Two steps forward, one step back

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 28, 2011 in Love | 3 comments

Oh dear. We’re encountering a few familiar themes this week: Separation anxiety – check!...

Tour the town with Cars!

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 27, 2011 in Play, Reviews |

Mystery solved! For weeks, Little Man has been making “Nnroooommmm, Nnrooooommm!!” sounds...

Time to wash some faces!

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 26, 2011 in Play | 4 comments

Remember the excitement recently when the In the Night Garden app was released? Well, we got to experience...

App Review: My Colouring Book HD

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 25, 2011 in Love, Play, Reviews |

There are lots of drawing and painting apps on the iPad but most of them aren’t really designed with...

Book Review: First Time Parent

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 23, 2011 in Life, Reviews |

I own a lot of baby and parenting books. A veritable library of them. Which is funny, because I am now of...

Moving to a big boy bed

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 22, 2011 in Life, Love, Sleep | 5 comments

Seems like each week brings a new milestone with Little Man. Today was a big one for us. We took the side...

Nursery Rhymes with Storytime

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 21, 2011 in Play, Reviews |

We’ve got a fantastic new universal app for the iPhone and iPad. It’s called Nursery Rhymes with...

The fear

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 20, 2011 in Life | 6 comments

When you become a parent for the first time, people warn you that “life will never be the same...

New arrivals

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 19, 2011 in Love, Play | 2 comments

Today I met a new little man – one of my very best friends had a baby boy a few weeks ago, and I went...

Going to the zoo, zoo, zoo

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 18, 2011 in Life, Play | 3 comments

Yesterday was a beautiful day, as I mentioned – the type of day, you can’t help but make the...

The Gingerbread Man!

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 17, 2011 in Life |

I’ve mentioned Little Man’s love of The Gingerbread Man before – today’s story is a...

Splish splash with Tomy Octopals

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 16, 2011 in Play, Reviews | 3 comments

“Splish splash I’m taking a bath!” That’s what we always sing when it’s...

A few of my favourites

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 15, 2011 in Life | 1 comment

It’s Mammies Night Out time again, so while you read this, I’m off out enjoying myself! Dinner...

Isn’t that a pip?!

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 14, 2011 in Play, Reviews | 6 comments

It’s finally happened! The BBC have released an In the Night Garden app for the iPhone and iPad. And...

Now what is it?

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 13, 2011 in Love | 7 comments

I am sick of crèche-itis. Not that Little Man has actually come down with something right now. He’s...

You can’t play with that!

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 12, 2011 in Love | 10 comments

I’ve realised that I’m a complete hypocrite. I’m always complaining that the toys for...

Creating Wordle Art

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 11, 2011 in Life | 5 comments

Charlie sent me a link to a great site today: Wordle If you haven’t used it before, I suggest you...

IKEA is for family!

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 10, 2011 in Life | 2 comments

Charlie, Little Man and I took a trip to IKEA yesterday. Technically we were there to buy a toddler-sized...

Top three toys under €10!

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 7, 2011 in Play, Reviews | 8 comments

The most expensive toys are not necessarily the best ones. In the past year and a half, we’ve come...

Choosing a childcare option

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 6, 2011 in Life, Reviews | 2 comments

This time last year, we had our first appointments to view creches in our local area. It was awful! Because...