Cinderella, Jasmine, Rapunzel, Belle, over the past years I have written about quite a few of the gorgeous Disney princesses and my girls have fallen in love with every single one of them. Then there is my son, always keen to watch the adventures of Aladdin, Eugene and other famous Disney heroes. Of course it is nice to cosy up under a blanket and watch your [read more]
When a new baby enters the family it can be quite challenging to keep everyone happy. Even though my older three are quite used to sharing my attention it still took them a couple of weeks for them to get used to the new addition and sometimes having to wait a few minutes when I am feeding or changing her. Especially during the school holidays [read more]
If you are a regular Hip little one reader you may have read that our smallest addition is a very cute but not overly happy baby. Now of course I would love to sit down and hold her all day but the reality is that that is just not possible when you have 3 other children to look after and a household to run. Some [read more]
On tv, in the catalogues, at the shops and on Facebook, it looks like everyone is gearing up for Mother’s Day and there is no escaping it even if you wanted to. At gr8x they have been counting down the days too and to help get you in the mood they are giving away their brand new Alice Shoulder Bag in the very unique black/tan colourway. [read more]
With the kids going back to school tomorrow many parents will be cleaning out backpacks, checking lunchboxes and ironing the school clothes. If your child has grown a lot last term it is not only time for a new school uniform, it is also time to give the car restraint a big checkover. Troy Jones, well known from the Being Dad book, DVD’s and movies, has stepped up [read more]
Sadly the rain kept us stuck inside on quite a few days these holidays and after a while the familiar books, games and puzzles got a little boring. It may have been raining outside but inside we were nice and warm, so I decided to bring some outside fun indoors and put together an inside picnic. With school going back next week it was the perfect opportunity [read more]
Here at Hip little one we really enjoy sharing hip finds and we especially love it when we are (one of) the first to trial an exciting new product. A few weeks ago the award winning Out’n’About prams arrived in Australia and I was lucky enough to take one for a test drive. The Out’n’About brand may be new to Australia but back in its [read more]