Very Cool Buy: Barielle 60 Second Mani-Pedi

Last week as I lay in bed at 2am having an internal groan that Nia seemed reluctant to settle back to sleep , I rubbed my feet together absent-mindedly and promptly forgot her for a few moments as I marvelled at how soft and smooth my feet felt. The boyf gave me Barielle 60 Second [...]

New Shop Crush: Pipii

It shouldn’t surprise you that I can get a little, erm a lot, obsessive in my googling. Last night I got it into my head that I simply must find some paper snowflake decorations to hang. During my little frenzy of snowflake searching I came across my new shop crush: Pipii. With Monty and Betsy’s [...]

BG Christmas Gift Guide: Big People

Welcome to the Bambino Goodies Christmas Gift Guide 2011! If like us, you’ve spent spent oodles of time investigating gift ideas for children but have forgotten about yourself or another ‘big kid’ in your life, we’re here with more than fifty ideas for everything from stocking fillers to a few splurge items starting from under [...]

Dutch Bikes

Ever since seeing Lianne of The Pippa and Ike Show flying down the Gloucester Road on her fabulous Dutch Cargobike I have been intrigued by them. With the rising cost of petrol I’m looking for ways to ditch the car permanently. The Cargobike seems to be a perfect solution: a bike which has enough space [...]

The Great Autumn Winter Maternity Coat Hunt

Baby it’s cold outside and with a hard Winter predicted this is not the year to forgo the maternity coat. We have scoured the shops to find the hottest maternity coats and jackets. We are very excited to see some bright colours this season and the stand out trends seem to be double-breasted, duffel and [...]

Lillipops

Lillipops are little ice pops made from spring water and natural flavours designed to ease nausea, heatburn and dry mouth in pregnancy. There are five flavours: ginger, grapefruit & tangerine, lime & vanilla, camomile & orange and lemon & mint and they come in multi-boxes of 20. When we heard about these iced soothies we [...]

Ladybird Classic Me Books app

I’m more than a little obsessed with Ladybird books. I have a few saved from my own childhood that I’ve topped up with eBay and junk shop finds, a mix of practical learning tomes and nursery stories (although not The Three Billy-Goats Gruff – that troll still gives me nightmares!) So it was encouraging to [...]

Shape-O! iPad app

Fantastic shape, colour and alphabet learning iPad app.

Plic Ploc Wiz iPad app

Eagle-eyed Kat turned me onto this little gem. As a new iPad owner and fanatic I’m always on the lookout for cool, designy apps and Plic Ploc Wiz (how cute is this name?) fulfils all the criteria. Subtitled ‘funny illustrations’, it’s essentially a colouring and ‘sticking’ app based on the quirky designs of Pepillo, aka [...]

Wonderland – New contemporary baby & children’s knitting pattern book by MillaMia

I’ve been a fan of MillaMia, the collection of modern knitting patterns for babies and kids by sister duo Katrina and Helena, ever since Kat featured them last year. Along with their range of merino wool, their collection features books and individual knitting patterns plus they’re going to be in John Lewis this autumn where [...]

The Starting School Survival Guide: a handy guide for when your child starts school

I’m still pinching myself in disbelief, but Saria ‘the bambino’ is starting school next month – sob! I’ve been a little anxious about it because she was only 4 in May, she’s still my baby and also because you do hear a lot of jibber jabber and scary stories about schools. Considering it’s 29 years [...]

Super Hot: Moleskine Baby Journal

I know a lot of Moleskine addicts so I think the baby journal from their ‘passions’ collection of notebooks designed for documenting the loves of your life, is bound to be hugely popular. From pregnancy through to the first two years of baby’s life, this subtle yet super stylish 240 page notebook with embossed cover, [...]

Crayate iPad colouring app

We’re embarking on the (terrifyingly) long-haul trip to Australia in November, so I’m stocking up on anything and everything that might keep Alfie entertained. Unfortunately, (like all us BG ladies) I’m really picky and every colouring pad/sticker book/iPad app has to have a design element as well as being creative or educational. Which is why [...]

Last Minute Father’s Day Gift Suggestions

As usual, it’s suddenly rushed upon us that it’s Father’s Day and if like us you’re on the lookout for some gift inspiration, here are a few that we’ve loved including suggestions from readers on Facebook. Amazon Kindle for the bookworm, gadget loving dad. £111 wireless, £152 for 3G and wireless. Storing up to 3500 [...]

Cool iPad Apps for Kids: Will and Kate – A Love Story

Royal wedding fever seems to be upon everyone but me, but finally with only three days to go, I’ve found something commemorating the occasion that has drawn me in. Will and Kate – A Love Story is one of those apps that reminds you of the greatness of the iPad for expanding storytelling into an [...]

Next Page »