If, like us, you've been glued to Strictly every Saturday night for the past 12 weeks, you will have no doubt found yourself in awe at the amazing Chris and Dianne. Several times I've found myself punching the air, fast clapping and shedding a few tears over their dances (as a former rock chick I absolutely loved their Waltz to Metallica’s, Nothing Else Matters)

I also remember seeing Chris at The Comedy Club over 15 years ago and I still to this day remember that gig. I also oddly served him (with the bassist from Elbow!) when I ran a restaurant in Manchester and found him to be just as lovely in real life as he is on the show. 

To see what Chris has done with sheer joy, passion and dedication has been incredible. But there also has to be a very big mention for Dianne, who’s had to develop a whole new way of teaching. To get the results they have has just been outstanding and seeing her proud face every week has been a highlight of the show.  

So you may wonder what this has to do with us? 

In the past 9 years we have been lucky to have three visually impaired Mums join us in class. Some with partial sight and some with none. 

Our top 5 reasons to wear your baby

This week is European Babywearing week. To celebrate, we are giving you our top 5 reasons to babywear. 

Babywearing has been around for centuries, used by our ancestors to keep little ones close while working the fields or carrying out chores. But more recently it's viewed as something only for Mums who use cloth nappies and eat vegan, hemp cookies. Reality is, it's for everyone and is an affordable, easy, safe and a very beneficial way to carry your baby/babies as well as having a huge positive impact on both baby and Parent/Caregiver. 

Its baby’s first Christmas

Our top 5 tips for Baby’s first Christmas

It's baby’s first Christmas. You have spent hours scrolling through Stacey Solomon’s Instagram for inspiration, only to realize your door won’t fit a 4 foot handmade wreath and the baby and dog are unlikely to sit still long enough in their matching jumpers for that perfect photo. 

Plus.. social life. What social life? Gone are the days of glitter dress and drinking prosecco until 2am. Baby is here and you can’t see when you will get your social life back. 

Baby’s first Christmas is sold to us as this magical time (and sometimes it is!). But in the midst of all this, what about you? Christmas can also be a tough time for lots of reasons. Maybe not having relationships with family members, living far away from your loved ones, feeling left out of your usual Christmas festivities or god forbid. Everyone gets covid. Again!