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Little Lighty Lights Out: A Review of the Gro Anywhere Blind

Posted onMarch 28, 2016April 20, 2018AuthorMrs Lighty5 Comments

When we designed Baby Lighty’s nursery, Mr and Mrs Lighty bought the curtains that matched Baby Lighty’s bedding and Moses basket. They were in the sale at a bargainous £3, so why not? But, Mr Read More …

CategoriesProduct Reviews, SeasonalTagsBaby Sleep, Black Out Blind, Gro Anywhere Blind, Portable Black Out Blind, The Gro Company

In Search of the Perfect Childcare

Posted onMarch 23, 2016March 24, 2017AuthorMrs LightyLeave a comment

It was never going to be a happy new year when 2016 started with my quest to find the perfect childcare for Baby Lighty. As readers of my previous post will know, I’ve already been Read More …

CategoriesChildcare, Parenting, Random Musings, Working MummyTagsChildcare, Maternity Leave, Return to Work, Working Mum

40 Weeks in, 40 Weeks out!

Posted onMarch 12, 2016January 26, 2018AuthorMrs Lighty30 Comments

When Mr Lighty took a photo of a very pregnant Mrs Lighty on Baby Lighty’s due date, at 40 weeks pregnant, I was determined to remember to get a photo of Mrs Lighty and Baby Read More …

CategoriesCelebrations, Parenting, Photography, Pregnancy, Random MusingsTags40 weeks, 40 weeks in 40 weeks out, 40 weeks pregnant, 9 month old baby, due date, Pregnancy

Mother’s Day: It’s Overrated Anyway!

Posted onMarch 7, 2016October 20, 2016AuthorMrs Lighty16 Comments

Yesterday was Mrs Lighty’s first Mother’s Day, hurrah! But on this first Mothering Sunday, I decided that there are two types of families out there: those that go all out, celebrate in style, and are Read More …

CategoriesCelebrations, Parenting, Random MusingsTagsFirst Mother's Day, Mother's Day, Mothering Sunday

The Lightys’ Low Papp A

Posted onMarch 3, 2016March 7, 2018AuthorMrs Lighty21 Comments

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, Mrs Lighty loved being newly pregnant. It was a time of such highs and such hope, culminating in seeing a perfect Baby Lighty on the monitor Read More …

CategoriesPregnancyTags12 Week Blood Tests, 12 Week Screening Tests, Low Papp A, Low PAPPA, NHS, PAPPA, Pregnancy

8 Milky Bottles: Nimble Babies Review

Posted onFebruary 25, 2016AuthorMrs LightyLeave a comment

There were 8 milky bottles, that had turned a shade of white; 8 milky bottles, that didn’t look quite right! So when Nimble Babies said, they could make them nice and bright; Mrs Lighty was Read More …

CategoriesFeeding, Product ReviewsTagsBaby Bottles, Bottle Wash, Feeding, Formula feeding, Nimble Babies, Nimble Babies Bottle Wash

Does the M25 Know?!

Posted onFebruary 16, 2016AuthorMrs LightyLeave a comment

“She can be a cruel mistress, the M25, but today I’ve been lucky,” Nessa from Gavin and Stacey once said. And a cruel mistress she can be. I say this not as a driver – Read More …

CategoriesRandom MusingsTagsCommute, M25, new mum

A Maternity Leave Well Spent

Posted onFebruary 9, 2016February 13, 2017AuthorMrs Lighty37 Comments

It’s with a heavy heart that I type this post. I really can’t believe that my maternity leave is coming to an end! It’s been fabulous having 9 months off with Baby Lighty – and Read More …

CategoriesParenting, Random MusingsTagsEnd of Maternity Leave, Mat Leave, Maternity Leave, New Mummy, Return to Work

Let them be Little

Posted onFebruary 1, 2016November 10, 2017AuthorMrs Lighty19 Comments

As mums, we’ll all recognise that red book with those charts. One of the first things people ask after you’ve given birth is how much the baby weighed. Right from the off, even if only Read More …

CategoriesFeeding, Parenting, Random MusingsTagsBaby Weight, Feeding, New Mummy, Percentiles, Weight

Wayfair’s Blog it Forward

Posted onJanuary 26, 2016AuthorMrs LightyLeave a comment

When the fabulous Dawn from Rhyming with Wine nominated me to participate in Wayfair’s #BlogItForward kindness project, I had a bit of a panic as to what good deed I could actually do by the Read More …

CategoriesRandom MusingsTags#BlogItForward, #MamaMail, Acts of Kindness, Blog it Forward, Mama Mail, Spreading Cheer, Wayfair, Wayfair's Blog it Forward

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Hi, I'm Nicola, or Mrs Lighty as I'm more commonly known. Welcome to my little corner of the internet! You'll find lots of parenting highs, lows, loves and laughs here. Got any questions? Feel free to contact me at: mrslighty@allthingsspliced.co.uk

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