CELEBRATIONS
A birthday party in London. Celebrating TEN years!!
Yesterday was an absolutely amazing morning for all of us! With our entire team in London, we gathered with friends, shop members and fellow bloggers to celebrate the past ten years of our little company. It was such an honour for us to be surrounded by so many inspiring people and to really celebrate the ...
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TOYS & GAMES
Our annual Holiday Gift Guides!
I am literally still finding places to stash the Halloween candies away... and holiday season is already slowly making its way into our consciousness. To top it all off, it has even started snowing in Paris! Not long and it did not settle -- but enough to get us into the mood and bring out ...
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SHOP
Lovely Kids, Barcelona
As we know well, not all shops were created equal, and what makes Lovely Kids special, apart from having a lovely selection of toys, is that they also do a lot of charity work, and donate many toys to kids hospitals. Lovely Kids have four shops in Barcelona, and each time we pass in front of one of them ...
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FASHION
Marie Puce, timeless Parisian chic for all ages
As I mentioned before, finding the right style for a nine-year-old can be tricky. It is a funny age, when children are still children but also teenagers at the same time. Luckily boutiques like Marie Puce have a great selection of clothes for older kids. I love their style - it is at the same time ...
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PARENTING TIPS
Let it go!
Last Saturday the girls and I went to a music festival; we listened to music, danced and had a generally great time. But we got home very late and the girls were tired, so after putting them to bed I decided to test something: the next day I was going to let it go! (Like ...
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ESSENTIALS AND TIPS
Travel Kids - by Babyccino Kids and Lalé
I am beyond excited to tell you about our first ever limited edition design made in collaboration with the very talented French designer Lalé. The Travel Kids sets are the ultimate little travel comfort kits especially designed for children — aimed to make traveling with little ones more comfortable and fun. They're ideal to take on planes, trains ...
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PARENTING TIPS
Just say No?
In a recent parent-teacher meeting at my girls' school, the teachers brought up some interesting points. They were not worried about the lack of support coming from parents, but interestingly were more concerned that, in the last few years, it appears parents want to be friends with their children rather than an authority figure. In ...
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THE SHOPUP
Happy Holidays from us to you!
We took advantage of Maud Fontein's photobooth set-up at The ShopUp and got a sneaky photo of the three of us so we could send you our very own holiday card! : ) Happy Holidays from the three of us! We hope you have a joyful and relaxing holiday season. We'll be taking a bit ...
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FOR MUMS
Mark your diaries: Presenting The ShopUp!
We are really, really excited to announce some BIG news: we are organising our first ever LIVE shopping event!! The ShopUp will be held in London this coming December and will bring together a selection of the finest shops and brands all under one roof! We're thrilled to offer the chance to shop the good ...
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UNCATEGORIZED
Courtney's five favourite posts
How fun to look back at the past year of posts! It always reminds me how much I really do love our blog. As usual, it was really difficult to narrow down a list... but here are five of my favourites from the past year: Three children is perfect (for us) because I share the ...
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KIDS
Take advantage of our Special Deals!
Did you know that every month we have a whole host of great shops offering exclusive deals to Babyccino Kids readers?! So many cute items at 15 to 25% off... like the alphabet poster from L'Affiche Moderne, the adorable knitted dolls from Dents de Loup, the new baby alpaca hoodie from Waddler, the little wooden ...
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SERVICES
Get our travel tips and give us yours at Gogobot!
Want to know what I thought about the London Eye? You can read my review on Gogobot here. Gogobot is a newly launched social travel site which offers personalised travel tips and recommendations via your social network. It works like this: you sign up and then add all your Facebook and Twitter pals to join ...
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FOR MUMS
Exciting news! (and changes ahead)
We have something exciting to tell you... No, no-one is pregnant, but it did take about 9 months to develop! Next week, on the first of June, we're launching a new website. It will be a shopping portal, where we'll present to you a selection of our favourite online children's boutiques! We feel that the ...
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BOOKS
Free gift tags from Mrs Booth for all Babyccino readers!
It is soon that time of year again. The holidays are coming up very quickly and people are getting ready to wrap loads of presents! I don't know if this ever happens to you, but I routinely run out of paper and accessories and often have to write down people's names with a marker on ...
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PARENTING TIPS
What's in a name?
Did you see? We changed our logo and we also adopted a new URL! Instead of Babyccino we will here forth be known as Babyccino Kids (www.babyccinokids.com). We're super excited to have added the little extra to our name; I mean, we are growing, just like our kids, who are not all babies anymore (although they don't seem ...
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