Beat The Chill - Sleeping bags

With weather not improving yet to Spring like temperatures we have been talking about our baby sleeping bags.

Sleeping bags are very popular with many parents nowadays. The great thing about them is that your baby can’t kick them off, which means that he is less likely to wake up because he’s feeling too cold. Although you can buy baby sleeping bags for newborn babies, most parents start using them when their baby is a few weeks old. If you are using a sleeping bag for your baby, you will only need a few bottom sheets for the cot as well. Or, if it is a very cold day, you may want to put a blanket over the sleeping bag.The Foundation for Study of Infant Death recommends that you should

 never use a sleeping bag with a quilt or duvet, as it will make your baby far too hot. 

 

 Tip: Choose a sleeping bag that’s suitable for the season – our sleeping bags have a tog rating of 2.5

which is suitable for all year round, depending on the room temperature. If your baby is sweating or her tummy feels hot to the touch, remove some of the bedding. Don’t worry if her hands or feet feel cool, this is normal.

Pros

• No covers to throw off means your baby stays the same temperature all night

• If you’re away from home and your baby will be sleeping in an unfamiliar place, the sleeping bag will be something familiar to him

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Our sleeping bags have a zip guard so no delicate skin can be trapped in the zipper.
One design has a centre front opening the other design has sthe opening on the side. No design is better than the other - it is your personal choice and of course your prefered print design!
All our sleeping bags are £29

February chill

We have made our annual trip back home to Sweden for half term. The weather was lovely though really really cold. It is so nice to come back and visit and this time we were able to get skating on the frozen lake!

The children use their skates but also the "pulka" which is a chair with metal bars on - ideal to use on icy roads or lakes. One sits and enjoys the scenery and one stands and pushes!

Coming back inside makes you want to get cosy warm with a warm blanket on the sofa and some hot chocolate in your hand - waiting for Spring to arrive....

Pancake day - Fastlagsbullar - Fasching

Today is Shrove Tuesday

The time to eat tasty pancakes (if you live in the UK or USA), Fastalgsbulle (Swedish buns - if you are Swedish) or celebrate Fasching, (that’s the German carnival - if you are German)!
Thinking back when I was a child (I grew up in Sweden and Germany) I have very fond memories of this time of year. The weather was usually bland and had not much more to offer than cold temperatures and snow (if we were lucky occasional beautiful crisp sunshine though) - but this time of year was the time when I ate my Mormors Fastlagsbulle (also called Semla), a Swedish delicious bun with vanilla flavoured whipped cream!






The semla was originally eaten only on Shrove Tuesday, as the last festive food before Lent. Lent is traditionally a period of abstinence, associated with clearing your cupboards of goods such as sugar, fats and eggs, because it represents a good opportunity to use such ingredients ahead of the fasting period.
Today however, semlor are available in Swedish shops and bakeries every day from shortly after Christmas until Easter. Each Swede consumes on average five bakery-produced semlor each year, in addition to all those that are homemade so they say!

I also celebrated Fasching, which I loved as I could not think of something more fun than planning my costumes well in advance. I had different costumes for different parties. I was sewing, painting, building, altering, stitching, painting…




Fasching or Karneval as it is known in Germany derives from the words carne levare (to take away meat) and thus to another aspect of the Lenten fast. It is often celebrated with street processions and fancy dress.
People will celebrate in costume at various carnival community events and individual parties. Carnival parades abound, it is literally the weekend for people to live it up.



So today with having my own family and living in London I try to pass on those fond memories of my own childhood. My children do enjoy the traditions and they do break up those grey cold days until the actual Spring starts.
This weekend we had Semla, baked not by my Mormor (grandmother) but my mother. We celebrated Fasching in the German Saturday School and today, well today we will have pancakes!
Its fantastic not only to pass on but mix traditions to make this time more fun.

If you like to try Swedish pancakes here is what to do!

Serves: 4

4 eggs

475ml milk

60g plain flour

1 tablespoon sugar

1 pinch salt

2 tablespoons melted butter

In a large bowl, beat eggs with a whisk. Mix in milk, flour, sugar, salt and melted butter.

Preheat a frying pan. Pour a thin layer of batter on pan, and spread to edges. Cook until top surface appears dry. Flip with a spatula. Cook for another 2 minutes, or until golden brown. Roll each pancake up, and serve....

My Mum used to make these for us at home. Served with lingonberries, sprinkling of icing sugar or vanilla whipped cream - that is what I am going to do for mine when they come back from school today.

Mum Magazine feature - Special 2013

Our cuddly soft rabbit comforter has been featured in the German magazine Mum Special 2013! It is all about comforters and their power to calm, relax and make baby happy. Our beep beep looks in great company!