The founders of My 1st Years were featured on The Alan Titchmarsh Show yesterday on ITV. They were showcasing the personalised baby gifts and were interviewed by the host Alan Titchmarsh.
Please see an image below which shows the founders on the show discussing the range of products My 1st Years offers.
Here at My 1st Years, we take immense pride in producing high quality baby gifts and personalised baby clothes. So it is incredibly rewarding to be featured in the business section of The Metro. Our founders Daniel Price and Jonny Sitton were interviewed (pictured below), as our personalised baby presents company has grown 12 fold this year, despite the continued difficult economic climate. The article goes on to document the growth of the company from them being based in the dynamic duo’s bedrooms to the thriving business that it is today.
The article quotes Daniel as saying “The business has grown at an incredible rate… we’re No.1 for personalised baby gifts but we want to be No.1 for gifts every time someone buys for a baby”. With this level of ambition, you can expect to see great things from our company including even more innovations in personalised baby presents. In the picture above, Jonny (right) is holding a Jessie the Lion, from our range of personalised teddies and Daniel (left) is displaying a pair of our luxurious sheepskin bootees, both of which make ideal baby gifts. These are just a sample of the great range of personalised baby presents on offer from My 1st Years.
Our other products include cuddly personalised baby blankets and both baby girl and baby boys gifts. Our products are a great way to welcome a little one in to your world and the personalisation of these gifts adds an extra layer of love. Think in years to come as the child looks back at these baby gifts and remembers the love with which they were given. Our personalised baby clothes are lovely ways of letting everyone know who your new baby is! We stock various outfits and bibs in white, classic blues and pinks. If you are looking for the ultimate collection of personalised baby presents, then why not opt for our luxury 8 piece baby gift set? This set includes various personalised baby clothes, a teddy, 3 styles of My 1st Years exclusive booties and a hooded towel.
The question on everyone’s lips is why Blue Ivy??
The hip-hop royalty power couple were inspired by their own art when naming baby blue! The Blue comes from the Blueprint, Jay Z 2001 album which later triggered a trilogy of albums. The origin of the newborns middle name stands for IV the Roman numeral for 4.
The number 4 is very important to the couple with Beyonces' birthday being September 4th and Jay-Z’s being December 4th. The couple were married on April 4th. Beyonces latest album being named 4 which is fitting.
So there you have it! The reasoning behind the name.
For the second time in a row, a Canadian couple is ringing in the New Year with an early bundle of joy.
On New Year's Day, Bobbi Jo and Kurtis Ketcheson became the proud parents of Grace Olivia, the first baby born in 2012 in Medicine Hat, Alberta.
Believe it or not, Grace arrived exactly 365 days after her older brother Jack – who was the first New Year's baby in Regina, in 2011.
That brings the Ketcheson family to six, including another son born in late January, 2010, and who will soon be two, and an older daughter who was born in November, 2008 and who just turned three. Quite a handful for any young family.
Like her brother Jack, baby Olivia was born prematurely, arriving five weeks early and weighing just 4 pounds, 8 ounces. She is currently at the neonatal intensive care unit at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital, where she is expected to remain for another two weeks or so.
But her mother, Bobbi Jo, says her newest baby is doing well.
"She's doing a lot better than Jack was doing on Jan. 3 last year. So we're really happy about that," Ketcheson told CTV's Canada AM via Skype from Medicine Hat, Tuesday.
This latest pregnancy was a bit of a surprise – but then again, so were all of Ketcheson's other pregnancies as well.
"I don't know if ‘surprise' is the right word anymore. We have managed to get pregnant four times on four different methods of birth control," Ketcheson said. "So like I joked, we are probably two of the most fertile people in Canada."
In fact, Ketcheson was only hours away from signing a consent form to have "her tubes tied" and undergo a tubal ligation when she found out she was pregnant with Grace.
Doctors gave the Ketchesons a Feb. 6 due date. So the couple was quite surprised when Graces decided to arrive extra early, on her older brother's birthday.
"It's not something we expected. It's something we joked about, but not something we thought would actually happen," Ketcheson says.
"We kind of knew I wouldn't make it to my due date because I'm usually so sick when I'm pregnant. But we didn't think it was going to happen on Jack's birthday," she added.
Not a single one of Bobbi Jo's pregnancies – or deliveries – have been what doctors would call "normal." In every one, she has suffered from hyperemesis gravidarum, a severe form of morning sickness.
"I literally throw up from the moment of conception to the moment of delivery many, many, many times a day, even with lots of different medications," says Ketcheson.
"And then when I go into labour, it's extremely fast. I get vomiting and a headache, there's no contractions; I just have to push."
