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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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  • Meet a mini menagerie and play the day away at Battersea Park Children's Zoo
    Meet a mini menagerie and play the day away at Battersea Park Children's Zoo
  • Twenty awesome things to see and do with your little Londoner in August
    Twenty awesome things to see and do with your little Londoner in August
  • Lob out your jazz hands and give your vocal chords a workout at Baby Broadway
    Lob out your jazz hands and give your vocal chords a workout at Baby Broadway
  • Indulge their inner Scandinavian with stylish toys and threads at Scandi Mini
    Indulge their inner Scandinavian with stylish toys and threads at Scandi Mini
  • Create your own poetry and hear the nightingale's song at Keats House
    Create your own poetry and hear the nightingale's song at Keats House
  • Browse bestsellers or pop in for story-time at The Alligator's Mouth bookshop
    Browse bestsellers or pop in for story-time at The Alligator's Mouth bookshop
  • Drink wine while the babies whine at a Bottle Apostle mums' tasting afternoon
    Drink wine while the babies whine at a Bottle Apostle mums' tasting afternoon
  • Create art inspired by priceless works at Messy Mondays at The National Gallery
    Create art inspired by priceless works at Messy Mondays at The National Gallery
  • Let your hair down in the Turbine Hall and make shadow art at the Tate Modern
    Let your hair down in the Turbine Hall and make shadow art at the Tate Modern
  • Kit out the playroom with stylish toys and accessories from Ottie and the Bea
    Kit out the playroom with stylish toys and accessories from Ottie and the Bea

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Motivation at an all-time low today. I'm exhausted and the Babmin is seriously piling up. I've got reviews to write up, interview questions to send out, half-baked blog post ideas swirling around in my brain and (probably terrible) marketing strategies to bring to fruition, and yet here I am in bed with my cat and a box of chocolates, WhatsApp whinging to my friend about all the judgmental arseholes we encounter when out and about in London. I was thinking actually I might start a gripe corner on the site where I document all the conversations I have with these parenting experts, but then that would be another thing I don't have time to do. If only I could appoint Bab as my personal secretary in return for a lifetime supply of Pop Pops... . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #london #parentblogger #londonblogger #blogger #londonmum #mummyblogger #parenting #parentingtheshitoutoflife #notparentingtheshitoutoflife #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife #bloggerlife #bloggerproblems Freak on a leash on Primrose Hill - and boy do we need the leash all of a sudden. Last week she wouldn't walk unless I held her hand, this week she's basically Mo Farah. Spent the last half hour drawing with a group of Italian schoolchildren. See, who needs childcare? Just take them to the nearest tourist honeypot and find some willing six year olds to entertain them. . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #london #northlondon #primrosehill #parentingtheshitoutoflife #parentblogger #mummyblogger #londonblogger #blogger #londonmum #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife #thingstodoinlondon #thingstodowithkids #parenting Exploring a new local park with new local friends 🙂 This is Antrim Gardens toddler playground in Belsize Park and it's strictly for under-6s - such a relief when you're used to your little urchin getting kicked in the head by climbing frame-commandeering eight year olds. There's also a great library next door with a massive children's area filled with toys and books 👍 . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #london #northlondon #nw3 #belsizepark #parentblogger #londonblogger #londonmum #mummyblogger #blogger #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife #thingstodoinlondon #thingstodowithkids #parklife #nofilter New blog post on the magical menagerie that is @batterseazoo. An ideal day out for tot-toting Londoners who can't face the hordes, cost or vastness of the tourist trap that is London Zoo 🐒(Link in bio 👀) . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #london #southlondon #southwestlondon #battersea #batterseapark #batterseaparkzoo #parentblogger #mummyblogger #londonblogger #blogger #londonmum #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife #thingstodoinlondon #thingstodowithkids #nofilter Throwback to Saturday's vaguely nightmarish trip to @batterseazoo (it's a great zoo, Bab was just being dreadful) - one of the many activities on my review list. Having a local day today thank Christ - far too knackered/skint to trek far plus I'm starting to forget what happened at all the things I haven't reviewed yet. When does everyone else do their blogging, out of interest? . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #london #southlondon #southwestlondon #battersea #batterseapark #batterseaparkzoo #londonblogger #mummyblogger #parentblogger #londonmum #blogger #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife #thingstodowithkids #thingstodoinlondon Realised when we were already on the tube to Kings Cross I'd forgotten her little bag with her snacks and bottle 🍼 Suddenly my life was no longer worth living. Bab will under no circumstances drink out of anything that isn't a MAM bottle with a number 3 teat or a very specific cup with a straw. It was too late to turn back so I took a gamble and bought a Boots own-brand bottle, which she looked at like I'd just offered her dog shit. Funnily enough I did remember to pack a swimsuit, swimming nappy and towel 👍 . