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Recommendation; Lavish Little Style Baby clothing…

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As is probably becoming clear from the revamp of the blog, I now have a darling 1 yr old daughter. So I thought I would take the chance to give out a huge recommendation for where has quickly become my favourite place to buy her clothing…

Being a mum has many positives and negatives involved, but for me dressing my baby is a huge positive. I have a slight addiction to buying her new clothes, and it’s well known in my house that I choose her outfits every day!!

A while ago I stumbled across a little independent store on TikTok, and instantly fell in love with their designs.

Lavish Little Style Baby sell a range of Spanish, traditional and personalised clothing, and bring out new ranges for the various holidays.

All of the personalised clothing is so detailed as to what you want. Not only do you specify the name and product, but you can choose animals, fonts, thread colour – you can truly make it your own!

Each and every product that I’ve bought has been beautiful and amazing quality!

I even find the sizing to be bang on which is something I’ve struggled with my tiny girl.

So far I’ve had items from the Christmas collection, birthday collection as well as just day to day items. My valentines order has just arrived and can’t wait to put them on little lady next month.

Every item, I have found washes brilliantly, is so soft on my little ones super sensitive skin, and just looks stunning again and again.

I’ve shopped around a fair bit, and I’ve found they have the biggest range of personalised designs, have a vast range of safari animals. Which I love as my little one is a medical zebra baby (long story for another time). But obviously I then feel the need to have a lot of zebra items for her.

Both of her birthday outfits ended up being from them, and as soon as people saw them they understood why. They are just such good quality and little one is so comfy in them. Perfect for partying.

I love that they have products for every occasion, and as a mum who celebrates everything that’s right up my street. To my partners despair, she even ended up with New Year’s Eve jammies….

I really could keep going, I’m completely obsessed! This won’t be the last time I’m writing about them, as I already have a list of things I plan to order next…

Oh and did I mention they do the most stunning Pom Pom hats? Not only for baby but matching adult ones… going to be ordering my matching one next month!

I’ll be sure to update with what I think of the Valentine’s Day outfits once I try them on her, but already I know I’m in love with them. Can’t wait for the Easter range!

I highly recommend you go and have a browse for yourself, you can find them at https://lavishlittlestyle.com or their Instagram is linked below.. the are also on TikTok which I highly recommend checking out.

I also believe they’ve just lowered their postage fees, which can never be a bad thing!

Letters to my daughter

Letter to my babygirl…

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Hi baby,

So you’re one now. This past year has been a beautiful mess, a year full of ups, downs and all around chaos. The best year of my life while being the most testing, difficult year of my life.

You are the toughest, best thing to ever happen to me.

Becoming a mum has broken me down, built me up, and helped me find myself again. It’s made me hate myself, put myself down; made me see myself in a different way.

You’ve made me excited for each new day with you, made me excited for the future; made me want time to just stop.

I can hand on heart, without any element of doubt, say you are the best thing to ever come into my life. You are my reason for continuing to fight.

This next year I will do all I can for you. I’m learning to see myself through your eyes. I’m learning to realise that you need me, and you need me to look after myself.

You need me healthy, you need me strong; and it’s now down to me to make that happen.

I can’t thank you enough for showing me such unending love my baby. You’ve given me a purpose.

Although I wish time would slow down, wish you’d stay my tiny little bundle of cuddles forever, you are growing to be such a brave confident, stubborn little thing.

You are beautiful, you are smart, you are strong!

You are everything I could ever ask for!

So this year my babygirl, this year is our year. This is the year we’ll make countless more memories, we’ll do everything you could ever want, and this is the year I’m going to do everything within my power to be the best mum for you!

I want to give you the world, I want to show you how much you are loved. I want to make up for those who mistreat you, I want you to know that to me you’ll always be number 1.

Nothing will ever come before you.

With all my heart, I wish I could shield you from everything, i wish you never have to feel not good enough. And this year I’m going to do my best to do that.

I know you need more than just me, but I can’t stand you being treated 2nd best.

You are enough, you are amazing, and you make mummy so proud!

I pray with all my heart that you never feel less than. I wish I could understand why people think of you this way, understand so as to correct them. But I can just not understand.

You shouldn’t be held responsible for people’s opinion on me. Because you are your own little, beautiful person!

And I can’t wait to see the girl you become this year…

Mummy loves you more than I will ever know how to express. You are my world, my moon and my stars. You are my why, and my life.

So as I watch you sleep my darling, just know, mummy is going to make your second year the best it could possibly be. Because you deserve the very best.

So sweet dreams my princess, tomorrow is a new day, and we have your party to prep for…

Baby romper by Lavishlittlestyle

Hello 2022….
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Hello 2022….

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This past year has been one of the longest yet fastest years of my life… it’s been one of the best but most stressful years… but I got something from it that I wouldn’t change for the world.

Think the biggest thing is I became a mum this year. I now get to watch my beautiful brilliant daughter grow up each and every day. And that’s everything I feel I will ever need!

But having a baby in a pandemic is tough. It tests so much of your strength, relationships and mental stability.

I feel guilt on a daily basis for what my daughter has missed out on due to this pandemic, but I have to remind myself that she wouldn’t be who she is if she was born in any other time.

This year has had health worries, relationship troubles and plenty of financial stress! Turns out a hyphenated name is enough to confuse the child benefit people!

But one thing I’ve learnt is I need to stop looking back. I need to look to the future and try to be the best mummy and person I can be moving forwards.

Nothing can change the past, but I can do all I can to better myself for the future.

So 2022 will be the year that I try to be more open and present. I want to get more creative with things I do with my daughter and want to push myself out of my comfort zone to benefit her.

I’ve barely taken her out alone, just me and her, due to fear of not coping. I have so many doubts in myself as a mother, but I need to learn to manage this!

On days it’s just me and her I want to get out to baby groups, I want her to socialise so she doesn’t have the anxiety I have around new people.

I want us to have mummy daughter days exploring, and doing new activities.

I want to make memories.

Part of the way to better myself is to get in a healthier routine. I’m not going to be making any massive changes- that’s just unrealistic.

I want to start getting up and ready in the mornings. Even if it’s having breakfast and putting on clean jammies!

Currently I always get little lady fed and dressed. I have a habit staying in my jammies, eating junk food and drinking coke.

My hope is that getting out more will help like this.

And finally I want to be sticking with little ones swimming lessons. I signed her up back when she was 7 months old. We went for a couple of months and then from mid September it was one thing after another stopping us going. It got to a point I was looking for excuses.

It comes down to my fear of socialising and people I don’t know I think, but either way I need to stick with it. Both because of financial reasons and for her benefit.

So those are my very simple aims for the year. I may do a books goals post later but at this point I’m not sure.

What are you hoping to get from the year of 2022?

Make sure to be following my Instagram for lots of photos of little lady and a sneak peak before I do her introduction post!

And I’ve just joined TikTok, I’m sure I’m going to embarrass myself but here ya go…. Alexmariephillips