Raffle - 28th September 2013

Ladies and Gentleman.......

I can Confirm that the 'My Little Head Raffle' (Raising money for Headstart4Babies) is going to be held at the 'BUMBLE BEE NEARLY NEW SALE' https://www.facebook.com/bumblebeeNearlyNewSales on:

Saturday 28th Septmber
Time: 10.00am - 12.00pm
Venue: Willingdon Community School, Broad Road, Willingdon, East Sussex
Entry: FREE!

I forgot to mention, Cakes and refreshments are also available!

Put it in your Fcebook Diary Here: https://www.facebook.com/events/221577217998382/?notif_t=plan_user_joined

We will also be having a stall selling baby bits with all profits going to our charity (if anyone has any bits they would like to donate drop me a message)

We would also like to let you in on a few of the prizes that have arrived and are stored away waiting for their lucky winners to take them home......

• Mimos Plagiocephaly Prevention Pillow
• 3 x Bandana Bibs from Zippy Suit
• Huge hamper of Ellas Kitchen Goodies
• Clair de Lune Pram Blanket
• Selection of bath toys by Nuby
• £40 JoJo Maman Bebe Voucher
• £50 Boden Voucher
• £25 Plum Hamper Voucher
• Sophie la Giraffe range - Bib, Sippy cup and Bath Toys
• Hydroschool Swimming Lesson (6 week course) for 1x parent and 1x Baby/Toddler
• 6 Month Supply of Pregnacare Plus
• Photobox A4 Photobook Voucher
• Aden + Anais Swaddles & Swaddle Love Book
• Aden + Anais Muslins and Bibs
• MAM bottle starter set
• Joy and Joe baby Wrap in Lemon Yellow
• Annual Tastecard Membership
• 2 x Lilla Kuddis Plagiocephaly Prevention Pillows
• 2 x Cheeky Chompers Dribble Bibs
• Signed mounted Print 'Mias Poppies' by Belle and Boo
• 4 x Tickets to Sid Sloane Cbeebies show provided by Eastbourne Theatres
• Magic Inkless Print kit by SmallPrint
• Case of Bio Baby Nappies (Size 3 and 4) provided by Mama Bloom
• Sa-be Baby Carrier (Winner to pick Colour)
• Baba Sling (Winner to pick Colour)
• Personalised Bunting by Bows and Buttons
• Cut and Blow Dry by Hairdresser Natasha Mewett
• 2 x Chillipeeps teats
• 2 x Belt up Kidz safety Buckles
• 1 x Gift Basket (all in one, cellular blanket and snuggle toy) from Loubilou
• 2 x Training cups by Dr Browns
• weaning storage set by Dr Browns 
• weaning kit by Vital Baby
• Sing and Sign (eastbourne) course for parent and Baby 
• Gro Company Gro Bag 6 - 18 Months
• 9 x Crawlerz Sleepsuits (Various colours and Sizes)
• £25 Clarks First Shoes Voucher 
• Baby/toddler shoot by photographer Nicola Kirk
• 9 x amber bead Anklets
• 9 x amber bead Necklaces
• Theraline Baby Pillow
• Funky Giraffe Bib selection, Burp Cloth and t-shirts
• GumiGem Sahara Braclet
• Lansinaoh Breast Pads
• CosyPlay Memory Foam Play Mat

There are a few more prizes awaiting arrival - watch this space!!

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Twitter!

My Little Head has a new Twitter page -  follow us @My_little_Head

We would really like to get awareness and prevention spread as far and wide as possible, so where better than Twitter!
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2 week result!

So this is Finnys progres on the chart after just two weeks - not bad stuff huh?

A little bit of Loubilou!

Loubilou have very kindly donated this gorgeous Newborn baby gift box as a prize in our upcoming raffle. This beautiful set comes in classic white and contains a 100% cotton all in one, a cellular blanket and a snuggly little bunny all presented in a decorative hat box, finished off with a tie ribbon.

Loubilou is a new online retailer offering parents a global emporium featuring individual sellers of children’s clothing, gifts, toys and accessories from all over the world in one convenient place. Unlike some marketplaces Loubilou offer their customers items that stand out as unusual and unique in the baby, toddler and child world and a website to match. They also offer items for all audiences, if you have ten birthdays coming up and your looking for something a bit lower in price, Loubilou have it or say you've hit the jackpot they have some higher end products - but which ever side of the scale your shopping at, you wont be disappointed. Loubilou is one of is one of these sites that if I was a Millionaire I would end up buying it all twice over!! Visit them here: http://www.loubilou.com/

Heres some of my favourite Picks: 

Knitted TREX £12.95

Cloud and Raindrops mobile £30.00

Classic stripe cashmere baby blanket £125.00

Finnys 1st Check up

On Friday Finny had his first check up since having his Helmet. He has had an improvement of 4mm in 2 weeks!! So he is now down from an asymettry of 18mm to 14mm. So he is now borderline Sever/moderate on the chart - I forgot to take my little booklet up, I will contact Corrin to see if I can get the measurements then I can plot it on our chart and take a picture to show his progress,
His head looks so round already also - we tried to get a picture yesterday but he just would not sit still long enough in one position. We will try again tonight, then we can show it against the picture we took at 17 weeks and you too will be able to see!!
Im so excited for him, I know he doesnt have a clue whats goin on, but he has excepted it so well, its like he doesnt have it on which makes me feel that we have with no doubt made the right choice for him!
Next appointment is in September - I cant wait!

