Libro Guía para tener Bebes Tranquilos y Felices – Tracy Hogg y Melinda Blau

Hoy os vamos a hablar de este libro que me ayudó mucho para entender a mi bebé. Me lo compré poco antes de tener a mi primer hijo porque me lo recomendó una amiga. En principio no tenía pensado leer ningún libro acerca de este tema, aunque si solía mirar en internet cómo iba evolucionando el bebé, mi cuerpo, lo que estaba pasando….

El libro está divido por temas, y está muy bien incluso para tener como referencia de consulta. Tiene una sección acerca de los lloros y los posibles motivos, que he vuelto a consultar con mi segundo hijo, en los primeros meses viene muy bien.

El libro está escrito por una señora que se ha dedicado a criar niños y a ayudar a madres a aprender a cuidar de sus hijos – en inglés le llaman «baby whisperer». Trata todos los temas básicos que te interesan con un niño – comer (incluido lactancia y biberón), dormir, lloros, cuidados básicos…

Secrets Of The Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect and Communicate with your Baby

Leerlo me sirvió para, entre otros, entender que no todos los niños son iguales y que no siempre valen las mismas técnicas para todos (y ahora que tengo dos niños veo que eso es totalmente cierto).

Nos ayudó también a asentar una rutina para los niños y a estar más seguros de lo que hacíamos con los bebés. Con los cambios hormonales que se sufren tras dar a luz, la falta de sueño, lo importante que es tu bebé y la novedad a mi me llevaba a tener muchos momentos de dudas. Dudaba de todo – estará comiendo mucho/poco, duerme mucho/poco, tendrá frío/calor… un desastre! Leer pasajes de este libro entre otros me ayudaba a resolver algunas de esas dudas o al menos a enfocarlas de alguna manera.

Establecímos una rutina con los niños, que luego ha ido cambiando en función de la situación (no es lo mismo que se queden en casa y puedan dormir hasta cuando quieran, que estar en verano de vacaciones…), pero hemos seguido teniendo rutina siempre. Ciertos hitos de la rutina (comer, dormir, bañarse) suelen mantenerse, lo cual ayuda a que podamos viajar con los niños sin que ellos se sientan muy perdidos. Hay días excepcionales (navidad, cumpleaños,…) que se rompe esa rutina y eso también está bien.

Los niños comen muy bien y duermen toda la noche del tirón desde los 2 meses y pico. Que más se puede pedir?

En definitiva, si estás esperando tu primer bebé o si acabas de tener un bebé te recomiendo leer este libro, a mi me ayudó mucho. Yo tengo una versión previa a la de la imagen y en inglés, pero he visto que los contenidos son muy similares.

Os dejo los links para comprarlo si os interesa:

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Book review Secrets Of The Baby Whisperer – Tracy Hogg, Melinda Blau

Today I’m going to write about this book which helped me understand my babies. Wouldn’t it be great if the babies (and kids of all ages) came with an instructions guide? Well, this is not exactly that but it definitely helps.

I bought it before having my first baby after a talk with a friend. I wasn’t really planning on buying any book on babies, but I use to browse the internet to see what was going on.

The book is divided in different chapters and can be read completely or as a reference book. It has a section about crying and the reasons, which I have used again with my second child, on the first months it was great having it as a reference book even with the second baby.

The book is written by a “baby whisperer”, which has helped many mothers learn how to take care of their kids. It has all the basic themes – feeding, sleeping, crying, basic care…

Reading it helped me, among others, understand that not all the kids are the same and the tricks aren’t always the same (now that I have two kids I’ve seen that this is absolutely true).

It helped create a routine with my babies. With all the hormonal changes that come after giving birth, the lack of sleep and the importance of having a baby took me to be full of doubts. I use to doubt of everything – is he eating too much/too little, he sleeps a lot/today not as much, is he cold/hot… a disaster. This book helped me take a step back and focus and calm down.

