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For Tiny Londoners & Their Adults

Bablands is a resource for Londoners who find themselves with a small creature to dress up and entertain. Part-magazine, part-guide, Bablands follows the adventures of Bab as she seeks out London's coolest kids' shops, best child-friendly hangouts and under-fives activities that won't make mummy want to gauge her eyes out with a weaning spoon.

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We’re off to Berlin on Wednesday (and I have no idea what this photo has to do with that except that I guess the yeti looks like something out of some kind of German folk tale or something 😕 ) and I need your child-friendly tips. We went a few years ago pre-Babu and did all the obvious stuff but I think we might need to adjust our itinerary this time around... especially since I can’t drink beer ☹️ Obviously I’ve already overplanned and made a huge, unachievable list but I’d still love to hear your reccos for museums, parks, restaurants, galleries, shops, etc. Thanks! 🇩🇪 . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #coolthingsfortinylondoners #thingstodowithkids #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife #mummyblogger #parentblogger #londonblogger #londonmum #blogger #londonparents #londonmums #parentingtheshitoutoflife #london #londonmum #letthembelittle #londonunderground #visitlondon #babylondon

I’ve been wanting to take Babu to a @londonsymphonyorchestra under-5s concert since she was a baby but they always seem to be sold out by the time I hear about them. Anyway, today we finally went to one and it was great, even if Babu repeatedly told me “I’m sick of this song now”, someone had a go at my friend because her child was wandering around and “distracting her” and the few photos I managed to take look like I took them with a potato. I’ll try and write a proper review when I get a minute though. We also went along to @mamamimosaldn ‘s final meet-up of the year and checked out the new @markethalls in Victoria, which is great but sadly - unlike the Fulham one - devoid of a play area. Proper nice bunch of people though - I’m really antisocial but I love Emily’s gatherings because they’re always full of genuinely lovely, interesting, down-to-earth humans ❤️Finally we went along to the Curiosity Rooms in Piccadilly, which - in case you were actually curious - are crap, and essentially a giant ad for Google Pixel 3. But still, yay for pink washing machines 👍 . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #coolthingsfortinylondoners #thingstodowithkids #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife #mummyblogger #parentblogger #londonblogger #londonmum #blogger #londonparents #londonmums #parentingtheshitoutoflife #london #londonmum #letthembelittle #londonunderground #visitlondon #babylondon

Remember lazy Sundays watching the Hollyoaks omnibus under a duvet until 3pm? Now we get up at 6.30 and go to under-5s concerts 😴 . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #coolthingsfortinylondoners #thingstodowithkids #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife #mummyblogger #parentblogger #londonblogger #londonmum #blogger #londonparents #londonmums #parentingtheshitoutoflife #london #londonmum #letthembelittle #londonunderground #visitlondon #babylondon #somersethouse #snoopy #goodgriefcharliebrown

I feel like the early-autumn fog is dissipating and I’m starting to feel much more positive and getting excited about blog stuff again. The one thing that seems to help me cope with the relentlessness of stay-at-home parenthood is always having a personal project on the go. For the last two years that project has been the blog and I’m so grateful to everyone who’s supported me with it and given me the impetus to keep going, because without you all I almost definitely wouldn’t have bothered. I’m working on some really exciting (I think 😬) things for both the site and the Insta and I can’t wait to share them with you all. Of course I have to cram all the work into the hours after Babu’s gone to bed and soon I’ll have a small, noisy jacket potato keeping me up all night so I won’t even manage that, but for now I’m keen to crack on. Watch this space 👀 . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #coolthingsfortinylondoners #thingstodowithkids #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife #mummyblogger #parentblogger #londonblogger #londonmum #blogger #londonparents #londonmums #parentingtheshitoutoflife #london #londonmum #letthembelittle #londonunderground #visitlondon #kidfriendly #coramsfields

Thanks for all the lovely feedback on the @lucyandyak video, you’re all such babes. I also meant to say thank you to everyone who showed interest in the London Living feature - I’ve been quite overwhelmed by responses but I’m going to make a big list of everyone who wanted to take part and work out some kind of schedule. Looking forward to having a nosey around all your houses 👀 . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #coolthingsfortinylondoners #thingstodowithkids #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife #mummyblogger #parentblogger #londonblogger #londonmum #blogger #londonparents #londonmums #parentingtheshitoutoflife #london #londonmum #letthembelittle #londonunderground #visitlondon #kidfriendly #lucyandyak #londonliving

