How gorgeous is this crochet monkey rattle? I just had to purchase when I spied it at Mathilda's Market in Malvern last year. From memory I was either very close to my due date, or overdue — hubby spotted quite a few stares and the odd person pointing at me and my enormous belly. Ah, those were the days when caring for Erika was oh-so-easy. Most mothers think I'm crazy when I say I miss my baby belly. But I do. Well, maybe not the last week of pregnancy, that was pretty painful. And the first three months of nausea, that was pretty crap too. Mmm, rose-tinted glasses much?

Anyhoo, this gorgeous rattle is also a perfect gift (if you can bear to part with it), and the lass from whom I bought it has a lovely range of other crochet bits and bobs too. Check out the LaDeDah Kids website and buy online or hunt her down at a market around town.