We established a routine with the kids, which has been changing with the situations (we don’t have the same routine at the beginning, when we’re on holidays, when they start school…) but we always have a routine. There are certain parts of the routine (eating, sleeping, and bathing) which we normally keep the same, which helps when we travel around. There are also some days when we break the routine (Christmas, birthdays…) and that’s also great.

Our kids eat very well and sleep all night since they were less than 3 months old. What else could we ask for?

If you’re expecting or if you’ve just had a baby I totally recommend this book.

Here are the links to buy them if you’re interested:

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Corkscrews 4 all (2)

Hi All! We keep writing about corkscrews today, since it seemed to have caught the reader’s interest.
We’ll review the good all waiters corkscrews and a newer deluxe one.
Let’s start with the waiters corskscrew which we’ve been using all our life. This bottle corkscrews are usually very durable, and if the quality is good, the spiral is thin, and the head has a two-step system, they usually work quite well. Normally they also include a foil cutter and they can be used to open bottles.
They last quite long and they’re easy to carry since they’re quite small. On the other hand, you need to be quite careful while using it since it’s quite easy to introduce the spiral on a side which will lead to breaking the cork… Apart from that, if the cork is stuck, it takes quite some effort to get it off.sacacorchos_camarero

On the other hand, if you manage to use it properly and with confidence, you’ll make a good impression as an experienced wine expert 😉

The next one is a newer deluxe kind that makes the cork extraction quite easy.

Lacor 63026 - Estuche sacacorchos+descaps. luxe "s"This corkscrew type is very easy and confy to use, which will help you open the bottles easily and with very little effort.
In order to use it, you have to close the handle, which will strangle the bottle, that way the spiral which always be in the middle of the cork. Then you push the top piece down and pull it up, extracting the cork seamlessly.

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To take the cork out of the spiral, you push it down again, closet he handle and pull the spiral up, easily extracting the cork.

This corkscrews are very easy to use, but they are quite bulky and we’ve had a few which broke in a couple of years. They’ve lasted quite less than the rest we’ve had. Even if they were quite nice to use we haven’t bought another one… we would but it again as present.

This is our second corkscrews article, if you want to keep reading more about corkscrews go to our first article in which we talk about the Napoleon and the Gitano types.

If you’re interested on buying them, here are the links:

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Sacacorchos para todos (2)

Hola! Bienvenidos a la segunda entrega sobre sacacorchos, gracias por tu interés!

Revisaremos el sacacorchos de tipo ‘camarero’ y uno automático modernizado.

Empezamos por el de camareros, que llevamos usando toda la vida. Estos sacacorchos suelen ser duraderos, y mientras la espiral sea fina, la cabeza tenga dos puntos de apoyo y funcionen bien las juntas suelen ir muy bien. Por lo general incluyen también una navaja detrás para poder cortar la capucha de la botella.

Lo mejor que tienen estos sacacorchos es que duran mucho y que ocupan poco, por lo que se pueden llevar de un lado a otro fácilmente.sacacorchos_camarero

Parecen todo ventajas, pero son de camarero por algo: requieren habilidad para insertar la espiral. Cuando mas en el centro y perpendicular al borden del corcho, mejor saldrá. Y ojo! en la extracción también te puedes equivocar: si lo apoyas muy en el borde del vidrio puedes romper la botella. Lo he visto pocas veces, y no ha sido un problema, pero puede pasar.

Lo mas grave sin duda es insertar mal la espiral, ya que cuando hagamos fuerza para sacar el corcho, si no está bien sujeto o el corcho es algo blando, es fácil cargarse el corcho.

Por otro lado, si el corcho está duro suele costar sacarlo, el sacacorchos no ayuda demasiado…

Lo mejor de este sacacorchos es eso: sus múltiples puntos de fallo posibles. Lo que hace que quien lo use con presteza sea considerado un ‘veterano’ en descorchar botellas.

Lacor 63026 - Estuche sacacorchos+descaps. luxe "s"El siguiente es más moderno y facilita la extracción del corcho.

Este tipo de sacacorchos, aunque muy grande, es muy cómodo de usar, ya que permite que cualquiera sin ninguna experiencia pueda abrir una botella fácilmente y con poco esfuerzo.

