Wedding bellies

Sales, dontcha just love em? Yesterday I managed to snap up two lovely dresses under 50 quid for a wedding at the weekend, one from Ghost and the other by Fever at Oliver Bonas. It certainly beats the three-day marathon shop I did last year looking for wedding outfits that would allow me to breastfeed His Cheekiness with some discretion.

Brand new mamas getting ready for the nuptial season should check out Isabella Oliver maternity wear. For bellied belles or babes with babies, this ruffled raspberry number (also available in black or plum) should have heads turning without taking all eyes off the bride. Wrap dresses are universally flattering, grow with your shape and accentuate your cleavage without looking tacky.

Rock 'n' stomp

We've just returned from the south of France to find that the English summer is still a washout. But it's festival season and neither hail nor high water will keep party happy parents from having fun in the great outdoors. I just read this great piece about a mum who took her five-month-old to Glastonbury and lived to tell the tale (and get dissed by killjoys on the comment board).

We're keeping things low-key and heading to the free RISE anti-racism fiesta at London's Finsbury Park. Hopefully the heavens will smile on us but I'll pack trainers along with flip-flops just in case. What I really want is a pair of these Mommy and Me Tossed Skull rainboots by Diane's Little Lambs so Mr. Cheeks and mama can feel a little bit rock 'n' roll (and represent daddy's favourite motif). DLL Rainwear do a fab range of matching mama and toddler rainboots - or wellies as we Brits call them - that will appeal to every mood from princess to pirate. Yo ho ho.