Amber Anklets

Way back before the Termite arrived I spoke to a lady called Tamara about reviewing an Amber Anklet. We chatted a bit by email bemoaning the struggles of being heavily pregnant in the heatwave, and she was truly sympathetic. Anyway we arranged that I would review for the company after the termite arrived.

 

I'm always looking to give more information about a product so asked Tamara about how she got started and my word what a story...

She discovered the powers of amber years ago when her daughter was born, in 2011. After she been given an anklet, from a relatives friend from Lithuania, turns out over there Amber is like Calpol! Her daughter cut all her teeth, with nothing but 2 anklets and some chamomile

Then in January 2013 at 6 months pregnant with her 3rd child her husband left! Deciding  she had 2 options; give up  or go forth and prosper. She went forth and so her company Amber anklets was then born, and has been growing ever since. When her son was born she  found out her partner wasn't coming back, as he'd been having an affair for about a year!. That's when she also started a new, new business 'Woman Up'. She has developed a course to help empower other women who for whatever reason need lifting up. In her words .' I'm 28, a recently full time single mum to 3 amazing angels, Rocco 8, Amelia 2 and Neo 6 months, I run 3 businesses (I also have a small cake business) and I'm on a mission to save the world-or at least a bit of it and right some wrongs.  People think I'm crazy, but those who know me, know I'm very serious indeed and will succeed-the universe willing!  '

I think she is an amazing lady and to be honest as a fellow mum of three young children I've no idea how she manages to run ONE succesful business let alone three! I wish her well in her endeavours.

Now back to the matter in hand, what are Amber Anklets and do they work? Now that termite has been showing signs of teething, I thought it time to try them out.... 

Basically they are exactly what they sound like. Little teeny anklets made from Amber beads, the amber is sourced directly from Lithuania and is guaranteed genuine. Each bead is  hand tied so that if they snap, the beads dont go flying everywhere. It's recommended that you hide the anklet under a sock or baby grow when sleeping and that the anklet should be used under supervision, they are most definately NOT for chewing on.

We have used the anklet for about 8 weeks and I really do think it made a difference, we didnt drool quite as much and as you may be aware my girl is a happy laidback type and the amber really helped keep her happy and laid back when her first two teeth came through. Unlike her big sister who screamed for days on end, Termite has required more cuddles and less food but hasnt been bad at all.

Now let me admit to a secret, I have managed to loose our anklet by taking it off and putting it in the baby bag after a rather nasty nappy episode! Yes it did spread THAT far! I have noticed a difference in Termite's grizzleness since we've not had it on so I can only say, I dont know how it works, but it definitely does. So I'm off to order another couple from the website.

If you would like to know more you can visit the website and also follow on Facebook and Twitter 

But because Tamara is indeed a lovely lady she has given me an anklet to give away, just enter via the rafflecopter below, a winner will be drawn from  CORRECTLY COMPLETED entries Next week.

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Car Craft Lego Challenge

When we heard about the Car craft Lego Challenge we were very excited, Lego is a new thing at Monkeyfeet HQ, Something we've just gotten into and I will admit we never had lego as kids so Ive never really appreciated it until now. It does however bring out my OCD big time, that is a whole other post!

So the challenge was to create a scene using a lego set provided for the chance to win £100 to spend on Lego

We told the nice folk at car craft we would be happy with any set and it arrived quickly. The Golden Child could barely contain his excitement when he saw the Fire Cheif set, we set out to make it just the two of us then decided we would make up our movie when Peanut was home from school. I love to let the kids just run with their imaginations so our movie ain't going to win any oscars but they really  really enjoyed building a story and playing together, they didn't quite get camera angles but every time they watch this they laugh A LOT! 

So without further ado here is 'Cat In Tree' by Monkeyfeet Productions.....

We hope you enjoyed watching it as much as we enjoyed making it and a big thank you to Car Craft for helping us have so much fun

Project 365 54-60

Wowser week nine done already! It's been a lovely early spring week here and we've been full of energy and motivation...

54 - The Golden Child decided to try out some 'lipstick', luckily Crayola  comes off easily

55 - Termite made 'Mr Moustachehead from her snack ingredients

56 - Homemade coleslaw and salad with our chicken tonight

57 - Showing off our springtime fashions!

58 - A productive day of sorting resulted in a new work space for Mummy, now to just finish those 18 draft posts I have....

59 - A catch up with friends and a trip to the museum.

60 - it's all a bit too much for Daddy and Termite zzzzzzz

See you next week 

Thankful Thursday Week 9

Welcome back to my weekly linky, I hope you can link up and share what you are thankful for this week, a story, a sentence or just a picture, its always good to find our silver linings. If you would like to link up I would  love for you to grab the badge below and spread a little linky love to some of the others taking part.

