It’s not just my wardrobe that needs updating this month, Country Bebe is celebrating his first birthday coupled with a huge growth spurt. As you can see from our shopping list below, CB can usually be found sporting stripes, navy, red/orange and the odd intarsia animal. I like to mix…
CF Family
Charting life, loves and potty training with two small boys and finding my way through parenting, without parents.
Birthday celebrations: a weekend in photos
It’s been a four-day long birthday celebration in this little corner of Devon. And I ain’t complaining. I have been thoroughly spoilt. My mother in law sweetly got me this huge bouquet, filled with our wedding flowers. Clockwise from top: A gorgeous soft scarf from Kew that will look amazing…
School’s out…and maybe the sun too.
This post has been lurking around in my archive for a while. Basically I figured I’d wait for the sun to shine before I did a post on sunscreen. The wait has been long my friends. I wrote about my favourite sunscreen brands a while ago and although they work…
Snapshot: the nursery
I have done a series of posts on snapshots from around our new home. As little corners emerge I thought I’d share them with you; my style finds in context. Next up – the nursery. Built in the 60s our new home is a conventional layout for family life. A…
Country Bebe roadtests reusable gNappies
When you’re pregnant (for the first time at least) you have lots of Good Intentions. 1/ I will not co-sleep with my baby 2/ I will only let organic, home-cooked food pass their lips 3/ I will use only re-usable nappies. Well, lets just say, at 4am I would have…
Baby-friendly cleaning with Method
A lot of things change when you have a baby: 1/ your beauty regime becomes less a process of perfection and more ‘have I brushed my teeth today?’ 2/ when once you enjoyed leisurely 3-course meals, a sandwich inhaled whilst you balance a colicky baby on your knee becomes the…
Baby bags for the handbag obsessed
Before Country Bebe (BCB) I was a handbag gal with a serious addiction. You know the type: shelves lined with bags all tucked up in their dust sleeves; each with an affectionate pet name – Melman the Mulberry, Pauline the Paul Smith… Or is that just me? With size 9/42…
Baby chic
So, after 11 weeks of motherhood I figure I am qualified to say: Britain’s style choices for the under 5’s suck. The high-street offerings for our little treasures range from a walking billboard (the worst I’ve seen: ‘Made in 60 seconds’), to a wardrobe more suited to either a Westside…
Country Fille hiatus
Hello readers – how’s things? Been busy? Me too – I made this since we last spoke. Pretty cool huh? So, I’m hoping you’ll excuse my silence (better than ‘my dog ate my homework’ I hope). The little chap’s called Dante Marco Mansi, so far I won’t say it’s been…