Welcome to our Black Friday Extravaganza!! November means Black Friday which means, bargains to be had!!! We have teamed up with our NIPA (Nursery Industry Products Association) friends to share the deals. You can get 20% off each brand for 7 days with code NIPABLACKFRIDAY. Valid from Saturday 23rd – 30th November. Mama Designs create …
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Black Friday Extravaganza
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Ideas to mark your business birthday
Mama Designs turns 11 next week, so I thought it would be a good idea to share a blog post with ideas to mark your business birthday! However old your business is, you will probably want to mark the anniversary of your starting your business. If you don’t then you need a kick up the …
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5 Tips for the business and baby juggle
I am writing this with my 4 1/2 month old sidekick Daisy, rarely leaving my side. It has been a long time since I worked like this as my older two are at school. Some of the issues are slightly different when you have older school age children on half term so I have added …
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Connie Simmonds Q&A
Today I am chatting with the lovely Connie Simmonds, new mama to Macie and all around inspirational lady! Connie, I first discovered you via Instagram when you were pregnant with Macie. For anyone who doesn’t know you, how would you describe what you do/ the kinds of stuff you share in your blog and on …
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BundleBean’s Guide to baby wearing, slings and carriers
You may well decide to give baby wearing a go – whether you are brand new parent seeking to keep a grizzly baby held and secure or a busy mum with a toddler on the loose, there are many advantages to consider! We’ll talk more about the benefits of choosing to carry your baby, but …
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Making the most of exhibiting at a baby show/ consumer show/market
I thought it might be useful to share how you can make the most of any baby fairs, markets or shows you exhibit at. Events can be expensive to exhibit at. You have to consider the time out of work or your weekend, plus the preparation time and any hired help or staff costs. However …
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Stokke Tripp Trapp and baby set review
I have been meaning to tell you about our Tripp Trapp for ages but y’know a new baby gets in the way a bit! We were very kindly gifted a Tripp Trapp and Newborn seat from Stokke and we have been using it for the last few months. Firstly I want to say that this …
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Top 5 newborn baby essentials.
Today we hear from Lauren Roberts, who is raising two beautiful children and studying to be a lawyer at the same time. Lauren shares her 5 top baby essentials with one of them being a Mama Designs Cellular Blanker. You can find Lauren on Instagram @talesoftinytedstones. Chicco next to me crib. Used this crib with both …
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Summer holiday abroad with a newborn
We have recently had a holiday with our newborn so I thought that I would write a post about travelling abroad with a tiny baby (11-12 weeks in this case) but I’ve also done it with a 7 week old. Both times we had a villa holiday. For me this meant that we could do …
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My Home Birth Story – Keira
Thought that it was about time I shared my home birth story now that Daisy is 12 weeks old… After several frustrating false starts in the two previous weeks, at 39 weeks and a day my labour started. Early labour had actually started the day before and we had had the home birth midwife out, …
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