That's what happened on Jan. 1, as Ketcheson was doing laundry with her father. She gagged, ran to the kitchen sink, and then got a terrible headache that lasted about a minute.
She looked at her dad and said, "Oh no, call 911; I have to push."
Ketcheson made it to hospital only because Grace's chin became stuck, which slowed the delivery. Doctors were preparing to rush her into surgery for a C-section, when Ketcheson gave one final push and delivered Grace on the operating table.
The Ketchesons have now delivered one New Year baby in Saskatchewan and another in Alberta. So does this mean they might try for yet another in 2013 in another city further west?
"No it doesn't mean that; not even a little bit. We are not trying to take the West, so we won't be heading to B.C. next year," Ketcheson said with a laugh.
"We are done now. Two girls and two boys. We're going to do something a little more permanent in terms of birth control methods this time."
Until then, the family is enjoying their latest New Year's baby, clipping out the articles about their amazing story from local newspapers and pasting them into what will be a very interesting baby book for little Grace Olivia Ketcheson.
My 1st Years Co-Founder Daniel Price met Johnny Vaughan & Lisa Snowdon this morning at the Capital Radio studios in Leicester Square. The My 1st Years gifts have been received extremely well by Lisa (for nephew Finley), Johnny (for niece Mimi) and producer Rich (for his son Henry)!
See the photo below of when My 1st Years met with Capital Radio.
We sent Lisa Snowdon a pair of the Sheepskin Booties & Blue/Yellow High Top trainers for her nephew Finley! Lisa absolutely loved the personalised baby gifts sent from My 1st Years and has been tweeting today about the brand!
Below is the gift package we sent to Lisa and she tweeted the image earlier on today!
To hear Johnny & Lisa's reaction to the My 1st Years products sent then check out the link below:
http://www.youtube.com/my1styears#p/a/u/0/IfPeFYcDybc
We sent Elton John and his partner David Furnish a baby gift set through Heart radio for their newborn Zachary. Harriet Scott handed the gifts to Elton and after seeing the delight on Elton's face when he opened the My 1st Years box we knew we had to put a smile on Harriet's face too! Harriet recently had a baby called Max so we sent her a gift set containing a blue fleece blanket, navy high top trainers, baby blue sheepskin booties and a Bailey bear for Max to cuddle.
See below the gift set that Harriet kindly uploaded on to Twitter!
The My 1st Years Erin Bears were purchased from the X Factor for the final 16 contestants when they entered the house. Every contestant had a My 1st Years Erin bear on their bed awaiting their arrival which they all loved! The bears have appeared in different media including the Daily Star and Heat Magazine. Personalise your Erin bear today here - http://www.my1styears.com/erin-bear-147.html
From Friday 16th September you will be able to find My 1st Years personalised gifts on the John Lewis website! My 1st Years has been carefully selected to go onto their website (www.johnlewis.com) to offer our beautiful personalised gifts to their customers and enhance their baby section.
John Lewis currently provide a wide range of baby products from nursery furniture to wallpapers - all of great quality and with adorable designs making them an ideal department store for new mums. They also have a stylish baby clothing range for the fashion conscience customer. However this is the first time that John Lewis will be offering personalisation on baby clothing! Never before have they offered this service to make your baby's gift that little bit more special and My 1st Years are so excited to be the ones doing it for them!
John Lewis are taking on the My 1st Years high top trainers and booties as well as the bibs. See our own site (www.my1styears.com) for more gift options you can choose from including outfit sets and bears. The high top trainers will be offered in a range of colours including navy, pink, blue with yellow, and pink with yellow. The High Top Trainers are made from quality canvas upper and a soft nylex lining ensuring the highest levels of comfort. These are easy to place on & off the baby's feet and give extra support with its high top features making the perfect newborn or 1st birthday gift.
The booties come in leather or sheepskin made with the greatest level of care during production. The softness of the material is very gentle against the babies skin, especially the thick fur of the sheepskin booties. All gifts will arrive carefully wrapped in a My 1st Years gift box, tied with ribbon - A gift anyone would be delighted to receive. Even David Beckham was recently seen showing off his football trainers personalised with the names of his four children - Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz and Harper.
Hopefully, now that we are on the John Lewis website, even more people will see and appreciate the charm of a My 1st Years gift. We recognise the individuality of every baby and see personalisation as a way of responding to that, and so have John Lewis. Whether you are the Auntie, sister, Dad, Grandma or friend of the baby, My 1st Years offers the perfect personalised gift.
John Lewis have chosen a beautiful variety of products for their website. Check us out on their website and see how good the products look!
