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Santa in Botanic Gardens this Sunday : Event – Santa Claus at the National Botanic Gardens Sunday 12th December Come along and visit Santa Claus and his helpers for this traditional Glasnevin seasonal celebration. Activities in the Gardens on the day will include Storytelling, and...

Hey Squiggle :) How are you ? I think a pram/buggy is essential, slings are brilliant but not suitable for every situation. Some of the Maclaren foldy ones are suitable from birth or you could pick up a more fancy one second hand, lots of people sell them in perfect condition when baby #2 is...

Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889) Spring and Fall: to a Young Child Margaret, are you grieving Over Goldengrove unleaving? Leaves, like the things of man, you With your fresh thoughts care for, can you? Ah! as the heart grows older It...

He is completely gorgeous, cant wait to meet him. He might like Lower Case Noises too, did Conor give you that one ? The Marshall album is so so beautiful, its our regular bedtime music : http://music.lowercasenoises.com/album/marshall This is lovely too, ambient nursery rhyme music by a...

Imaginosity is quite dear but brilliant fun, we took Jamie for his birthday, he had a great time. This open farm has indoor stuff : http://www.redmountainopenfarm.ie How about swimming ? Also, full raingear from www.puddleducks.ie or similar :) Little boys love splashing in puddles, right ...

Congratulations Ro and Sinead and big brother Thomas. Welcome to baby Jacob :)

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So. We're home. Delta staff were eiher unhelpful pigs or else just indifferent, none made much effort to be helpful. No sign of the mythical bassinet, I was laughed at when I asked for it. On the way out the 2nd flight was delayed cos there were no pilots (!), so we had to sit in an oven hot...

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Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I was feeling much more calm and now I'm freaking out again. More happy stories please :) It doesnt help that we're flying next week and baby has a bad cold so is super cranky and not feeding or sleeping :( HALP

Table and chairs are gone.

Brilliant advice , thanks everyone :) :)

So, baby and I are going to the States in two weeks, we have a flight to JFK and then a shorter one on to Florida. I know some of you have done long flights with babies, Pete didnt you go to Australia ? Does anyone have any advice or tips ? I'm getting a teeny bit freaked about keeping him...

Yay Thomas :)