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We Made the Local Paper!!!

Just a quick one before I go out - Our lovely neigbour caught me as I came back from the shops this morning and showed me the Fins article in the paper!! I totally forgot it was due out today when I woke up this morning!!!
Great article - although I should mention that the article states Finny had an operation - he didnt, they mould a helmet from a special foam head they make from scaninng him into a computer - no operations involved!!

Anyway must Dash - were off to Sevenoaks soon for Finnys first check up!!
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Is that a Raffle I hear?

Well some we have some exciting news going on, details are still being confirmed - I should know definatley in the next few days so I will start giving out more infomation then, BUT we will be holding a Raffle with all our profits going the Headstart!!
I have contacted some people and have had such an overwhelming response of support - even from those people who are unable to doante prizes!
However heres a sneaky peak who have already offeredsome prizes!!!! Im hoping to be able to get a few more before we hold the raffle!!

Blog Updates!

So I have been very busy the last few days as well as it being my Birthday yesterday - I'm getting old now!! I am rearranging the blog slightly, I realise one of my very first blog post and one of the most important for the site has really disappeared as its at the very beginning - so if you look under the banner we now have some tabs! I have tabbed a new - What is Plagiocephaly page with lots of details about symptoms, risks, prevention and treatment so anybody that would like more information can now click that easily.
I will also be making some other tabs to go up there when I get time. These are going to include an about us section which will be brief and a contacts page and most definitely when I do my research the different types of infant carriers there are out there and where you can purchase them from. I have been in contact with two different ladies who make and sell wraps/carriers and they have been so brilliant - There wraps are pretty darn Brilliant too go check them out at Amawrap and Joy and Joe. Wraps and Carriers are a great way to get your baby from laying down an putting pressure on their soft little heads so they are a great preventative measure against Plagiocephaly - on top of that there's no better way to Bond with your little one than to have them nuzzled up against you!

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Photobox Photobook Review

A4 PHOTOBOOK REVIEW

So I thought I could use my blog to review and test products - to give you guys a helping hand if your considering using a service or buying a product!!

Today I will review our gorgeous A4 photobook that I ordered as a very special fathers day present for Chris.

We kept saying that we we were going to print out all our beautiful baby pictures that we had taken of Finny since he was born, but life just kept getting in the way - So I thought what a perfect present - a Photobook!

So to my Horror, there was a thousand and one sites offering their services and I just didn't know where to start. I tried a couple but I found even the logging in process was very confusing. I had heard of photobox and family and friends have used their picture printing services - so I thought I would give them a go. I have to say I found the website easy to navigate, I was able to find the section of the site i wanted straight away and I was offered my options clearly and concisely. Although at this point I was still a bit unsure whether the construction of the book was going to be easy. However I was more than happy to give it a go when a special offer popped up to save 50%!! This is one of the things I really like about this site is the amount of special offers that are always available. If they don't correspond to what you want I can guarantee, wait a few days and something will pop up!!

So onto the construction - Easy peesy, I had complete control over the whole book. There were templates that you can use and also customise or you can completely make your own. I chose to start off with the Baby boy template (obviously) Very cute with lots of browns, whites and Blues and spots, stripes and Stars along with lots of little matching graphics.

 

Uploading my pictures was simple and clear - and they even have simple faces to let you know if the size you want your photo is ok to go with the resolution of your picture. If you don't get all the fancy talk - basically if you upload a picture and you want it to fit the whole page and the image isn't good enough, you get a sad red face. A green smiley face lets you know all is good and a orange unemotional face - lets you know the image isn't the best but will be ok if your happy with that - if not delete it and get another.

There are many options about layouts from full sized A4 photos to up to 12 images if that's what you want and again you just select the layout for that page and add your pictures. If your not happy its so easy to go back and alter it.

You also have the options to add text to your pages - which I took advantage off and put in a few fathers day poems!

 

The colour schemes are pre selected ie text colour and background colours but these can easily be changed to suit.

So having a baby to look after and trying to hide what I am doing it took me a couple of days before I was happy with my final selections. It was simple to save and I was able to log back in a find my book with Ease. The preview is great and lets you see what you have created.

So I paid and was able to add my promotion code without having to hunt for the promo slot which can be really frustrating on some sites and 50% was taken off. I received all my confirmation details, estimating delivery just before fathers day.

To my surprise, I received the photobook before the time stated which for me is a bonus as I hate waiting around for things and makes a change from the usual lateness of the posties!!

I was desperate to have a peek of my book and when I opened the package I was not disappointed. The hard cover is beautiful and shiny and protects all the pages well, the book has been put together and you can see the quality just from looking at it. The photos are gorgeous and the images have come out beautifully - non of this uploading a picture only for it to print too light or dark - completely different to the image you had agreed!

All in all this book is just fantastic, we have comments about it all the time and its a keepsake for our little boy that is going to last forever . I would highly recommend photobox to anyone who is considering purchasing a photobook - we will definitely be using them again!

Get your Photobooks here with Photobox