This week I'm thankful for Springtime! I realise its not here quite yet and sadly some of you have had a rough old time recently, but its starting to show the signs here in Monkeyfeet HQ, the mornings are lighter and the evenings are getting slightly longer every day. Its making a real difference in my motivation and I've found this week that my efficiency levels are coming back marvelously. I've tidied, sorted, created, blogged, and get this, we've not had a single scumbag tea all week! By that I mean we have not dined on fish fingers and waffles once! Please don't get me wrong I don't actually consider anyone who eats fish fingers and waffles a scumbag, Far from it, I love a fish finger sarnie, but here are HQ Spartacus knows I've had a bad day if that's what he gets for dinner and we now jokingly refer to it as our scumbag tea!

So with the hope of spring on the horizon and the sight of snowdrops and daffodils  peeping thier heads out to say welcome,  I am feeling energised, motivated and fresh as a daisy even on only 4 hours sleep a night, I hope the improvement continues and the world starts to look cheery and full of colour very soon, but for now, some lovely daffs to brighten your day...

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The Monkey Cup

Sometimes I find myself rolling my eyes (yes I am that bad a parent) and thinking or even saying 'goodness me it's only a ....' You can fill in the blanks with any number of things, book, cup, spoon, action figure. You get the drift right? 

For example, we have mismatched cutlery here at Monkeyfeet HQ (I know, I know hang my head) and for some reason Peanut has gotten it into her head she likes the round handled spoons, and she gets quite bent out of shape if that's not what's in her breakfast bowl. Now  I'm not a brilliant morning person I like to get up and running and on with my day faff free. So this spoon issue drove me round the bed one particular morning. So after having spouted 'goodness it's just a spoon'I traipsed off into the kitchen to find a 'round one' and that's when I saw this....

And had a lightbulb moment!

I know it seems a strange thing but this monkey cup was bought in Edinburgh Zoo because it reminded me of cups my gran used to have for us grand kids (three of us) when we were little. She had an orange giraffe one, a yellow tiger and a brown monkey one. Oh the fights we had over the monkey cup, not one of us wanted it because, well it was brown, the colour of poo, and when you are young these things matter not just like 'ooh I don't want it' but I mean REALLY matter, 'my life will end if you make me drink from that' kind of matter. Imagine a day of two other people laughing ALL day because you had the ' poo cup' !

So now we all use a round spoon for breakfast and not because I'm pandering to a stroppy five year old. It's  because Ive realised in her world that spoon means something, just as much as the monkey cup meant to me, and as parents I think we need to remember sometimes that our little people are forging thier way in a big scary world and the strangest things take on huge significance in thier quest for independence. 

So the next time your little person has a melt down because you chopped thier potatoes/ gave them orange not apple juice/ opened thier yoghurt/ gave them the wrong spoon etc etc. I think it's important to remember ... no one wants to be forced to drink out of the 'poo cup' do they ? 

Thankful Thursday, well really, Thankful Friday Week 8!

Some of you will have noticed the absence of my usual Thankful Thursdays Linky. Well  at least one, Thankyou Clare from Emmy's Mummyand Harry's Too!

This week has not been a good one, ignoring the fact that we have been housebound in the half term because of chicken pox, and that Mummy has been struck with a two week virus.... We lost internet connection!!!!! 

So this weeks Thanks is slightly different (and much later) than I had planned because yesterday I discovered how hard it is to create a linky on a phone! Or in my case not actually possible. So I've happily been able to access Facebook and Twitter but no real internet. Whilst normally I'd have happily tootled to my local coffee shop and posted from there using lovely free Wifi, not so during  my half term pox prison! 

So this week I am thankful for my home Wifi!

I realise this is a very 'first world problem' but I'm very aware of how much easier my life is with internet at home.

I hope you can link up and share what you are thankful for this week, a story, a sentence or just a picture, its always good to find our silver linings.

  

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Project 365 Week 8

47 - The sight of my baby's hand so still in sleep and so tiny always makes me thankful for our little blessings.

48 - The chicken pox have hit, and all my boy wanted was a snuggle with his big sis.

49 - Peanut met 'Hugless Douglas' today at our local library 

50 - Termite looking very big, showing us that a baby's life is a tough one! 

51- A visit to a local living museum where we saw some soldiers showing us what it was like in the war, Peanut was intrigued by the Gun, The Golden Child and I where not so enamoured. 

52 - It may have been blustery and breezy today but we made the most of the bright skies and took to our scooters, in fancy dress of course !

53 -Termite listening to peanut sing 'once I caught a fish alive'

Eek see you all next week and we will be heading into MARCH! Is that spring I can hear knocking gently on the door...