Para usarlo, la tenaza se cierra alrededor del cuello de la botella, lo cual hace que la espiral se introduzca siempre en el centro del corcho. Luego se baja la espiral con la manivela que hay arriba y se vuelve a subir, sacando el corcho sacacorchos automentero con mucha facilidad.

Para sacar el corcho de la espiral se vuelve a bajar, se cierra otra vez la tenaza y se sube, el corcho se extrae en un momento.

Estos sacacorchos son muy cómodos de usar, pero ocupan bastante y nosotros hemos tenido varios y todos se nos han terminado rompiendo al cabo de un par de años. Así que nos han durado mucho menos que el resto de sacacorchos que hemos tenido. A pesar de haber sido muy cómodos, ahora mismo no nos hemos vuelto a comprar otro… eso sí, es un buen regalo.

Este es nuestro segundo artículo de sacacorchos, si quieres seguir leyendo sobre otros tipos de sacacorchos ve a nuestro primer artículo. En él hablamos del Gitano y del Napoleon.

Si quieres comprar estos sacacorchos aquí te dejamos los links:

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Samsung Smart TV 40H5500

Here’s our new TV, a Samsung Smart TV whith Wi-Fi Direct, and Freeview HD (Energy Class A+). The 40H5500 model.

After expending quite some time digging around which TV to buy, this is the TV I finally got for a Christmas present.

It’s only been a few months at home, but we’re definitely very pleased with it. You can watch it in full day light or in the dark and the image is very clear. It was very easy to set up, and it’s easy to connect to any kind of device.

Deciding which TV to buy took me a while, reason why I’m sharing with you my considerations. Should I go for a 3D model? How important is the update frequency?

After some internet digging and talking to a number of sellers in different stores, this are my conclusions:

  • If you want to be able to have apps on your TV, go for a Samsung, they’re the ones with more developed apps
  • Wi-Fi Direct: the TVs that don’t come with Wi-Fi have to use a Wi-Fi adaptor to connect to the internet. They usually cost more or less the same as the difference with the Wi-Fi direct version, and you never know if they’ll work properly… I went for the Wi-Fi Direct version – it’s quite handy to be able to play youtube directly on you TV
  • 3D yes or no? up to now they’re isn’t much content in 3D. There’s a number of different technologies on the market, at the moment you have to use glasses for 3D, but they’re trying to make glass free 3D versions and the technology is advancing quickly. I went for a non 3D version.
  • Frequency – this TV is “only” 100Hz. You can see some difference with very high speed images. I spent a while looking at a 400Hz and a 100Hz screen in a store, I couldn’t see that big a difference and the price was considerably higher.
  • Remote control: this TV has a regular remote, the higher range Samsung TVs have a Wii style remote. I thought this wouldn’t make such a difference, since you can download an app on your mobile phone and use it as remote. This allows using the keyboard from your phone making it quicker. It doesn’t work for all programs, but this is not a life changer for me.
  • You can plug in a USB with videos and watch them directly on the TV, you won’t need to plug a computer anymore
  • You can send pics and videos from your phone using the app.
  • You can record the TV contents and “pause the TV” to keep watching later.
  • The only thing that annoys me from this TV so far is the way you have to navigate through different menus to change to dual mode (in order to watch TV in the original audio).

Here’s the link if you like this TV:

Leave a post if there’s somehting you want to add!

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Corkscrews 4 all

Hi All! Today is our very first post that responds to a demand! Thanks to Antonio Gómez and Vicky Ramos for responding to our question on Facebook!

So… here it is! 🙂 We will talk about different corkscrews in a series of posts, this is the first one where we’ll present the latest ones we’ve bought not long ago.

A few days ago I bought two different types of corkscrews, one is a classic one, and the other a bit more particular, of the gitano (or two-prong) type.

Before choosing a corkscrew for your bottle, firstable you have to asses the cork status. If it’s in good condition, you can really use any type. But if the cork is damaged or is weak, you have to be more careful and choose the right type, either the gitano or an air corkscrew (not included in this review, I don’t have one, yet).

