Late June 2008
Hello again everyone!
So, whats new with us?
Well, Brighton Baby Expo was a huge success (Thank criminy). We met loads of customers, put names to faces and got loads of useful feedback about what stresses you out most about breastfeeding in public. (Its still stretchmarks, love handles and finally nipple flashing - in that order).
Myself and Seren made it thought the day unscathed and at one point tried to use the breastfeeding room but it was too busy so ironically, had to sit outside to breastfeed. We are still composing the strongly worded letter of complaint to ourselves about the lack of available chairs :-). We also managed to make idiots of ourselves reporting a "poo-disaster" that appeared to have occurred at the front of the stand. Only to discover, after we had summonsed the cleaners, that it was in fact chocolate brownie, and not a dirty protest from one of our competitors....You would think we would be able to tell the difference between chocolate and poo by now....doesnt bode well for Easter at Mummy Looks Fab HQ.
Apart from all that, it was a really brilliant day and we can't wait until next year! (Better start planning now....)
On the home front, Mummy Looks Fab is having a major overhaul of the IT systems next week so it might take a few days to come back to any e-mail queries we get. We are still taking orders and they will be dispatched no later than July 1st, but please bear with us on anything else as hopefully we will be more efficient and sleek as a result of this small burst of activity.
I am taking the opportunity to go and stay at a Featherdown Farm in Leicestershire so that baby Seren can tell her baby-friends that her rotten parents made her spend her first holiday ever in a canvas tent without electricity or hot water....Seren's big brother will be in seventh heaven and rest assured, I have a credit card and the number of a local spa if everyone goes native and I can't cope....
So provided we don't crash altogether and I manage to find my way home again we should be up and running as "normal" for the first week in July......See you then and in the mean time, happy breastfeeding!
Early June 2008
Hello everyone,
Arrrggggggghhhhhhhhh.
There. That's better.
So its two days to go and are we ready!?! We went to the press launch on Thursday and had our photos taken for the local papers. Despite getting up at 5am and starting to prepare to leave the house by 11am, I still managed to turn up with un-brushed hair, no make-up and no big shades to hide it all behind. At one point, as my toddler was being dragged round for yet another action shot, he looked up and said "Mummy, I have lost my smile...." and Seren screamed so hard through most of it that there are a number of duff shots of all the other mums looking anxiously at Seren's pram instead of at the camera.
Still! At least we got there. And home again. On the right day.
Hopefully we will be slightly better prepared for the show itself on Sunday. Check us out on http://www.brightonbabyexpo.co.uk/ and we will hopefully see you there. We have some new styles at exclusive show prices that have not yet been put on the site, and we will also be giving away a free Breast Buddies breastfeeding reminder bracelet with every purchase (RRP £4.95). I have been using one since Seren was born and it has saved my life, and my boobs, on numerous occasions. http://www.breast-buddies.info/
So, thats it from us until the big day. Watch out for an un-brushed, un-made up, bedraggled looking woman with two screaming children in tow and you should find the stand!
Happy Breastfeeding from all at Mummy Looks Fab and hopefully see you on June 8th!