Happy 'Toddlerhood'

I had a couple of emails asking where have I disappeared as I tend to write a blog post a day (or that's the aim).
Firstly, I have been doing some research into eating habits around the world, so that's to come. Secondly, my child has recently 'lived up' to her title - a toddler! All of the sudden this huge burst of 'super active toddler' just came sweeping through. No sitting down for more than 2 minutes, moving around at a speed of Ferrari! Super fast. Super active! I love it though, no matter how 'desperate' the situation might become;) Things are on the floor, nothing remains on the shelves, everything keeps coming crushing down. I said word 'no' or 'ne' (in Lithuanian) about 100000 times a day! Little Miss S finds this word hilarious.
Apparently once babies get bigger, things become easier.... Umh, not too sure about that... Once they get bigger, you need strength of a triple Snickers bar combined with Lucozade to get you through the day. If I didn't like my food and wine that much I would probably disintegrate!:) In a 'pre-first Birthday' days Little Miss S had two naps a day and that was my time to get things done and regain composure. Now it is down to just one nap and so whilst my little angel is peacefully sleeping, I am running around the house in an attempt to make it habitable again.
Shopping used to be great once upon a time when Little Miss S just slept in her pram. Now she doesn't even want to remain in her pram (let alone sleep). She wants to try and destroy the clothes and eat the labels!:)
Car journeys are still good, train and tube journeys - not so good anymore. Little Miss S seems to have some sort of 'allergy' to public transport... Well, cannot really blame her as I'm not a great fan of it too.
I feel like I'm running two London Marathons a day! And of course I love it (she says whilst letting out a tiny sob). Little Miss S has developed her own personality which is so incredible to watch. This is an exiting time. Seeing her being so strong and determined when only just over a year ago she was so tiny and helpless.
Motherhood is the most amazing journey of discovery. Every single step is different. It's lots of fun with a pinch of frustration and a table spoon of guilt. And tons of LOVE.



My little treasure


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Come back Baby!!

There is a crisis in our household today. Huge crisis! All of the sudden there is no 'Baby TV'!!! Or any kind of children's TV! There is a problem with Sky but I just couldn't believe what a Huge problem it will create for me. I was very certain (until my Little Miss S reached the grand age of 8 months) that TV should be kept too an extreme minimum. However, when she started crawling it all changed! Baby TV saved us!:) I know now that if I want to get anything done then Baby TV is my greatest friend. Don't get me wrong, I don't just plonk my child in front of TV for hours (I'm not that evil plus it's pretty much impossible to plonk your toddler anywhere for longer than 20 minutes). Baby TV is there if I want to cook a decent meal, do some tidying up or just have a few 'quiet' minutes to have a cup of tea and write (at this moment I'm writing whilst running after my child around the house).
We already been out most of the day shopping, walking and singing songs at the toddler group, and now would be a good time to put Baby TV on so that some order could be sustained in the house, unfortunately, my 'dear friend' left me all by myself.
Looking forward to my 7pm glass of red more than ever. Oh, and the look on Hubby's face when he sees our 'not as tidy as every day' house;)
Come back Baby TV !!!




That's just the hallway!



Temporary friend Blackberry (I think I already lost half of my photos and the language has been set to Chinese!)

One step closer to perfection

I was thinking for a while about 'dos' and don'ts' of motherhood (there are literary hundreds) and then I came across this lovely poster on Pinterest. I think it sums it up perfectly.

You know when you get a new dog and then enter 'the dog owners world'. A completely new and crazy place with its own rules that you never knew existed. Don't let your dog 'talk' with another dog for more than 2mins, always say morning to fellow dog owners no matter how weird they look, carry a poo poo bag pretending you will pick it up, dog barking at other dogs - very bad behaviour (shame on you the Owner!). And it goes on.

