Their colourful country-cool casuals have been embraced by rural and city dwellers alike. Now Joules is extending the arc of its rainbow with the new Baby Joule Nursery collection. Quilts and sheets, bumpers and sleeping bags are available in a

an award winning restaurant Nature’s PlaytimeElf houses, fairy posies and wind chimes that children can make with natural materials from your garden. Bye Bye BabyIt may be difficult to part with your baby’s precious clothes and toys, but wonderful new

British exhibitor Waddler and a new label from Iceland AS WE GROW who showed promise with a baby knitted selection in cool colourways. There was also the fab Lucky Boy Sunday collection of cute knitted toys and a wonderful huge patchwork knitted blanket

their names slowly, repeating several times. At the end, Go through it again – as often as your baby wants.”Don’t feel embarrassed by your reading style“Children don’t care if you’re not a good reader, they just want to hear your voice” says Wendy Cooling

of country cosy, tweed and tartan, and East London cool, skinny jeans and denim shirts. We love the car print design for baby, especially over the grey skinny jeans. Girls are spoilt with an amazing collection of footwear including some fantastic sparkly

sandpit to play in. Although the under-twos are too young for traditional party games, you could hide a few small toys in the sandpit and help them dig for buried treasure. 5. Keep spare props on handSome children may forget to bring along their own teddy

A COOL HOTEL means something different to everyone. It could be beautiful decor, anun-stuffy atmosphere, stylish artefacts, contemporary cuisine, sexybedrooms, rainforest showers, a great Martini, an infinity pool,outdoor yoga… Everybody has

. Make a canvas bell tent your camp base for elegant, cool and practical camping. A bell tent is also a great space for families and both easy and quick to pitch up and take down!2. Take some pretty things to decorate and personalise your temporary

features floral and star print baby grows striped tops, soft jersey lounge wear style bottoms and adorable bird print soft toys! All very minimalist and very French Connection Pictured Cotton jersey sleepsuit £20; jersey hats £7 all by French Connection

– like baby Shamus – swim alongside, was already huge. Grace braved a 30-minute queue in the afternoon, but later said it wasn’t worth the wait: she whizzed so speedily through the 300 feet of clear tubes that she didn’t even see the dolphins