The diary of a work-at-home mum with a passion for slings

We’re Going To The Scottish Baby Show

Monday January 4th, 2010 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

I am immensely excited to reveal that SnugBaby will be exhibiting at the Scottish Baby Show at Glasgow SECC, from 23rd to 25th April. The Scottish Baby Show is the country’s biggest event dedicated to pregnancy, birth, baby and beyond. The show has been created especially for parents and parents-to-be and brings together over 150 [...]

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Toddler breastfeeding doll is “crude”

Thursday May 21st, 2009 in Uncategorized | 6 Comments »

As reported in The Telegraph yesterday, this is the picture that has come under heavy critism after it was displayed in a Rochdale hospital. It shows a littl girl of about 2 or 3 years pretending to breastfeed her dolly. It is, of course, perfectly natural for little girls to copy their mummy, and many [...]

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Tish Tash Toys

Thursday May 14th, 2009 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Thank you to Claire at for inviting me to write an article as guest blogger. Myself and husband Dan are in the children’s toy business near Axminster in East Devon. We have sold beautiful wooden and traditional toys for babies and young children via www.tishtashtoys.com for four years now. We also run a team of [...]

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Tommy’s – giving babies the best chance of being born healthy

Thursday January 29th, 2009 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

You may remember, back in November, SnugBaby were at the “Bumps, Babes and Beyond” baby fair in Nantwich which was organised by Hullabaloo Kids, and held in support of Tommy’s baby charity. We have just had an update from Sharon at Hullabaloo, and it looks like the event was a great success! Jane Brewin, Chief [...]

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Beyond Bumps and Babes

Tuesday November 25th, 2008 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

We had a lovely day on Saturday at Nantwich, and as always it was great to meet some of our fellow babywearing advocates. Given the recent news articles about babywearing and slings, it was hardly suprising that people showed interest in carrying their babies in slings, and in SnugBaby. There was lots going on throughout [...]

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Birthday time and special offers

Friday October 17th, 2008 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

What a busy week is has been in the SnugBaby house! It was Son#2′s birthday this week, so much of my time has been taken up modelling a tiny little Postman Pat and Jess from icing – no mean feat, I tell you! We have taken delivery of some of the new BabyLegs styles, so [...]

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Summer Sling Show

Monday May 26th, 2008 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The Summer Sling Show is a great opportunity to talk about babywearing, to find out more about the different products available and to meet up with other babywearers from around the country – not only that, but we’ll be there! On the day we’ll have a stand with slings to try and buy, one of [...]

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