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #london #kingscross #granarysquare #londonblogger #mummyblogger #londonmum #parentblogger #blogger #thingstodowithkids #thingstodoinlondon #toddlerlife #toddlersofinstagram #parentingtheshitoutoflife #notparentingtheshitoutoflife New review on Baby Broadway 👶 🎭 up on the site now - link in bio 👀 This wasn't for us, mostly because I'm not a massive fan of musicals (unless it's Joseph & the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, for which I make an exception), but if you're a sucker for a show tune you'll love these family concerts, featuring real West End performers 🎶 . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #london #babybroadway #thingstodowithkids #thingstodoinlondon #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife #londonblogger #londonmum #parentblogger #mummyblogger #blogger Poised for another week of solo parenting with the dinky disaster. Feeling so much better after @wakeupgigsldn's @avecsans gig in Shoreditch yesterday. It's so important to keep doing the things you did before you had a kid, even if you have to drag them along with you. I thought me and gigs were finished and I'm so grateful to these amazing people for allowing me to have that experience again. Full review coming at some point this week, when I get a minute to myself... . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #london #eastlondon #shoreditch #shoreditchhighstreet #londonoverground #wakeupgigs #londonblogger #londonmum #parentblogger #mummyblogger #blogger #thingstodowithkids #thingstodoinlondon #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife Sorry, totally spamming. But look, cuteness 🚂 . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #london #northlondon #highbury #highburyfields #parentblogger #londonblogger #londonmum #mummyblogger #parklife #blogger #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife #thingstodoinlondon #thingstodowithkids Post-gig water play in Highbury Fields. Love this playground. . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #london #northlondon #highbury #highburyfields #parentblogger #londonblogger #mummyblogger #blogger #londonmum #toddlerlife #toddlersofinstagram #thingstodoinlondon #thingstodowithkids Band-themed colouring in @wakeupgigsldn . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #london #thingstodowithkids #thingstodoinlondon #parentblogger #mummyblogger #blogger #londonmum #londonblogger #parentingtheshitoutoflife Hands down the best baby activity we've been to. Thanks so much @wakeupgigsldn @avecsans @fondofrudy. I feel like an actual human woman again. . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #london #eastlondon #shoreditch #wakeupgigs #thingstodoinlondon #thingstodowithkids #mummyblogger #londonmum #parentblogger #blogger #londonblogger #londonwithkids #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife Bab's world-weary expression in this picture is a happy reminder that she is my child, because otherwise she is all Bab Dad. The unhappy reminder is the memory of the excruciating 60-hour labour where I prayed for death and the third-degree tear that came from the obstetrician wrenching her out of my vagina with giant spoons at the end of it. Speaking of vaginas, that thing on this poster really reminds me of one. . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #london #charingcross #centrallondon #londonunderground #artontheunderground #sunday #toddlerlife #toddlersofinstagram #parentblogger #londonblogger #londonmum #mummyblogger #parentingtheshitoutoflife #blogger #vaginas Maniacally happy, double-chinned faces. We'd actually proper had enough of each other by this point in the day, having spent six hours traipsing round Battersea and Chelsea, Bab in and out of her buggy like a yoyo, not wanting to sit down/stand up/walk/be carried/hold hands and me trying desperately hard to be patient and not yell OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE (went for an under-my-breath for god's sake instead and still got looks from another mum who is obviously doing an infinitely better job than me 🔪🔪🔪). I've never been so glad to see Bab Dad when he met us in Peter Jones after work (where we purchased reins, which Bab is not impressed with). Back in the bath now, my happy place. Everything is ok in the bath 🛀 Also my hair looks revolting. . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #london #mummyblogger #parentblogger #londonblogger #londonmum #blogger #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife #🔪 #parenting #parentingtheshitoutoflife #notparentingtheshitoutoflife Blending in @johnlewisretail . . . . . . . . . . #nationaltreasures #peterjones #johnlewis #sloanesquare #chelsea #westlondon #london #bablands #parentblogger #mummyblogger #londonblogger #blogger #londonmum #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife Birthday bricks at Battersea Park Children's Zoo 🎂 🦁 . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #london #southlondon #battersea #batterseapark #batterseaparkchildrenszoo #londonblogger #parentblogger #mummyblogger #blogger #londonmum #thingstodoinlondon #thingstodowithkids #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife Adventures in South London with an arsy toddler. Having a paddy in a sunken ship thing in Battersea Park 🚢 . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #london #southlondon #battersea #batterseapark #londonblogger #londonmum #parentblogger #blogger #mummyblogger #toddlersofinstagram #toddlerlife #parentingtheshitoutoflife Design-led kids' books and toys at @designmuseum 🐰 📚 👶 Full review @ Bablands > Guide > Hangouts . . . . . . . . . . #bablands #london #westlondon #designmuseum #kensington #kidsshop #kidsbooks #kidsbookstagram #bookstagram #booksbooksbooks #thingstodoinlondon #thingstodowithkids #parentblogger #londonblogger #londonmum #londonblogger #mummyblogger

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