A few weeks ago we had a hilarious day filming a video for the amazing @lucyandyak with @oneandother.creative . I’m so honoured to be part of their Creative Life of a Dungaree campaign and, even though I can only watch it on mute because I hate my voice and am dreadful at talking under pressure, I love this video of me and Babu playing on the South Bank. I also really love my pink dungarees - so pretty and the perfect pregno playwear 💖 Link to full video in bio 👆🏻 . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #coolthingsfortinylondoners #thingstodowithkids #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife #mummyblogger #parentblogger #londonblogger #londonmum #blogger #londonparents #londonmums #parentingtheshitoutoflife #london #londonmum #letthembelittle #londonunderground #visitlondon #kidfriendly #lucyandyak #dungarees

Lovely 0-5s play session inside Canopy Market at King’s Cross with @playkx today. Build sculptures and walkways or just roll around on the pillows and pom-pom snowballs - brilliant for imaginary play, which Babu is heavily into at the moment. The lady who runs it is amazing and runs it as a drop-in Tuesday-Sunday from 11ish-5ish - check the Play KX account in the morning to see where she’s set up that day, but it’s usually in Lewis Cubitt Park or under the covered market outside Waitrose. . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #coolthingsfortinylondoners #thingstodowithkids #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife #mummyblogger #parentblogger #londonblogger #londonmum #blogger #londonparents #londonmums #parentingtheshitoutoflife #london #londonmum #letthembelittle #londonunderground #visitlondon #kidfriendly #kingscross #granarysquare #northlondon #canopymarket

Seven things to do at @barbicancentre with your under-5: 1. @squish_space multi-sensory soft play (check website for opening times but it’s on most weekdays); 2. Parent & Baby cinema screenings on Mondays and Saturdays for those with babes under 12 months; 3. Framed Film Club on Saturdays - ideal for 3-8s (the Framed Film Festival is also on this weekend); 4. Family Storytelling for 0-8s in the Curve Gallery, inspired by Francis Upritchard’s Wetwang Slack (pictured - again, check website for details and to book); 5. A run around the beautiful conservatory on a rainy Sunday; 6. Pick up a Big Barbican Adventure DIY adventure trail pack from the Information Desk; or 7: Run around the incredible Brutalist grounds like a headless chicken (there are also two amazing Basquiat-themed Banksys hidden in the Golden Lane tunnel that runs underneath the estate). * Loads of kid-friendly stuff coming up in December too - keep an eye out for Barbican events in the next 20 Things at the end of this month! . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #coolthingsfortinylondoners #thingstodowithkids #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife #mummyblogger #parentblogger #londonblogger #londonmum #blogger #londonparents #londonmums #parentingtheshitoutoflife #london #londonmum #letthembelittle #londonunderground #visitlondon #barbican #francesupritchard #wetwangslack #kidfriendly

Extremely tenuous photo link here but, following on from this morning’s anti-London post, I’m really interested in finding out how everyone else makes city living with kids work for them. If you’re interested - and preferably don’t own a many-bedroomed detached house in Hampstead because then I’ll have to kill you - I’d love to do an interview with you and take some pictures of you and your family at home for a new blog series. I’m particularly interested in people who live small and relatively centrally, people whose kids share rooms, people who don’t have gardens, renters, etc. etc. - and ideally you need to be super-pumped about London living 😬 DM me if you fancy it! . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #coolthingsfortinylondoners #thingstodowithkids #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife #mummyblogger #parentblogger #londonblogger #londonmum #blogger #londonparents #londonmums #parentingtheshitoutoflife #london #londonmum #letthembelittle #londonunderground #visitlondon #bucks #buckinghamshire #greatmissenden #roalddahl #roalddahlmuseum

Still having quite a major London wobble. All of a sudden it feels completely wrong and I have a massive urge to escape the crazy and move to a barn in the middle of a field. It may well just be pregnancy nesting hormones, but I seem to have fallen out of love with it all overnight and I’m finding that quite hard to cope with. It doesn’t help that most of my friends have either moved away or are planning to, and I can’t imagine it’s going to get any easier with a second child, even with awesome places like this just a train-ride away. Anyone else having a wobble? Shall we all set up a woodland commune so it all feels a bit less lonely and urban? . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #coolthingsfortinylondoners #thingstodowithkids #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife #mummyblogger #parentblogger #londonblogger #londonmum #blogger #londonparents #londonmums #parentingtheshitoutoflife #london #londonmum #letthembelittle #londonunderground #visitlondon #bucks #buckinghamshire #greatmissenden #roalddahl #roalddahlmuseum

