Whole Lotta Sylvie - Part 3

My beautiful Sylvie Belle is about to turn five months old this weekend, I can't believe that the time has gone so quickly. Sylvie can now roll over and attempts to heave herself out of her pram - danger baby!  She is trying to grow up so fast and wants to be running about like her brothers! Sylvie is not a lover of milk and is yet to be weaned, I'm not entirely sure where she is getting all this energy from. She has started to sleep a bit better both night and day so I'm sure that has helped this energy burst.

Sylvie would now like to show you what she has been wearing for the last month or so. She is showing no signs of growing out of most of her outfits (except babygro's, she's long - like her Mummy) so this post is more about mixing outfits up to make new ones! Sylvie has an extensive range of tights and dresses.

 3 Months old - I love Sylvie's little quiff in these pics, I didn't style it like that, honest! Sylvie is wearing stripe bodysuit and white cable knit dress both from Baby Gap, tights from Boden & legwarmers from H&M.

 Orange bunny knitted dress from Debenhams and flare jeans from Next. I don't usually like jeans on a baby but these were begging me to buy them for weeks before Sylvie was even born!

 Check out Sylvie with Totoro who we picked up in Tokyo on our honeymoon in 2009.

 Dolly print dress from The Pippa and Ike Show boutique, short sleeve yellow cardigan from John Lewis and tights from Boden. http://www.the-pippa-and-ike-show.com/

 Super cute!

Floral dress a gift from my friend Claire's shop Miss Trudy, pink cardigan from George at Asda, tights a gift and legwarmers as before. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Miss-Trudy-Ltd

 Smiley Girl.

Pink top by Tapete and bloomers both from The Pippa and Ike Show, floral bib from Mothercare.

  Sometimes I actually think Sylvie is actually posing for her blog pics! Bam!

Tartan puffball dress a gift from Nan-Nan from Mothercare, red bolero cardigan from Next and tights from Boden.

 Denim and Stripes

Dress from M&S, bodysuit gift, knitted leggings from H&M

 4 months old - Sylvie during the freak mid March heatwave, I found it hard to not add long sleeves and a pair of tights to this outfit, bare legs in March seemed wrong somehow.

Knitted dress, bloomers and socks all from H&M

 Super Sylv's extremely long legs with the cutie Boden skull shoes that were a gift from Nan-Nan at Christmas and finally fit!

I love dressing a baby girl!!! NDxx

Whole Lotta Sylvie - Part 2

It's that time again to show off my little Sylvie Belle and for you to see how much I am enjoying turning her into my little Harajuku doll! Poor thing. Sylvie is growing out of her first clothes week by week which is sad and great at the same time, It's so confusing being a Mum, you want your babies to stay babies forever but then you also want to watch them grow and learn new things. I am trying my hardest to take it all in as I know how fast it goes by. I was horrified this week when I realised Lucian and Mika, Sylvie's older brothers will be 9 and 7 years old next year!! Shocking!

Sylvie has recently realised she can pick things up using her hands which pleases her, her laugh is a big squeal and she thinks her brother Mika is hilarious. Sylvie is 13 weeks old.

8 Weeks Old - Sylvie watching her big brother Lucian play basketball with her Dad.

Red knitted cardi -a handmade gift, pink spotty leggings - Mamas and Papas (a gift from Daddy) and pink socks  - H&M.

Pink cardigan  -H&M and Tutu - Mamas and Papas.

9 Weeks Old - As you can see Sylvie is still sporting the mohawk so to make her look a bit more lady like (and a little less like her brother Lucian) I have popped her into this cute little vintage royal blue and white dress  (polyester no less) with embroidered trim. This dress is another 1970's one of mine found in my Mum's attic - great hoarding Mum!

I try and put Sylvie in a dress as often as possible to help me when I'm old and can't remember which of my children it is in the photo.

Here's a better photograph of the Debenhams Blue Zoo dress from the previous Whole Lotta Sylvie blog post back in January. I am going to have to go back on my word about how great Blue Zoo at Debenhams is though, I went back a couple of weeks ago and didn't like anything. Maybe they were having a bad week, I don't know. I think I just got lucky that day when I found all the cute stuff.....in Debenhams? Yes, just once...

