Recently I was asked by Mothercare to share some advice and ideas on my first baby's first Christmas for a blog post that they were putting together.
Bloggers Tips for a Baby's First Christmas
I was more than happy to do so and now that their post is live I thought I would share my whole piece with you guys.
Noah
Bloggers Tips for a Baby's First Christmas
I was more than happy to do so and now that their post is live I thought I would share my whole piece with you guys.
Noah
Noah was born on
December 18th, 2007 so his very first Christmas is a total blur and
I can’t really remember much apart from staying up most the night watching
Father Ted and breast feeding and eating brownies!
So when people ask me
about Noah’s first proper Christmas I always remember Christmas 2008 where he
had just turned 1 and was already walking.
I remember going
really OTT with the decorations in our little flat and making a ridiculous
amount of paper snowflake’s and putting up our very first Christmas Tree.
He didn’t really take
any notice of any of it and continued doing what he did most days.
I was so worried it
wouldn’t be perfect that I forgot he was only 1 and wouldn’t actually remember
if there were decorations.
Christmas eve we went
over and stayed with my parents so that we could all wake up together and for
the first time in a long time make a big fuss of Christmas morning as he was
the first grandchild!
We did the carrot for
Rudolph and drink for Santa and I even started a tradition that the boys all
still have, which is brand new Christmas pjs to go to bed in!
It felt nice to be
making a fuss again as the magic really does fade away once you enter your
teens and adulthood.
So even though Noah
had no idea what we were doing we all really enjoyed doing it.
Christmas morning we
had breakfast first as I was adamant that Noah would stick to his routine.
Noah loved seeing all
the pretty coloured boxes of all shapes and sizes under the twinkling tree and
Seeing as he’d just had a birthday he knew full well what was to be done with
those boxes and was more than eager to get going and started helping himself
too all the boxes that took his fancy.
He got very spoilt
that year and everyone enjoyed doing so.
I remember his favourite present was a toy
hoover from Mothercare that my Gran had bought for him as she knew how much he
loved pretending to use my hoover to clean around the flat.
He had his first
taste of Christmas dinner that year too, and from what I can remember he ate it
all up.
I do wish I knew
about Baby Led Weaning back then as that would have made my meal time much
easier and I think he would of enjoyed it more as he was a very hands on baby!
I over stressed the little things and over
spent on presents for him as I worried he wouldn’t have enough but in the end
he had more than he knew what to do with and if I asked him now what he got he
wouldn’t even know and to be honest I hardly remember what he got!
I also stressed too much
on trying to keep him in his usual routine,
not only did it not work as meal times were
all out of sync and there was far too much going on for him to nap.
I stressed out and
didn’t enjoy the day as much as I should have.
Noah survived not
having his usual routine and so did I.
I have learned from
this and with all the other boys first Christmas I was much more relaxed and
enjoyed the day a lot more!
When Noah did get a
little grizzly around lunchtime we popped on some shoes and took him out for an
afternoon stroll and left mum to crack on with lunch and by the time we got
back Noah was fast asleep and I was calmer and able to enjoy the rest of the
day!
My bit of advice is
to not worry about going too mad with the presents as they don’t really need
much for their first Christmas and will be quite happy with something little.
Maybe focus buying
little keepsakes that you can keep to remember your 1st baby’s very
first Christmas.
Try not to stress the
little things, if your routine does goes out of sync don’t fret life will go on
and the baby will survive.
If you end up feeling
stressed pop on your coat and take babe for a stroll and I promise it will make
you feel 100x better!
I can't believe that my first little baby is about to have his 10th Christmas!!
Where did the time go?!
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In return for writing my tips and advice Mothercare very Kindly sent the Twins & Ru some gorgeous festive PJs and a very cool Christmas Eve box that I can fill with goodies for all four boys.
The Christmas Eve box and PJs can be found over on Mothercare's Christmas shop.
Keep an eye on the blog to find out what I'll be putting inside the Christmas Eve box.
I can't believe that my first little baby is about to have his 10th Christmas!!
Where did the time go?!
******************************
In return for writing my tips and advice Mothercare very Kindly sent the Twins & Ru some gorgeous festive PJs and a very cool Christmas Eve box that I can fill with goodies for all four boys.
The Christmas Eve box and PJs can be found over on Mothercare's Christmas shop.
Keep an eye on the blog to find out what I'll be putting inside the Christmas Eve box.
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