Let’s start with the classic and leave the special for the end.classic_corkscrew

The first now is a Bravantia Napoleon corkscrew, very solid and durable.

It’s made of high quality ABS plastic on the outside and metal on the inside, offering a good balance between robustness and usability.

The inner part is in charge of extracting the cork and cutting the cap, plus a ring that helps you centering the spiral, assuring optimum extraction.

The handler is big enough to operate and twist easily, making the extraction a very easy and quick process.

The only drawback is that is a bit bulky, far away from this small and handy waiter’s corkscrews.

So if you have enough space, this corkscrew won’t disappoint you, making the extraction an easy and effortless process.

Time for the next one! The ‘gitano’ (or two-prong) corkscrew, here it is:

sacacorchos_gitanoI bought this one because I was curious on how it works, and I have to say that is a very good one!

The blades get inside the bottle, between the cristal and the cork, surprisingly easily, and it extracts the cork pulling the whole block up.

I’d say that is perfect for pulling damaged corks, but I have not tried it yet.

Here are a few instructions to use it.

instrucciones_two_prong

In short I’d say that they both are really nice corkscrews and my investigation before buying them has been worth the trouble.

Please favorite us if you like this review and here are the links in case you are interested:

If you would like to keep reading about corkscrews read our second article (waiters and deluxe corkscrews).

Thanks for reading!

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Termoscud Leg Cover Tucano Urbano

I’ve been driving a scooter around Madrid all my life (20+ years…), and in winter it gets really cold! A year ago I got a Tucano Urbano Termoscud Leg Cover for my birthday. At first I wasn’t very pleased with the idea.. I didn’t really like the looks and I thought this was just another unnecessary gadget.

After a couple of winters with it, I wouldn’t think of driving a scooter in winter without my Tucano Urbano Leg Cover! No more covering/uncovering my legs in front of everybody with the legs raincoats. No more getting wet when it rains hard, the cover is quite thick and the water is repelled. No more getting cold in winter, it comes with a warm layer. At last but not least – no more wet seat when it rains!

The Tucano Urbano Leg Cover gets fixed to the moped with screws, it takes a while to put it on and take it off (20-30 mins aprox) but that’s definitely a well-used time! If you’re not really into DYI, just take your moped to your local shop, they’ll probably do it nearly for free (if they’re actually billing you for some other work).

The Tucano Urbano Leg Cover has the following features:

  • A part that covers your legs with a warm layer that can be zipped/unzipped easily so you can put it on during the cold days and take it off when it gets warmer
  • A part that goes on top of your upper body and is attached to your neck, so you won’t get cold in winter (it has an easy release to avoid any security issues if you fall)
  • An extensible cover that covers the moped’s seat so it doesn’t get wet while it’s parked

Being attached with multiple screws, you won’t have to worry about it getting stolen easily.

This days, when it’s really cold, I appreaciate the Tucano Urbano Leg Cover more than ever! This reminds me of gone with the wind “I will never get so cold and wet again!”

Here’s the link to:

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Manta para Moto Tucano Urbano

Llevo «toda la vida» (ya son más de 20 años….) moviéndome en moto por Madrid y en invierno hace mucho frío. Hace un año me regalaron la manta para moto de Tucano Urbano, que en principio no me hacía mucha ilusión, me parecía innecesaria y no me gustaba nada la pinta que le daba a la moto.

Después de llevar casi dos inviernos con ella, no me plantearía volver a usar la scooter en invierno sin mi manta Tucano Urbano. Se acabó tener que enfundarse en los pantalones de agua durante 5 minutos y llegar con ellos a la oficina (queda bastante raro). Se acabó empaparse cuando llueve mucho, la tela de la funda es gorda y no cala. Se acabó pasar tanto frío en invierno – viene con un forro caliente. Y no menos importante – se acabó el asiento de la moto empapado cuando llueve!

