Do you like muted or bright colours for Winter?

We've got your nestlings covered this Winter. Whether you like soft, muted colours or bright, striking designs there is something for everyone. This week's selections are from one extreme to the other.

We're highlighting another beautiful baby brand that is new to nestling this Winter - Cable Baby. These gorgeous pieces will keep baby warm on the coldest of days and are wonderfully soft for winter time snuggles!

Cable Baby

If your nestlings are a bit older how about getting their Hoot on? Hootkid's Winter range is as bright and playful as ever - especially when you mix and match.

Hootkid

Try combining some of these...

Whatever you select your nestlings will look and feel great, so have fun choosing some fabulous Winter clothes!

The team at nestling.

Wilson & Frenchy

New to nestling this Winter is the gorgeous baby brand, Wilson & Frenchy. The muted colours and soft textures are perfect for little babies and a number of styles will suit both boys and girls.

With sizes from 0000 to 0, this Melbourne-based brand uses only the finest cotton and ensure their garments are produced in fair trade factories. Each design is unique and individually hand illustrated.

In case you haven't already viewed our Wilson & Frenchy collection here's a sneak peak of what's on offer and how to team them up.

If you like all-in-ones these are sure to impress:

Fly away zip suit with feet

Lark print zip suit with feet

The top two feature zips and the Little forest one has studs, and is also the only footless option. 

Little forest long sleeve studsuit

Almost a complete outfit in one but they can be enhanced with the addition of the Petite stripe knot hat or the Little lark bib.

             

Petite stripe knot hat

Little lark bib

                                             

The Little lark easy neck bodysuit can be worn by baby boys or girls and can be teamed with any of the leggings to suit.

Little lark easy neck bodysuit

  

The boys' Little fox easy neck top looks beautiful with the Mini blue stripe leggings and the girls' Little family easy neck top looks gorgeous over the Petite pattern leggings with frills.

 And of course the Bunny rug can go under, or over, all of them!

Petite stripe bunny rug

We hope you love our new brand as much as we do.

The team at nestling.

Inside activities for a dreary day

Its a windy, rainy, cold day so what can you do with your nestlings? Try some (or all) of these. You're sure to find something the children will enjoy, and hopefully you will too!

10. Dressing up - a perennial favourite with boys and girls of all ages (and some mums and dads). If you haven't got a dress up box let them have some of your old clothes and jewellery. Accessories are always a hit.

Fox & Finch Planes tee

9. Cooking up a storm - anything that requires mixing by hand is good for little people. Just keep it safe and don't stress about the mess.

8. Face painting - make sure its the kind of paint that washes off easily and go easy on the black, just in case...

7. Reading a story (or being read to) - important and fun for the reader and the one being read to. Stuck for ideas? Check out our blog: Children's book suggestions by age.

6. Drawing or colouring - as long as its on paper, not the walls, or carpet, or the dog...

5. Making an inside cubby house - there is something about pushing the chairs together and throwing a blanket over the top that always makes me smile.

4. Writing a story - rainy days are great for creativity. If your nestling isn't old enough to write their own, write a story just for them. Everyone likes being the hero/heroine.

Fox & Finch Faith colour block dress

3. Playing in a nice warm bath - fun for the whole family if your bath is big enough. This one can be combined with number 7, and may be necessary after 8 and 9.

2. Dressing up the cat or dog, or a soft toy - the soft toy may be the safest option, depending on the temperament of your cat or dog. I'd suggest you make sure the face paint has been put away before you start this one too.

1. Snuggling in front of the fire/heater - possibly while watching a movie and drinking hot chocolate. What better way to spend a dreary day?

Don't let the weather get you down. There are lots of fun things to do inside - you are only limited by your imagination. Just ask your nestlings, they're sure to come up with something creative. Enjoy!

The team at nestling.

Beautiful winter warmers for your nestlings

How's the weather where you are? Here at nestling central things are really starting to cool off. Luckily for you nestling is currently offering 30% off all winter clothes so you can set your nestlings up for a snug and warm winter. Just use the coupon code '30bunny' at the checkout before 30 April 2014. As well as 30% off winter clothes it will also give you 30% off all baby accessories.

Here are just a couple from our huge selection of gorgeous baby outfits:

And some beautiful clothes for older children:

Choose from our fabulous range of winter sleepwear:

And there's plenty more where they came from:

Little Wings

Fox & Finch

Milky

Bebe by Minihaha

Happy winter shopping from the team at nestling.

Royal visit

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, together with their baby son Prince George arrived in New Zealand today. They will have a bit over a week of official engagements and sightseeing prior to heading to Australia on Wednesday 16 April (just in time for Easter!)

On Good Friday the Royal couple will visit the Sydney Royal Easter Show and are expected to take Prince George with them. On Easter Sunday they are still in Sydney and will be attending a service at St Andrew's Cathedral after which they will take a family trip to Taronga Zoo. Apparently the bilby enclosure is going to be named after Prince George so he's sure to love that! For more on that story follow the link Taronga helps celebrate the birth of the Royal baby

After a quick trip to Brisbane they will head back to Sydney and then on to Uluru, where they will camp for the night. From there the Royals go to Adelaide and Canberra - where they will attend an ANZAC Day march and commemorative service. They leave Australia later the same day.

Many parallels can be drawn between this Royal visit and that of Charles and Diana in 1983 when they toured Australia and New Zealand with a nine month old Prince William. However, this will surely be a happier trip than that one. Princess Diana had fought hard to bring William with her, a move that even Charles did not support, and apparently William's presence made their trip more difficult. It is hard to believe that in the space of one generation attitudes and perceptions have changed so much.

 The young Prince William was based at a farm in New South Wales so Princess Diana and Prince Charles had to keep returning there every few days, which slowed down their trip considerably. This trip has also been credited as starting "Dianamania", where the Royal couple, and particularly Diana, drew huge crowds. Prince Charles couldn't understand why Diana was so popular and it is alleged by household staff that he resented her popularity. They were both unprepared for the size of the crowds and the large numbers of photographers and Diana found the whole experience quite unsettling.

Courtesy L J Holden

After attending a ceremonial welcome at Government House in Wellington today, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have a day off tomorrow - presumably to get over any jet lag. They will then go on to attend 25 different engagements during their 20 day visit to New Zealand and Australia.  

We wish them a safe and happy tour down under!

The team at nestling.