I used to make a version of these baby oat bars that were great for teething – they were hard and biscuit-like and HB could gnaw on it for AGES before they got too soft. However, HB is now in a weaning phase where he doesn’t want to be spoon-fed and sometimes, especially when I’m […]
ADVENTURES OF HUNGRY BEAR
HB Eats: Sweetcorn Fritters Recipe for Babies
Baby hands love sweetcorn fritters! These are a fab way to get a bunch of veg into your child’s diet whilst at the same time supporting baby-led weaning. Little hands can also easily grasp the fritters and you can make them into different shapes too. For this recipe, the sweetcorn is roughly chopped so you […]
Hungry Bear’s First Flight: Flying Longhaul with a Newborn
“Go big or go large,” that was our motto. So go big we went indeed and decided to take HB with us on husband’s work trip. To Australia. It’s no secret that the flight was my biggest worry, especially with HB having a constantly blocked nose due to his deviated septum. This is a little […]
HB goes swimming for the first time
As I looked in the mirror, my hair wet and tangled and my foot slightly damp after I’d jammed a sock on without really drying properly, I adjusted my hurriedly thrown on jumper and there it glinted. A single white hair. Or as my sister calls them, ‘unicorn hairs’ (I love her for this). There […]
Dear HB, please go to sleep – getting a newborn to sleep
The one thing that I remember from pre-parent life is everyone warning me about the lack of sleep. “Say goodbye to lie-ins!” they said, almost gleefully. HB is now almost 3 months old and we’ve had a roller coaster of a ride with his sleep. Suffice to say, there were times when we awoke only […]
Hungry Bear tries out TEN Skincare
I’ll say it outright. I’ve worked with TEN Skincare so you would imagine I’d be biased towards this. And whilst I’ll let you know now, this is a positive review, it’s honestly written. Read on and you’ll see what I mean. Several years ago, founder of TEN Skincare, Amanda, brought me on board to help […]