Sylvie is laying on her Snuggle Me pram blanket from Mamas and Papas. It's looks handmade and is really usefull in the pram, it has cute little ties so you can swaddle her up, she looks like a little bit of Sushi in it! You can also open it up as a playmat, I love it!

Knitted stripey dress - Next, Stripey Leggings and socks  - H&M

11 Weeks Old - Sylvie in her cute spotty car seat which matches her pram  - a car seat is the most useful  seat if you have a baby with a dummy, it catches the dummy when it falls out (that's pretty much constantly - I'm not forcing her to have the dummy - honest!) those bouncy chairs don't care about your dummy, they'll let it drop on the dirty floor.

The whole pink outfit is from H&M - Lazy Mummy!

Super Cute! The cute pink owl top was a gift from a friend (who shall remain nameless) I am not allowed to tell her partner how much this cost as she got it from my new favourite boutique in Bristol The Pippa and Ike show, so it won't be cheap......I promise I won't tell Pete How much it.....oooopps!!

Owl top - Pippa and Ike Show, leggings and socks - H&M

13 Weeks Old - Aye Aye! Sailor! More Sailor Girl styling for Sylvie. Check out the mermaid pose and everything!

I think the next post shall be all about Me and my fashion moments and problems as a girl who recently had a baby and can't quite get back into all her clothes, which is annoying! ND XX

Whole Lotta Sylvie

I have been trying to stay awake and find the time to write on my blog for ages, but it is near on impossible with a new baby! Sylvie is now 2 months old and currently having a quick nap after the morning school run (she's not big on sleeping), so I shall attempt to get some images up of this stylish little lady, I'm sure she is desperate for me to show off her wardrobe for her....ahem...

I would also like to show off some of the handmade items that a few creative and lovely ladies have made for Sylvie as gifts! Thank you ladies!!

It's 10.28am on Fri 27 Jan, let's see how long it takes me to write this post!

1 Day old, I feel mean dressing a new baby in uncomfortable layers so we opt for this cute n cuddly Debenhams babygro by Blue Zoo, which is a fantastic range for little girls.

1 week old - yeah, I seem to have decided against the comfortable n cuddly option, lets get the tutu out! On this day the midwife asked 'are you going to a party in that outfit?'.......I just looked her blankly, surely everyday is a day for a tutu?

Tutu from Mamas and Papas UK, spotty bodysuit from H&M kids

At this point I will just let you know the baby is now awake, so there shall be a long pause until I start up with this post again..... see you in a bit....

OK, I'm back, it's 12.50 in afternoon and I've managed to get Little Sylvie off to sleep in time for more blogging!

Here's me and Sylvie in a rare photo of me looking half awake in my Super Lovers tee and the old faithful leopard print cardigan from Top Shop., Sylvie is looking more stylish than me in her adorable 1970s inspired orange jumper dress with Bunny print by Blue Zoo from Debenhams and stripey knitted H&M Kids leggings, clashing it up nicely. Can I say I would never usually rate Debenhams but the baby stuff in the designer section is too cute to resist.

2 Weeks old and Sylvie is rocking her Pink knitted Skull n crossbones jumper knitted by the lovely Miri-Biscuits (named by my oldest son Lucian - Miri would always bring biscuits when she visited) a very clever friend of mine who really should sell these jumpers, Miri, I'd buy a load of them off you for my kids!! I Love the jumper!!

 You must always pair your pirate jumper with Pink spotty bloomers (part of set from H&M Kids) Boden spotty tights (a gift from my Mum, I cannot actually afford clothes from Boden!!) and completing the outfit pink legwarmers (from H&M Kids). Sylvie clearly loves it! Even if her newborn skinny little legs did look like the legs of that Gremlin from the film of the very same name.You know the Gremlin in the bar? Breakdancing? You remember?  No?

Sylvie's sailor outfit inspired by Harajuku girls and the anime films 'Sailor Moon'. Sailor top from H&M Kids and spotty Bloomers (part of set from Pumpkin Patch- a shop that is a little twee -and expensive -  for my liking but I'm a sucker for bloomers!)

3 Weeks old - Sylvie and her friend Milo (Milo's mum is Rachel - the other pregnant lovely lady from My Whole Lotta Rosie posts.) Sylvie is wearing red bodysuit from H&M Kids and her tutu tights (tights attached to a tutu - fabulous!) from Baby Gap. She is wearing the very same outfit today and 2 months on the tights tutu just about fit her Daddy long legs!

