Baby Boden

British fashion retailer Boden has launched a British Baby line just in time for birth of the new prince or princess of Cambridge.

"A Very British Baby" features gorgeous sleepsuits, bodysuits and cardigans with patterns of corgis and soldiers. Ultra cute, they are sure to be snapped up by new mums wanting a patriotic theme for their bub. 

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Catherine Stunning In Green

This blog is about the Cambridge children and one day their paternal cousins.

However I just spotted some photos of the Duchess of Cambridge out and about at a meeting about maternal and child health. 

Catherine looks fantastic in a Jenny Packham outfit. The colour looks great on her and she is really blossoming in this pregnancy. Any mum will tell you tell you how big and cumbersome you feel in the last month of pregnancy but the Duchess isn't letting that stop her!

New Webpage For Baby

Preparations are under way for the new Cambridge baby which is due next month.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have a new webpage dedicated to announcing the birth, updates and photos of their third baby. This can be found at the Royal Family's site at royal.uk/baby. Kensington Palace's twitter site @kensingtonroyal will also release details and photos.

Cambridge Baby Essentials # 1

The Duchess of Cambridge is due to give birth to baby number 3 next month. Catherine has been very busy since the start of the year but is planned to finish up work after her next engagement on St Patrick's Day, 17th March.

Baby George 2013

With that in mind we begin a series of feature articles about the arrival of new Cambridge prince or princess. We start with the Lindo Wing. 
As with Prince George and Princess Charlotte's births, the Duchess will give birth in the Lindo Wing- a private maternity unit of St Mary's Hospital in Paddington. 

Charlotte 2015

As well as the first two Cambridge babies, the Lindo Wing has been the birthplace of Princes William and Harry of Wales, Princess Anne's children Peter and Zara Phillips, Lord Frederick and Lady Gabriella Windsor, and the Gloucestor children- the Earl of Ulster, Lady Rose and Lady Davina Windsor. 

This author visited the Lindo Wing several months ago and it was a thrill to see the famous front doors which open to reveal the world's first glimpse of each new baby.

The front steps actually lead from the Lindo onto a very narrow street- you may remember toddler William in 1984 and little George in 2015 walking along the same street to meet their new siblings. 

Opposite the hospital is a cafe and behind that is the railway tracks leading to Paddington Station ( as in THAT BEAR!). There is also a canal next to the station and car parks. Not very glamorous!

The hospital itself offers parents the benefits of a world class teaching hospital but with the care of their own specialist obstetrician. 

Catherine is cared for by doctors Alan Farthing and Guy Thorpe- Beeston. They have seen her through her three pregnancies and managed her hyperemesis gravidarum each time. 

William 1982

Harry 1984

 

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Obstetrician Alan Farthing

Baby Countdown

Prince George and Princess Charlotte of Cambridge have been out of the public eye since September when George started school at Thomas's Battersea.

The little prince was accompanied on his first day by dad Prince William but mum Catherine was suffering from extreme morning sickness and had to stay home in bed. 

William and George's arrival at Thomas's was captured by the press and Kensington Palace issued a photo of the two princes standing on the front steps of their home. 

Likewise, Charlotte commenced preschool
at Willcocks Nursery School not far from home in Kensington in early January. Press photographers were not in attendance but again the Palace released two gorgeous photos of the two year old princess taken by the Duchess of Cambridge. 

We really haven't seen much of the children since the Cambridge tour of Germany and Poland last July. But the coming months will present more opportunities to see the little ones. 

In April, the third Cambridge baby is due and it is expected that Catherine will again give birth in the Lindo Wing of St Mary's hospital in Paddington.  

As well as a photo opportunity on the steps of the hospital, it is hoped new photos will be issued to mark the arrival of this new prince or princess. Charlotte will turn three on May 2nd.

If that isn't enough excitement for the family and royal watchers, Prince Harry will wed Ms. Meghan Markle at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle on 19th May. George and Charlotte may well play a role as pageboy and flower girl just as they did for Aunty Pippa last May.

And then there will be the baby's christening approximately three months after his or her birth as well as Trooping the Colour at Buckingham Palace in early June. 

A big year coming up for the Cambridge family and Prince Harry!