Tots to Teens: Early events to welcome the new year

Also, check out some hat-and-mitten sets, personalised book crates and snuggle bibs for your little ones as well as events for exhausted mums

Personalised book crate from the Wild Tribe, €29.95.

HOW are you and your family planning to celebrate New Year’s Eve? 

The NYF Dublin Procession is an option for those in or near Ireland’s capital city. This free parade featuring marching bands and street performers will wind its way through the city centre between 4pm and 5pm.

Free celebrations are being organised in Kerry too. From 5pm, Tralee’s Denny Street will be the location for a street party featuring live entertainment from local musician David Lynch. The festivities will culminate with a fireworks display at 7pm.

Dingle is renowned for its New Year’s Eve fireworks. The light show is launched from the Dingle Marina every year, and is scheduled to take place at 8pm tomorrow, weather permitting.

Hat-and-mittens set

Keep the littlest ones in the family well wrapped up from the winter cold with this hat-and-mittens set (€10.95) from stylishbaba.ie. 

Hat-and-mittens set from Stylish Baba, €10.95.

Stylish Baba is a family-run business that aims to provide parents with fashionable, practical, and affordable baby clothes. It stocks a wide range of clothing items, including bibs, bows, headbands, babygrows, sleep sacks, and more.

Personalised book crate

Encourage the budding bookworms in your family to take pride in their books with this personalised book crate from thewildtribe.ie. Set up in 2022, The Wild Tribe is a family-run toy and gift shop in Co Kerry, specialising in wooden toys, many of which are handcrafted and can be personalised.

Personalised book crate from the Wild Tribe, €29.95.

The book crates come in a range of colours and themes, including stars, tractors, unicorns, dinosaurs, and butterflies. Each crate measures 30cm by 16cm by 24cm, and costs €29.95.

Snuggle bib

Make feeding babies a far less messy affair with this snuggle bib from babaroo.ie. Babaroo is an online business that supplies practical, sustainably made, and ethically sourced baby and toddler products from its base in East Cork.

This particular bib is a classic example of the company’s high-quality products. It covers baby’s entire top half, helping to keep clothes clean. It’s waterproof and wipes clean easily while also being soft, lightweight, and comfortable for babies to wear. 

Sustainably made snuggle bib from Babaroo, €12.

The bib’s in-built pocket catches food and spills, and its neck strap is adjustable. It’s also easy to roll up for use on the go. It’s made from baby-safe polyurethane and 100% cotton, meaning it’s free from harmful chemicals like BPAs and phthalates.

The bib costs €12.

Mum Talks

Calling all mums. Has Christmas left you feeling exhausted? Give yourself something fun to look forward to by booking a ticket to a Mum Talks event in the Castletroy Park Hotel on January 28.

Mum Talks is an events company that aims to support, inspire, and empower women through their motherhood journey with in-person and online meet-ups, events, talks, and workshops.

This upcoming event in Limerick is the first such event to take place in the county, and promises to be a great way for mums to connect, share experiences, and learn from one another.

Taking place from 10.30am to 12pm, it will consist of a light breakfast, and tea and coffee, as well as an opportunity to hear from three different speakers. Former primary school teacher, child psychotherapist, and play therapist Cathy O’Byrne will talk about the power of play and playfulness in supporting the parent-child connection. 

Ixis Santos, the founder of Forest Mist Skincare, will discuss what can be done to restore balance and comfort to sensitive, reactive, and problematic skin. And mum-of-two coach Jo O’Riordan will share what mums can do to move out of stress and survival mode into clarity and self-confidence. Time will also be set aside for mums to mingle and connect.

Find out more and book tickets, see mumtalks.ie.