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Ashley from cutey contacted me towards the middle of November asking whether I would be interested to review their range of charm bracelets (as they just launched recently) and also host a giveaway as well. Oh, I would be a total idiot if I say no right?! Anyway, I'm so happy I get to review this gorgeous charm bracelet! Without further delay, here's my review on the charm bracelet:

cutey was founded in 2011 to provide a quality range of customisable jewellery. Their initial range is designed as an everyday accessory that can be used at any time. The range is designed with the ability to be easily changed, allowing the jewellery to be changed based on mood, time or outfit. Their principals are to provide a high level of quality in each of our products. They aim to provide an affordable, every changeable piece of timeless jewellery and guarantee satisfaction in all of their products and will offer a full refund if you are dissatisfied by any of the products purchased through their store.

Their goals are simple, to provide the world with stylish, quality and easily customisable jewellery through many online channels as well as independent small retailers located throughout the world.

Beautiful product, what else can I say?! I requested to review the Hypnos charm bracelet as it has the lobster claw clasp which is something I've always preferred in my jewellery as I find it easy to wear and take out. The charms are cute, not heavy and I love that it does not irritate or poke my skin (unlike some bracelets I wore last time).

Enough talking, just look at the pictures below:

Control your drool...

Control, control...

Ahhh... I feel so gorgeous!

You can get the charm bracelet from cutey website.

But hey, who am I kidding... you saw the post title already and know this is coming...

Now, the generous Ms. Ashley from cutey has agreed to sponsor a charm bracelet to one of my lucky blog follower / visitor! Yeap, if you are the winner, you get to pick one from their gorgeous range of charm bracelets in their website and they will mail it to you anywhere you are!

OK then, just read below for the giveaway terms and entry form, OK?

To enter the giveaway, kindly read and follow the instructions as stated in the Rafflecopter form below. You can enter either via login through your Facebook account or just key in your name and your valid email address. Please also leave your valid email address in the post comment so that I can contact you if you win this giveaway.

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So what are you waiting for?!! Hurry up! You have 1 month time from now to join in the fun and try your luck!

I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with the charm bracelet by cutey in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine.

This is the 2nd book written by Ava Parnass that I get to review. Without further ado, below is my review for the "My Feelings Are Hungry" book:

Title: My Feelings Are Hungry: From Adventures in Feeling Town with Mushy, the Magic Book
Authors: Ava Parnass, Al Margolis (Illustrator), Rebecca Parnass (Contributor)
 Publisher:  BookSurge Publishing (August 27, 2008)
ISBN 13 / 10: 978-1439203521 / 1439203520
Paperback & E-book 

Description from the product page:
"In her children’s book, My Feelings Are Hungry, the superhero, Mushy the Magic Book, flies with kids in the E-mobile to Feeling Town to help solve problems. Did you even know that feelings could get hungry?   My Feelings are Hungry is the first book to ever address some of the key emotional issues that make kids want to eat more and also misbehave. My Feelings are Hungry is likely to become one of the single-most important books in the fight against childhood obesity in understanding that underneath all behavior are unresolved feelings!

In My Feelings Are Hungry, the main character, Rebecca, is having a very bad day.  Through rhyming prose, we take a trip with Rebecca through her kitchen as she tries to calm herself with goodies and confections of all sorts.  Suddenly, Mushy, a magical book guide, appears to transport the main character through Feelings Town.  Through talking and processing those feelings, Rebecca is able to learn new ways to cope with them.  Feelings Town is a wonderful place for all kids to explore their inner workings and learn that having big feelings is okay!

It’s an imaginative story kids love, featuring a FUN Entertaining Feeling Town Map that kids love at the back of the book. The map helps parents and kids start a Daily Feelings Ritual so that everyone can figure out the feelings hiding underneath their misbehaving and overeating, in order to change it."

This book is about Rebecca who is having a bad day and she eats all sorts of junk foods to comfort and cheer herself up when all of a sudden, a magical character called Mushy appears right in front of her and brings her to Feeling Town, where children learn to express their feelings.

Every street in the town had a name of a feeling and Rebecca then explained to Mushy what made her mad and causes her to have a bad day! In the end, Rebecca manages to cheer herself up and realises that she does not need to eat all those junk foods in order to comfort herself!

What I like about this book?

* I like the way the story is being told in rhymes.

* I also like that this book teaches you to express your feelings through the use of Feeling Town.

* I particularly like the statement "Find somebody to listen, and hear what's inside, Then whatever went wrong, it can start to go right".

* There is a page in the book which guides the adults what to do to guard against obesity.

You can get this book from http://listentomeplease.com/books/my-feelings-are-hungry website, Amazon and many more.

I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with a PDF copy of the book by the author in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine. And if you'd like to read my previous book reviews, you can do so by reading this post of mine called "My Book Reviews"

Wow! I can't believe it's been 3 months since I started my tandem nursing journey!

It's been a bitter sweet journey, of course I had to struggle and battle the negative emotions at the beginning stage, but thank God, I have found support from my husband and through my many bloggy friends. Thank you all for helping me get through it!

In the beginning, Ben wanted to nurse when he saw me nursing Alyson. I then got to limit down his nursing to twice a day, before his afternoon naptime and before bedtime at night. I will either be tandem nursing them both (Ben on my left, Alyson on my right) or I'll let my hubby take care of Alyson in the next room or I'll nurse her until she's asleep and then spend the time with Ben before he sleeps and asked for his feed.

3 months on, Ben is down to nursing once a day most of the time, which is before his bedtime at night. I don't know how we eliminated the afternoon feed, it just happened. One moment I was nursing Alyson and I told Ben to watch his Fireman Sam video on my iPad while I nursed Alyson, next moment I found him asleep already. It happened a few more times after that and Ben is no longer on his afternoon feed.

As for bedtime, Ben nowadays will tell me 'OK time to sleep!' and I will get ready and then he will tell me 'This side!' (pointing to my right breast) which I'm taking the advantage of that to teach him the difference on left and right. He will then nurse while I talk gently to him, telling him what he has done good and bad for the day and that he should and should not do anymore and we pray and thank God for the day and so on.

I will then tell him 'OK, enough' after a few minutes, to which he will normally tell me 'Last only!' meaning he wants another go at the nursing as a last time and I will usually relent and let him nurse a bit more and then when I tell him 'OK, enough' again, he will unlatched and tell me 'Mummy hug Ben-ben' to which I of course, will hug and cuddle next to him and we will keep quiet and he will fall asleep after that.

I love these moments! I'm not sure how long our tandem nursing journey will last, I will cherish it while it lasts!