@roalddahlmuseum was so worth the wait! We’d been putting it off because Great Missenden is such a mission and then when we finally summoned the energy it flooded and had to be closed for five months for refurbishment, but today we finally made it and it was amazing. It’s not enormous and there are only three galleries but there are so many activities and so much info crammed into them we easily got a full day out of it and our two year olds absolutely loved it, despite it being aimed at ages 6+. Really interesting for adults too. Full review coming soon! . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #coolthingsfortinylondoners #thingstodowithkids #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife #mummyblogger #parentblogger #londonblogger #londonmum #blogger #londonparents #londonmums #parentingtheshitoutoflife #london #londonmum #letthembelittle #londonunderground #visitlondon #bucks #buckinghamshire #greatmissenden #roalddahl #roalddahlmuseum

Babu’s been pulling this face - modelled by Lucy from Peanuts - pretty much all day. Our first mistake was having no particular plan; the second was going out with no umbrellas and a broken raincover; but the third and by far the biggest was putting her to bed late last night - because no matter how much we kid ourselves it NEVER means we’ll get a lie-in. Never mind, tomorrow’s a new day: Babu’s getting an early night, there’s no rain forecast and we DO have a plan. . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #coolthingsfortinylondoners #thingstodowithkids #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife #mummyblogger #parentblogger #londonblogger #londonmum #blogger #londonparents #londonmums #parentingtheshitoutoflife #london #londonmum #letthembelittle #londonunderground #visitlondon #babylondon #somersethouse #snoopy #goodgriefcharliebrown

The Good Grief, Charlie Brown! exhibition was everything I hoped it it would be and more. It was actually much bigger than I’d imagined and even had a Snoopy Cinema where you could chill on a beanbag and watch Peanuts cartoons. As well as plenty of original comic-strip art and Snoopy merch to see there was a reading table, lots of drawing opportunities and an absolutely amazing shop at the end. Obviously if you’re taking your under-5 you’re not going to be able to concentrate on everything quite as well as you would on your own, but on the plus side they go free and if yours is half as big a Snoopy fan as mine then it should keep them occupied long enough for you to have a decent look. Good Grief, Charlie Brown!: Celebrating Snoopy & the Enduring Power of Peanuts is on at Somerset House until 3rd March. . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #coolthingsfortinylondoners #thingstodowithkids #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife #mummyblogger #parentblogger #londonblogger #londonmum #blogger #londonparents #londonmums #parentingtheshitoutoflife #london #londonmum #letthembelittle #londonunderground #visitlondon #babylondon #somersethouse #snoopy #goodgriefcharliebrown

Babu ice skating has to be one of the most comical things I’ve ever seen. Thank God we invited an extra person to prop her up - proper Bambi moment. Skate at Somerset House opens this Wednesday and runs until 13th January. There’s a separate kids’ rink for under-8s with special polar bear stabilisers, and a rink-side Skate Lounge where you can grab a hot chocolate and mince pie - and don’t forget the @fortnums Christmas Arcade for all your gift needs 🎄 Thanks for a magical day @somersethouse ⛸ . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #coolthingsfortinylondoners #thingstodowithkids #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife #mummyblogger #parentblogger #londonblogger #londonmum #blogger #londonparents #londonmums #parentingtheshitoutoflife #london #londonmum #letthembelittle #londonunderground #visitlondon #babylondon #somersethouse #skateatsomersethouse

Blue mood: back to London today. Normal service resumes tomorrow 😬 . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #coolthingsfortinylondoners #thingstodowithkids #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife #mummyblogger #parentblogger #londonblogger #londonmum #blogger #londonparents #londonmums #parentingtheshitoutoflife #london #londonmum #letthembelittle #londonunderground #visitlondon #babylondon #goose #playcafe #harrogate

Too good not to revisit, and better than all the London play cafes rolled into one imo 😬 . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #coolthingsfortinylondoners #thingstodowithkids #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife #mummyblogger #parentblogger #londonblogger #londonmum #blogger #londonparents #londonmums #parentingtheshitoutoflife #london #londonmum #letthembelittle #londonunderground #visitlondon #babylondon #goose #playcafe #harrogate

New on the blog today, Mrs H and the Singalong Band, which wouldn’t normally be our thing at all but ended up cheering us both out of our crappy moods. Review up here 👆🏻 . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #coolthingsfortinylondoners #thingstodowithkids #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife #mummyblogger #parentblogger #londonblogger #londonmum #blogger #londonparents #londonmums #parentingtheshitoutoflife #london #londonmum #letthembelittle #londonunderground #visitlondon #babylondon #mrshandthesingalongband #clerkenwell #farringdon #exmouthmarket

So great when you find an interactive kids’ exhibition OUTSIDE London. We need more of these - both home and away. . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #coolthingsfortinylondoners #thingstodowithkids #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife #mummyblogger #parentblogger #londonblogger #londonmum #blogger #londonparents #londonmums #parentingtheshitoutoflife #london #londonmum #letthembelittle #londonunderground #visitlondon #babylondon #roalddahl #thebfg #yorkartgallery

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