Baby is coming: Be ready with nursing clothes & a beautiful nursery

With a baby on the way, now is the time to plan ahead and prepare. Life with your little one will bring plenty of surprises along the way, so it’s smart to be as prepared as possible before the birth. This week on the blog, we’ve got you covered when it comes to nursing clothes, and our friends at Izziwotnot are here to help you create a beautiful nursery for you and baby.

Read on for your exclusive Izziwotnot discount code!

 

Nursing Clothes

If you plan to breastfeed, it’s a great idea to put together the beginnings of your nursing wardrobe through your third trimester. Nobody wants a situation where daddy gets sent on an emergency shopping mission for nursing bras two days after the birth – least of all him! And the great thing about being prepared is that most good nursing clothes can be worn through pregnancy too, so the earlier you invest, the more wear you’ll get out of your clothes.

 

 

To start you off, we suggest investing in at least 3 nursing bras – one to wear, one in the wash & one ready to go. For taking it easy after the birth, a good collection of basic nursing tees, tanks and vests will be perfect for pairing with leggings or your maternity jeans. And for getting out and about with baby, a few chic nursing dresses and jumpers offer comfort and style, while an ultra-soft nursing shawl for discreet feeding on-the-go completes the collection.

 

Nursery Décor

Izziwotnot

Izziwotnot is a Manchester-based nursery interiors brand, offering a beautiful selection of furniture and accessories designed to help you create rooms that truly inspire, comfort and delight your little ones. From beautiful nursery sets and Moses Baskets, right through to bedding collections and keepsakes, all items are carefully designed with an eye for quality, and made using only the best materials and conforming to the highest British standards. Put simply, Izziwotnot want to help you create a room for your little one that is a safe, cosy and inspiring place to be.

 

When it comes to planning your nursery, a beautiful cot is a great place to start! The Bailey Cot (pictured above) is a stunning sleigh cot bed, designed to bring a subtle sophistication and an air of English grandeur to your baby’s bedroom. You can buy it separately or as part of a set with a wardrobe or chest of drawers, which are full size and designed to grow with your child. While the cot itself is the perfect investment piece, converting effortlessly into a toddler bed when the time is right.

 

Nursery decor

To help you on your way to creating a beautiful nursery, Izziwotnot are offering Seraphine blog readers an exclusive 15% discount across their entire range! Simply enter the code Seraphine15 when you reach the checkout.

 

 

 

*discount code is valid from 07/09 until 19/09 and is not to be used in conjunction with any other offers.

Maternity Fashion Secrets: Style Your Nursing Shawl Like the Stars!

If there’s one fashion accessory that we’d recommend for every new mum, it has to be the Bamboo Nursing Shawl. Celebs and fashion conscious mamas everywhere have discovered the huge styling potential of this practical nursing piece – and this week on the blog, we’re showing you some of our favourite ways to wear it.

 

The stylish mums pictured above are showing off a classic way to wear the shawl: Draped over your curves and fastened at the shoulder. It’s a simple look that works equally well for a casual outing or a red carpet event – Former Pussycat Doll Kimberly Wyatt (on the far left) even wore hers to a glamorous West End premier!

Super chic & stylish right? Well that’s only the beginning! Here are just a few of the other ways to wear your nursing shawl – try fastening it at the front to form a cape, wrap it up as a cosy scarf, or style it as a glamorously draped pashmina.

Ways to wear the nursing shawl

All these styling options in one clever shawl – and we haven’t even got to the best part yet! The real beauty of the Bamboo Nursing Shawl is that it provides the perfect cover, allowing you to breastfeed your baby discreetly wherever you are. It’s made in ultra soft, lightweight bamboo fabric, which boasts anti-bacterial properties, and is kind against sensitive skin – perfect for you and your newborn.

 

However you wear it, the bamboo nursing shawl will make an invaluable fashion addition to your wardrobe for before, during & after pregnancy.

 

 

Bronze for Breastfeeding at the Mother and Baby Awards

It was a great night all round for Seraphine at the Mother and Baby Awards yesterday evening, as we took home the bronze award in the best breastfeeding bra, top or accessory category!

Our gorgeous Grey Nursing Shawl was put through its paces by a panel of real mums, and they loved it!

 

Award Winning Grey Nursing Shawl

 

The Nursing Shawl

Made in a luxurious blend of natural bamboo fibre, wool and cotton, our shawl is light, drapes beautifully over your curves and is incredibly soft and gentle on sensitive skin. The bamboo fabric is hypoallergenic, and even possesses antibacterial properties – perfect for you and your new born!

The perfect marriage of style and function, this soft grey shawl is also available in brown, and can be worn as a shawl, wrap or scarf, used as a discreet cover-up for breastfeeding, or even to swaddle your baby in – for inspiration on ways to wear this award winning style, click here!

 

Navy Lace Maternity Cocktail Dress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was great to see our nursing shawl up on the big screen, but it wasn’t the only Seraphine piece gracing the stage last night! One of the other award winners was pregnant and looked very glamorous in our Navy Lace Maternity Cocktail Dress! This elegant maternity cocktail dress is part of our LUXE collection, and it was a perfect style choice for the glitzy award ceremony!

 

 

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