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Surviving the 18 month sleep regression (just!)

Unfortunately, this post will not make your baby sleep through the night or solve all of your sleep regression problems, but I hope that it will help you feel like you're not alone and suggest ways to settle your baby, so the awake times are as calm as they can be. 2017 was the year that launched one hundred milestones, and it was a triumph of wonderful and magical chaos as we embarked on our first full year of parenthood.  We had first solids, first holiday, first haircut, first steps and first overnight away from each other, and of course Rose's first birthday!  It was wonderful and we navigated the unchartered waters with a mixture of fear and excitement, surviving by taking each day at a time, including my first day back at work!  So now we are nearing the 18 month mark and parenthood is starting to get really fun, we can play chase, try and have little garbled conversations, Rose has a wicked sense of humour and so there are a lot of laughs and she continues to LOVE

Last picks of the January Sales

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Having spent much of the last week awake, whilst our darling 17 month old is going through a sleep regression of mammoth proportions, I decided to make myself useful and see if there are any last minute bargains in the sales that we should all keep an eye on.  I've looked both for workwear and for summer wear, as if you have a holiday booked I would recommend that you pick up a few things now whilst they are cheap rather than paying full price the week of your holiday.  You all know that I am quite tight and don't like paying full price for anything and so sales time is my happy time, I have to say that I haven't had a huge amount of success this time around but that is probably a good thing as it is saying me some cash!  These are all high street and all available online in a variety of sizes as of today (9/1/18) ASOS  Red culottes - £10  I bought these and I love them! Thinking I will pair them with a blue breton or my new white and black Winging it top f