Dry like me review

While we have been potty training, as it has been lead by Nate we have been trying not to interfere with his desire to be in big boy pants and so when the opportunity arose to try a product that sits in his pants I jumped at the chance.

If you are looking for something that catches everything for a non-potty trained child, this is not the product for you. If you are looking for something that supports your child on the road to becoming potty trained this is perfect. We have used both the early potty training pads and the normal pads. The normal pad will deal with a little leak, in Nate's case sometimes I think he forgets or gets distracted for a moment and will come to me saying he's wet himself but he's dry other than the pad being slightly damp and then he'll finish his wee on the toilet. For me this is perfect as I don't want him to feel like he's in nappies and therefore can be lazy when we are out nor do I want to traipse around three changes of clothes just in case not to mention three sets of wet pants and trousers.

The pads give Nate the freedom to choose the pants he wants to wear on any given day but still having that little protection in case he has an accident. Nate will happily get the pad out and put it in his pants as well.

 

The pads with a little pocket to keep them in if there is nowhere to dispose of them.

 

In Nate's favourite Spiderman pants.

Disclaimer: We were sent some to review although had already purchased the early training pads previously

Days Out - Gorilla Perfume

I am a bit of a fan of Lush (understatement alert) so when they launched Gorilla Perfumes in 2010 without knowing what they were launching I signed up to go along. That first launch of perfumes was amazing, each room being dedicated to a perfume and the rooms were set up in such a way as to complement the perfume or tell a story.

The last week Gorilla Perfume has launched another set of Perfumes this is their 3rd Volume and the gallery was called Gorilla Perfume presents : Death, Decay & Renewal. I visited twice, once with Nate and another time without. Both times were enjoyable, although this time I didn't feel as immersed in most of the scents, there were props for all but the first time I missed a couple of perfumes without searching for them. To keep Nate entertained there was a comic with each page telling a story about each of the perfumes, this was used for us at least as a way of smelling each of the perfumes as you sprayed the page that related to the perfume. 

On the day I went with Nate the three sisters (3 of the perfumes) were missing but on the second visit they were there. I'm glad I went back as Sarie was by far my favourite perfume.

Mycellium

Cyanide

Three of the perfumes were not for sale (not including the 3 sisters), these were Mycellium, Cyanide and Dead Meadow. Cyanide was another favourite for me, it smelt of marzipan to begin with and then settled down to a slight almondy smell with a floral undertone. 

Dear John and Dad's Garden Honey and Camomile

Kerbside Violet

Dead Meadow

The Three Sisters

The exhibition was a lovely way to spend an hour or so and the shop contained a few of the original perfumes which had been repackaged. The layout really worked although it wasn't as good as the original or the second exhibition it didn't stop me or Nate from enjoying our time.

Potty training

A little while ago, I wrote a post about potty training and asked how to do it. Well recently Nate decided to do it by himself. He just started to take himself to toilet at nursery and put himself on the potty at home.

After a week of him taking himself to the toilet at nursery we decided to try him in big boy pants. Most of his pants have a character on the front so I explain we've got to try to keep them dry which he seems to understand and he will tell me at bedtime or toilet visits that Buzz or Spider-Man is still dry.

At nursery he's having the odd accident where he hasn't got himself to the toilet in time or has missed the toilet (he was sitting) and hit his clothes instead. We've had one accident overnight since he's asked to not wear a nappy over night. For four weeks in, we're very happy especially as it has been done to Nate's schedule.

Huggies Little Swimmers

On Tuesday, Nate and myself made our way to Wimbledon for an event held by Huggies Little Swimmers, from North West London on no less than three trains. Nate loved all of the changes although he was a little disappointed that the last train wasn't a "blue one".

We got to the venue which was a beautiful house with lovely grounds and of course a swimming pool. I was handed a name badge and a coffee. Nate who is always a little shy to begin with started to warm up and talk to people. 

Soon Nate realised there was a back garden and somehow managed to encourage Izzy (photographer) to go on an adventure outside and look at the ponds. Thank you, Izzy! He came back and I had to go on the same exploration and than he encouraged Little Pip and her mum to do the same. 

It soon came time to get into the pool. 

We tried out the Hygiene Mat which I wish we'd had when Nate first started swimming, and as long time users of Huggies Little Swimmers, Nate knew the drill for getting into his Little Swimmers. We started taking Nate to swimming lessons from 9 weeks old as its an important skill that lasts a lifetime, and we are glad we did as he is so confident around water.

We all got into the pool and had great fun taking part in a session suitable for 14week olds all the way up to nearly 3 year olds by Swimming Nature. Little Pip and Nate then got the opportunity to wear the lovely flowery swim hat that appears in the Little Swimmers advert. 

After swimming we were treated to a lovely lunch and a massage for the adults. 

As we left Nate noticed my name badge and asked what it said. I read "Lou & Nate" and he replied "that's half of Louise, mummy, Lou is half of Louise"

Thank you to everyone from Tuesday we had a great time and I loved the geeky chat about nappy chassis'.

The Allergy Show 2014

This weekend was the weekend of the allergy show. This year it linked up with the back pain show, v delicious(vegetarian) and Love Organic.

Brands worth mentioning:

Pudology

Rebel Kitchen

iRobot

KoKo

Secret sausages

As always we had a visit to the Pudology stand and found out our local Tesco stocks them by the Gü desserts. Then I had a little try of the Rebel Kitchens milk, Nate doesn't share his flavoured milk. The adult mylks were lovely especially the matcha green tea. 

The biggest complaint about the show this year was the lack of a show guide and what seemed like less space to walk around and signs for things but with no clear signs for where they would be occurring. 

Samsung Showcase

A few weeks ago, we attended a showcase of Samsung’s new fridge. This was a lovely event which was held at the Violin Factory with lovely food.

Looking at the fridge, which is an American style side by side fridge perfect for a family. The fridge has a showcase door which enables you to just have access to the things stored in the door of a fridge, which keeps the fridge nice and cool. It was great to hear how the fridge had been designed to contain multiple different milks etc… as a family who for a little while were all drinking different milks (cows milk, oat milk and coconut milk) it was a struggle to find them all space in our fridge. 

There is also a drawer designed in the showcase door for children to have easy access so you can encourage them to have healthy snacks.

To round off this fridge there is a freezer with Ice maker and water dispenser. Having measured our fridge at home this is slightly deeper so would only work in a bigger kitchen.

 Looking at the fridge from afar.