Autumn's Mummy

Reuben’s Seaside Themed 1st Birthday Cake Smash

I’m not always overly keen some of the celebrations and often gimmicky type things that we import from the US. However, I do really like cake smashes to celebrate a baby’s 1st birthday. There’s just something so cute about setting up a little scene and seeing how they react to the cake. We celebrated Autumn’s 1st birthday with a rose gold themed cake smash and it was the first time she’d ever tried cake. When Reuben’s 1st birthday approached in January, I knew I wanted us to celebrate his 1st birthday with a cake smash too! He had also never tried cake before and I was interested to see how he’d respond.

We’re still very much in the midst of renovating our house, but I want to decorate his nursery with a seaside theme. We recently got the photos back and once again Robert Marriott has helped make the ideas I pictured in my head a reality. The photos will look so gorgeous displayed in there!

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Natural Beauty From Your Kitchen Cupboard

Sponsored Post¦ When you go shopping for beauty products, there is such a wide variety of choice. Some of these products cost the earth. When you have problematic skin, it can be tempted to fork out for them, thinking that more expensive products will give you the youthful complexion of your dreams. However, sometimes it’s better to keep things as natural as possible. You can often get amazing results from things you already have in your kitchen cupboard, such as olive oil! Of course, this is far more affordable too. Let’s take a look at what to use and how:

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3 Ways Students Can Spread Kindness

Guest Post¦ Kindness. It’s everywhere. You can take your pick from the ‘Be Kind’ movement, random acts of kindness, or even ‘World Kindness Day’, which takes place each year on 13 November.

You probably aren’t surprised there’s an actual day for being kind, what with there being a ‘day’ for everything. For example, there’s an International Carrot Day (4 April), ‘Wear a Hat Day’ (the date for this changes, but this year (2022) it’s on 25 March) and a ‘National Black Cat Day’ (which is on 27 October for those of you owned by mini panthers).

We can all do our bit to be kind – whether it’s simply letting someone go in front of us in the supermarket queue (unless they have a huge trolley full of groceries, obvs. We all have our limits!) or sending a message of support to someone you know who’s feeling a bit down.

What else we can do to spread kindness depends on our situations to a certain extent. A stay at home mum could be kind by extending the hand of friendship to another local mum (maybe by inviting her to a baby show) and someone who works near their neighbour could offer them a lift to work instead of leaving them shivering at the bus stop.

As for the younger generation, here are three ways students can spread kindness.

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The Baby Show 2022

Gifted¦ Pregnancy during the pandemic and giving birth at the height of the second peak were strange experiences. Amongst other things, I really missed the experiences of going out shopping and going to The Baby Show. I went to it a few years ago when Autumn was a baby and loved seeing products in person, getting great discounts and discovering new brands. Therefore, I was very excited to see that it was back this year at three locations. We visited it at the ExCel in London (it was there from 4-6 March), but it’s also on in Birmingham at the NEC between the 13th and 15th of May before coming back down to Olympia, London from 21st – 23rd October 2022.

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5 tips for designing your perfect bathroom

Sponsored Post¦ Bathrooms are one of the most expensive rooms to overhaul, so it’s important that you get it right. Any errors can be costly and a hassle to alter. Do you want your bathroom to be merely functional, an calm oasis away from the stresses of the 9-5, or a place that wows all who enter? Whatever your preferences, here are some tips to ensure you achieve the bathroom you’ve been envisioning:

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