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Excellent vibes in the baby garden at Hello Birds.
Me and Boyo (7.5 months) braved the storm and it was a great day to spend time in the beautiful indoor garden that Jasmine Cole Productions have created with Hello Birds, complete with handmade rattly mushrooms, crinkly leaves, squeaky flowers and shiny pond with blue shower puff water.
The babies loved exploring the space and being introduced to the variety of bird puppets visiting the garden. The space was pretty packed with babies, which in itself wasn’t a problem -babies love babies!- but it did mean that the format of showing the birds around everyone took quite a while, which slowed the pace down and interrupted the flow of attention a little. Also, I would say it’s more suitable for stationary or crawling babies than walkers, who might find the space a little small (and stomp on the wee ones!).
That said, I loved the inclusive vibe of the show, which was audio described and signed, and Bran and Tor felt like the kind of people you want to be friends with (well, the kind of people I want to be friends with!). A wholesome and heartwarming experience all round.
(Written by Debs Hahn)
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