YouTube pregnancy videos, and weekly updates here on the blog.<br />
I feel like my tummy grew a lot this week although this photo is taken at the end of the day when bloating takes over any form of baby in there, in the morning I have a smaller bump.<br />
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kriznizzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11969987675008796292noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972018010960229261.post-18944972348048173902014-05-20T14:39:00.000+10:002014-05-20T14:39:35.055+10:00Monster MilkFor the last few months Harper has been fussy, He wont touch vegetables other than mashed potato, and I have trouble hiding them in foods. I'm slowly finding ways of getting him to eat vegetables and still serve them with ever meal. He might have turned his nose up to this green smoothie had I not mentioned it was Monster milk. We even ate some Pea and ham soup which would have been a struggle had it not been Monster brains. You get my point, sometimes you need to think like a kid and if you're lucky occasionally it works. <br />
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I'm three months pregnant.<br />
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This space has been quiet over the last couple of months as I've struggled to make it through the first trimester. I had grand ideas of enjoying my last pregnancy, this pregnancy had other ideas and I had quickly forgotten the power of morning sickness.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Congratulations to comment number two Olivia, you're the lucky winner of a $50 Matilda Jane voucher. I'll be in contact shortly. </span>kriznizzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11969987675008796292noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972018010960229261.post-41826346820652924982014-05-11T19:34:00.001+10:002014-05-11T19:34:44.199+10:00Mothers dayI have no need for children for it is happiness I'm in search and all the while she spoke I smiled as happiness tugged at my skirt.<div><br><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-nFUNo711rDM/U29EMYpcC8I/AAAAAAAAGm4/KryRS1gST4Y/s640/blogger-image--660493342.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-nFUNo711rDM/U29EMYpcC8I/AAAAAAAAGm4/KryRS1gST4Y/s640/blogger-image--660493342.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div><div>Happy Mothers Day, I'm so blessed to be the lady they call mum. </div></div></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Xn8YFKHfjGQ/U29EI27l2PI/AAAAAAAAGmw/uMg-rUGh6t4/s640/blogger-image-1112143360.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Xn8YFKHfjGQ/U29EI27l2PI/AAAAAAAAGmw/uMg-rUGh6t4/s640/blogger-image-1112143360.jpg"></a></div><br></div>kriznizzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11969987675008796292noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2972018010960229261.post-36127646202109688332014-05-02T11:55:00.000+10:002014-05-02T11:56:13.383+10:00Matilda Jane $50 Giveaway and Review <br />
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Product: Matilda Jane Clothing<br />
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Items: <a href="https://www.matildajaneclothing.com/t1529-cloudy-puffer-tee">Cloudy Puffer Tee</a>, <a href="https://www.matildajaneclothing.com/t1520-love-bug-knot-top">Love Bug Knot Top</a>, <a href="https://www.matildajaneclothing.com/b1538-sweetheart-ruffled-leggings">Sweetheart Leggings</a><span style="color: #444444;"></span><br />
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Time frame: 2 Wears, 2 Washes<br />
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Testing Location: Melbourne<br />
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Tested by: Charlie at 26 Months Old, Wearing size 2<br />
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<b style="text-decoration: underline;">The Experience:</b> Once again Matilda Jane deliver on the quality I've come to expect, the soft clothes are well made, wash well, and hold their colour and shape. They are pretty yet practical and most importantly they are comfortable. The clothes can be dressed down, making them perfect to wear to a play date or dressed up for a special occasion. I worked with Matilda Jane Clothing months ago so I really feel I can say without hesitation they last well.<br />
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I would happily recommend Matilda Jane clothing for parents of girls who are looking for whimsical, original designs.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1 teaspoon of <a href="http://www.orgran.com/products/174/" target="_blank">Orgran egg replacer</a> mixed with 3 tsp of water</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">Harper had allergy testing this week. It happens once a year. As the weeks draw closer my mind grows busy, I feel like I can't quite get it together, because sometimes I'm coping and sometimes I'm not, because the simple truth is we're all coping until we're not. I'm restless and full of what ifs, I hope for change. I hope for the end. The end of this journey, the end of the never ending fear. The end of my boy feeling different. But Hope as I must, I know there's a place for hope and there's a place for reality, so I never hope too much, because I know that disappointment hits hard when you're hopeful. So instead I keep going, I live the life that is now because what room is there for day dreams that may never come. I try to be brave, I try to slowly let down these walls I've built, to take more risks in a controlled environment, but it's hard so freaking hard. And trust isn't earned easily when it's your child's life as stake.</span></div>
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Earlier this year Harper had an anaphylactic reaction to nuts, I didn't blog about it because it was hard to put into words, it was terrifying and incredibly disappointing, and honestly I just couldn't deal with writing that post. Not then, not now. I don't have the spare emotion to tell you what it's like to watch your child scream as their face swells, or to watch as their body covers with hundreds hives, and I definitely don't have the words to explain how my heart was beating so hard I thought I could hear it, or how my hands started to shake as I noticed an increase work of breathing. So instead I'll just say it was scary, it happened and I was scared.</div>
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We thought Harper was no longer allergic to nuts, we were slowly crossing them off our list, so the reaction was a shock. This week we found the culprit was cashew. His reading for milk has doubled, and egg has come down by one point.</div>
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Allergy testing round 7, one step forward two steps back. </div>
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