La manta Tucano Urbano. se coloca con tornillos, la verdad es que cuando cambia la temporada hay que pasarse un rato atornillando/desatornillando pero es un rato bien invertido (son unos 20-30 minutos). Si no eres muy manitas o prefieres que te lo hagan, lleva la moto a tu taller de confianza, seguramente te la pongan/quiten sin apenas cobrarte (por ejemplo si vas a hacerle una revisión).

En cuanto a su estructura, la manta Tucano Urbano. tiene:

  • una parte que cubre las piernas con un forro caliente que se puede poner y quitar (por ejemplo para principio de otoño o finales de primavera que todavía llueve pero ya no hace frío)
  • una parte que se engancha al cuello y cubre el torso, evitando pasar frío en el cuerpo en invierno (con una medida de seguridad para que salte si te caes)
  • un forro extensible que cubre el sillín completo de la moto si es el modelo concreto para esa moto (evitando que se moje el sillín cuando llueve)

Al estar anclada con varios tornillos, no es fácil de quitar así que no se roban fácilmente.

Estos días que hace tanto frío, agradezco tener esta manta Tucano Urbano más que nunca! Como en Lo que El Viento se Llevó  «Juro por Dios que nunca más volveré a pasar tanto frío ni a mojarme tanto…».

Aquí os dejo el link para comprarla: manta Tucano Urbano

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Kindle PaperWhite Ereader Review

If you like reading, you’ve probably thought to yourself already why so many people read in tablets or ereaders this days…

Even being quite a gadget geek, I thought I’d never get into reading with an e-reader at first. When I got a Kindle for Christmass I thought that I wouldn’t get round to use it much, but I’d give it a try.

Well.. this year I must have read just a couple of books in paper and all the rest on my Kindle. It’s just so practical for the following reasons:

  • You don’t need to turn on the light to read: you can adjust the brightness on the kindle so you can use it to read in the beach as well as in a dark room (I had a baby in my room last year…)
  • You can keep reading from other devices: you just need to download the free kindle app on your phone or tablet, and you can keep reading your book when you have some dull time and all you have with you is your phone (bus, tube, waiting at the doctor’s…).  I have the WiFi version, which saves automatically where I stopped reading.
  • There’s plenty of books, including a lot of free or really cheap ones – many authors do special sales and freebies to get people to know them
  • You download your books directly on the Kindle, no need to ever plug it to a computer
  • You can share books within your family – up to 2 adults and 2 kids
  • You can take notes on the books, and save quotes you like (which you can share with other people if you want)
  • It’s very easy to travel with, the battery lasts long (I charge it every 2-3 weeks), it’s very thin and light
  • You can download a number of dictionaries in different languages, once installed you just need to highlight the word you don’t know to see the definition. Very handy when I’m reading in other languages

The only negative point I see to the kindle is that I nearly don’t read paper books anymore….

I don’t use the kindle to browse the internet, the browser is quite limited, I only use it as ereader.

I’ve bought a couple this Christmas as presents (one of them for my non so techy father which uses it a lot (much more than what I thought).

If you like it you can find it on Amazon:

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Cooking with a Lékué Silicone Steam Case

I love cooking, but I can’t always spend all the time I’d like to spend but I fancy eating healthy. A couple of months ago, I discovered the Lékué silicon steam cases.

It has been quite a Discovery, now I cook my veggies on the microwave nearly every day. This helps me save plenty of time (for example it takes around 5 minutes to cook carrots). Since I can fix the time on the microwave I can do other things while the veggies are getting cooked, I cook the rest of the dinner or go bath the kids or whatever I need to do.

You can use it to cook anything that can be steamed, I use it to cook my veggies and fish, which are really tasty!

The bigger versions of the Lékué have a draining tray which allows to pick the juices separately.

According to the instructions, the Lékué steam case can also be used to cook on the oven as well, I used it a number of times, but it started changing color, so I no longer use it on the oven…. For the oven I use the regular trays I already had, which are not as easy to clean… I didn’t know it could be used on the oven before I bought it so this doesn’t really bother me.

Here’s the link if you want to try it: Lékué Steam Case

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