So, you enter the world of Motherhood and it has this huge list of 'silent' rules no one really tells you about. You just learn as you go.
I had to google what 'soft-play' actually was ( God, it could be a anything?!!). Everyone was taking their babies to soft-play and I just didn't have a clue. Ah, now I know. I know so much that I could write another long post about it( have this love/hate relationship with 'soft-plays'). So there are rules and then there are 'rules' in the soft-play. For example, if another child pokes your child in the eye and your child starts crying, you just pick your child up, say 'awww', smile at the mother of the 'evil' child and say 'it's ok!' even though it's absolutely not ok and you would like to do something else!

Anyhow, one thing I do know is that you don't tell other mothers what to do with their own child unless you are asked or the woman telling you so is actually your own mother and you have a great relationship with her! We all have our own ways of bringing up our children but we don't need be told (again unless asked) what's right and what's wrong. Motherhood is filled with feelings of guilt and worries enough as it is, so we certainly do not need some 'Mother Earth Look At Me I Am A Super Woman' telling you how they had natural home birth with candles and jazz in the background and her Hubby sitting together with her naked in the birthing pool and then breastfed her child until the age of 3 with no chip or chocolate in sight (you get the gist). I have a happy, healthy child so my parenting ways must be working and you have your happy, healthy child then whatever you are doing is working too.

Oh God, I put my hands up and admit that I am guilty of being judgmental in the past. When Little Miss S was tiny I would look in disgust at other parents in the Pub giving a bowl of chips to their toddlers whilst they attempted to finish off their Sunday Roast. 'I would never give my precious child such a nasty food as chip, I will bring my own home made food to the Pub for her to eat', and I did until I realised that chips or any other 'picky foods' are the best ways to entertain your toddler whilst you are trying to eat your dinner and have some sort of conversation with your other half or your friends. Otherwise just don't go out to any food/drink establishments because toddlers will not sit still at the table with you for longer than 20 minutes tops!

I still have a 'list' (in my head of course, I haven't actually written these things down!!) that I might discuss with my Hubby or close child-free friends, but it's a much shorter list and it's not called 'I will never ever' more like 'I don't really think it's right but then no one's perfect'.
Happy Guilt Free Sunday!


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Me me me !

So following on from my yesterday's post about not knowing what to wear, I eventually found something! Well, I already bought a pair of new shoes a couple of weeks ago in sale (my Hubby gave them a funny look as though to say 'I don't think I've seen you before!' .... If he reads this he will find out the truth... They were ON SALE Darling!!). Anyway, so because they were ankle boots I knew they would look good with skinny jeans so that's two items sorted! Now then, what to wear on top??!! My hubby gave me this gorgeous set of Agent Provocateur underwear for my Birthday and I really wanted to wear it because (sorry for too much information) but on a day to day basis I don't exactly get a chance to strut around in a black see-through lace. I tried quite a few tops but most just didn't go with a bra (craziness!:)). I was just about to give up on a gorgeous bra and then I saw something lurking in the deepest corners of my wardrobe. My black silk slightly see-through pussy-bow Chloe blouse bought back in the days when I used to buy that sort of stuff because I got to wear it quite often. I honestly completely forgotten about it but then it is not exactly the sort of thing you wear to Rhyme Time group with your toddler.

Bag was easy - all of my and Little Miss S' stuff lives in my oversized Louis Vuitton bag. I might be a mum and give up my heels for trainers as it is actually quite dangerous carrying around a baby in your heels, but I am most definitely not giving up my handbags for some weird looking things with cartoons and flowers painted on them (also l known as baby changing bags). So all done. The Outfit was actually sorted in a very quick period of time!




Transformed!




In the meantime my Little Miss S was invading my 'not so big as I would like it to be' shoe collection!




Quick look into Dyptique shop in Mayfair (I would be very happy if I got these every Christmas and every Birthday!)




Drinks and dinner at Hush, Mayfair.




And then off to my favourite place - The Fumoir bar in Claridge's. It's my ideal bar. If I had unlimited funds I would have my breakfast in Claridge's , drink my coffee there and eat my dinner on a regular basis. Pure luxury:) And why not?!

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