4 Weeks old - Sylvie on Christmas Day in the spotty H&M Bodysuit, M&P tutu and stripey (I  can't afford these) Boden tights.

 1 Month old - Here's Sylvie looking unsure about her beautiful Celia Birtwell Cheongsam-esque babygro from John Lewis. Celia Birtwell (for those who didn't know) is a Textiles designer from the 1960s, you know, married to fashion desigher Ossie Clark, they changed catwalk fashion shows forever by putting on shows to music, inviting every cool person they could think of to the show and turning the shows into events rather than private shows for the Elite......oh hang on a minute that Elite thing still happens, let's say they just made them a bit more 'rock n roll'.......Anyway Celia has a lovely girlswear collection in John Lewis, there is also a womanswear collection using the same prints, which is interesting, not that I'm going to start wearing matching outfits with my Daughter.....well not everyday...

Yey! The pink Pirate 'Miri-Biscuits' jumper again and another pair of knitted stripey leggings from H&M Kids. The perfect pirate match! Aah Harrr!

These lovely little red Mary Janes were kindly knitted by another friend and Bang (my club night) regular Cat Daynes. Again, you really should sell these Cat! Knitted Mary Janes?....Yes! love it!

6 Weeks old and Sylvie is experimenting with her androgynous side, wearing the Cowboy Vs Vegas Elvis suit which has been worn by all my kids and by Felix my mate Rachel's oldest son since Rach bought it for Lucian 7.5 years ago. It looked really camp on the boys but it looks really masculine on Sylvie. You have to love it though, look at the little cowboy boot appliques!!
Stripey bodysuit H&M Kids, Elvis Jumpsuit Gymboree. Hair - Sylvie's own personal style Mohawk, you couldn't flatten it if you wanted to.

This amazing outfit is soooooo cute, It's by Molo and from The Pippa and Ike show kids shop on Gloucester Road in Bristol. It's full of quirky, mostly Scandanavian items, It's my new favourite shop! However it isn't cheap. I saw this outfit before I had Sylvie and decided I would treat myself  and the Little Lady to this dress and trousers. I was straight down there when Sylvie was born! The shop is conveniently close to my house too which is a little worrying.

Find The Pippa and Ike Show here www.the-pippa-and-ike-show.com or the-pippa-and-ike-show.blogspot.com

The print on the outfit is very on trend for the Spring Summer 2012 season with it's digital prints and pyjama style! I love all the dolls on this print which, I imagine, may be a little wierd and scary for some. I bloody love it and so does Sylvie as you can see she is nearly cracking a smile!

 7 Weeks old - Sylvie is laying on a beautiful blanket which was a gift crocheted by my very good friend and fellow blogger Dilly Foxtrot, thanks Dilly. Are you selling these now Dilly? Again....I want (to buy) more!!! Love it, Love it!!
Dress & bodysuit H&M Kids

Find Dilly Foxtrot Investigates on http://dillyfoxtrot.blogspot.com/

Pixie baby on the school run, the poor little thing is usually scooped out of her bed still in her PJs and put straight into the Pram most mornings! The cardigan was knitted for Mika by a kind lady (whom I have never met and works with my Mum) I requested she knit me a red one after she knitted hundreds of white ones for Lucian ( how ungrateful am I?) the Knitting Lady (as we will now refer to her) thought I was mad, but went along with the charade and came up with this hooded number, which I loved! Thanks Knitting Lady! The Sleeping bag that Sylvie is in is from Primark Primarni and in the sale cost me a whopping £1! Shocking! I felt like I was stealing it! You have to love Primers!!

The last of the outfits, for now....this dress was actually mine when I was a baby, it's a 1970s original! I love the smock style, they don't cut them this short anymore but my kidswear guru Dilly Foxtrot says you can keep baby dresses going for ages until they end up as smock dress and then finally a smock top. I guess thats why they make them longer now.

'Oh Sylvie you're so fine, you're so fine, you blow my mind, Hey Sylvie, Hey Sylvie!'

Thanks for being a girl Sylvie, I love you xx

Next time on No Debutante, Spring Summer 2012 Fashion ideas and inspirations, favourite collections, what I'll be wearing, what's on the High Street and all that.

OK, so I think I have finally finished this post, the time is 13.53pm........on Sunday 29 January....told you it would take forever!