When you prepare for the arrival of a baby you'll see that there's a gadget for everything but truth be told you don't need most of them. We went to an antenatal class where the midwife advised us that all we needed were clothes and nappies (and bottles and milk if you weren't planning on…
Passing ships
Having a baby is a wonderful, life changing event and is tough going, you get warned of how it can effect your relationship and put a strain on it but you don't really understand how until you're in the mix of it. Recently my husband and I realised what trap we'd fallen into, we'd thrown…
Pretty in pink or little boy blue?
Even before I was pregnant my husband and I always knew we wanted to save finding out the gender until baby was born. This meant lots of guessing games, sweepstakes and old wives tales on the run up to birth as well as any pre-birth baby gifts and my baby shower were gender neutral. I…
Things only a baby can get away with.
Since becoming a mum I've noticed that there's certain things that you can only get away with whilst being a baby. A lot of these do relate to bodily functions: Congratulations. Only as a baby can you be congratulated and cheered for your burps or poos! Regularly I find myself saying, "well done" and "good…
Granny returns
Having family that live across the world isn't easy, we all miss each other and although we FaceTime and have family WhatsApp groups to share pictures and videos of the goings on of our little ones, it just doesn't always cut it. The build up to visits is filled with excitement and the hellos being…
You learn who your friends are
The title may sound negative, however it's not meant that way at all. When you go through 2 of the most challenging and life changing events that I've focused this blog on, you learn who your friends are. Now, yes when my Dad died I had a fair few people who I did feel let…
Me time.
10 weeks in and I finally bit the bullet and did it! I ventured out on my own without Baby P, don't worry she wasn't left unattended, I asked her to stay home and babysit her father! Partly due to breastfeeding I'd not yet left her but also mainly because it put the fear of…
It’s the best thing.
My little one is currently nestled under my chin, milk drunk and snoozing after waking from her slumber teary and upset with that classic newborn cry of hers. Everything had come at once, she'd given me a present in her nappy which woke her and she was hungry but also not ready to wake from…
Cry baby
Babies cry, dogs bark, birds sing, bees buzz, it all makes the world go round. I knew before my daughter was born that she’d cry, it’s what babies do, it’s their main form of communication to inform you that they want or need something. It really got to me from day one when she did…
Mum knows breast.
Before you read on I feel the need to forewarn you that this is a breastfeeding post. The reason being that as a new mum I’ve felt there so much of a stigma and pressure attached to breastfeeding. There so much about breast is best vs fed is best, breastfeeding in public, support or lack…
Learning to Cope 