PRETTY YOUNG THING

I attended The Baby Show over the weekend! I thought i'd do a blog post about the event and let you know what I thought.

The Baby Show comes to Birmingham once a year and London a couple of times a year. With us living in Birmingham it was so easy to get to the event. I was kindly gifted tickets but they are available to buy on The Baby Show website or you can buy on the door.

It's good to have any idea of what your looking for as it can be quite over whelming. The exhibition hall is jam packed with stalls and they are all full of baby things from bibs, travel systems, carseats, clothing, bags, nappies and much much more...

We are only 16 weeks pregnant so we were going to browse different brands and products rather than actually buying anything on the day. I knew we wanted to compare and check out prams and travel systems and I found the baby show made this super easy as they had hundreds of prams all in one room. Madebymums had actually installed a track where you could test drive the prams too which was such a good idea! We're looking for a sturdy but lightweight travel system as we live in an apartment building with no lift. I like a chrome chassis and don't mind to much about the colour but right now we don't know the sex of the baby so have been looking at Black or Grey. The show was really good and we tested lots of prams and we got to put them up and down and see how easy they are to assemble etc.

We did buy a few bibs from a brand called Funky Giraffe Bibs and they had so many gorgeous patterns and colours to choose from! These were an absolute bargain at the show aswell!

I was contacted by a lovely brand MAM who were actually giving out free bottles at the show aswell as selling lots of fab products! I headed over to the stall as was shown their 6 in 1 electric steriliser. It is also a bottle and food warmer and also comes with a microwave steriliser. I will be featuring this in a review on my blog once baby is here and i've used it.

As well as checking out lots of fab new brands it was good to check out some that I've already heard of, there was so many amazing brands that were giving away lots of samples and goodies. We've ended up with so many samples of nappies, wipes and creams etc.

We also took part in the Red Cross Baby First Aid course which was really informative and I feel more confident I would know what to do if a baby was choking, burned or swallowed something poisonous.

The next show will be in London in October, tickets will be available closer to the date.


We had an amazing time at the show and would recommend it. If your still early in your pregnancy it might still benefit you to go and check out the brands and compare different products. We have a good idea on the travel system we want to get and have found lots of amazing brands via The Baby Show and although we didn't buy much had a great time. If we were further along in our pregnancy we would have bought a lot more stuff.  It's good to research before you go because we found some prices weren't that great and we found some products online for a lot less.


If any baby brands want to get in touch feel free! My email is amypyt@hotmail.co.uk

We are 14 weeks and 2 days today and it's been so long! I am going to do a first trimester update and I will go through all of my symptoms and how i've found the first 14 weeks.  Today I thought i'd just share our announcement and I also have tickets to the baby show to give away so you can read how to win those below!!

We have been trying for a baby so are really excited and happy about our news! I stopped taking the contraceptive pill back in September and just kind of decided to stop preventing pregnancy rather than actually trying to get pregnant, I was using the Ovia fertility app on my phone but this was more to track my cycle. In February I was late on my period (i'm never late) and I felt different, I was going to the toilet more so we picked up a few pregnancy tests. We did two pregnancy tests on the week that I was late and they were both negative so I thought it may just be down to stress that I hadn't started my period yet. About a week later I still felt a bit weird and said to Clint that I wanted to do another test and it had the faintest positive reading. So i did another test and this also had a really faint positive so I phoned my mom who was super excited and she basically said even if it's a faint line it still means i'm pregnant, she said she would bring me another test home from the doctors where she works. So Clint and myself just spent the day being excited but nervous as we wasn't sure if we were pregnant or not. We went round to my moms when she finished work and did the other test and this was even fainter than the two we'd done already so I was so scared that I wasn't pregnant, we had been doing the tests that show up a line so decided to go to Tesco and pick up a Clear Blue test that would say 'Pregnant' or 'Not Pregnant' so we took this back to my parents house and waited the 5 long minutes and up popped Pregnant 1-2 weeks!
It was crazy and for anyone getting a faint positive result just go and get a clear blue it's a lot less stress haha.

As I said i'm going to do some pregnancy updates on my blog and I really want to start doing outfit posts again, i've been abit paranoid incase anyone asked if I was pregnant. I'm already showing and have a nice little bump.

Thanks to everyone for all the lovely comments and likes over on instagram, twitter and facebook yesterday, my phone was going mental all day! I'm glad I can talk about it now!




This May get ready to enjoy a fantastic shopping experience at the UK’s leading pregnancy and parenting event of the year. The Baby Show with MadeForMums will be taking place from Friday 19th to Sunday 21st May, at the NEC Birmingham. Find everything you need for bump, baby and you - with amazing offers all in one place, for three days only!


The show is a great way to get hands on and try before you buy. Brand and product experts will be on hand to tell you everything you need to know, so it’s a great opportunity to compare products and find the right fit for you. There will be over 200 exhibitors showcasing a huge array of essential baby products from trusted brands as well as the latest innovations. All the major baby retailers will be there, alongside market leading brands such as iCandy, Stokke, UppaBaby, Chicco, Britax, MAM, Nuby, Mothercare and Italian brand Peg Perego! There will also be independent brands that you won’t find on the high street. And once you’ve shopped until you’ve dropped, don’t worry about all the carrying as you can take advantage of the free Emma’s Diary Collect-By-Car service where you can drop off all your purchases and continue until you’ve got a car full!


There will be a wonderful line up of speakers on The Baby Show Stage with MadeForMums including experts from the world of breastfeeding, sleep and nutrition! It really is a must-attend show for mums and dads to be, parents, friends and family members.

We’ve teamed up with The Baby Show to give away 2 pairs of tickets worth £20 each!


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comp ends 9/5/17 at 9pm (uk time) 

The Baby Show is taking place on Friday 19th May – Sunday 21st May inclusive, open from 9.30am to 5pm each day. Standard on the door tickets are £20. For more information please visit www.thebabyshow.co.uk.

Ticket Competition Terms & Conditions
No purchase necessary. Entrants must be aged 18 years or over. Competition is open to UK residents only.Entry into this competition confirms your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions and your agreement to be bound by the decisions of The Baby Show.

Entry is strictly limited to one person per ticket code. The winner will be notified by email or phone call once the competition closes. The winners will be selected at random from all the correct entries received before the closing date and time. All prizes must be accepted as offered. There can be no alternative awards, cash or otherwise. Entrants will receive a ticket code which can be activated at http://www.thebabyshow.co.uk/. Tickets cannot be sold on to third parties.