As we have noticed it's been hot this week. While the temperatures have soared and made for some sleepy babies in the day no doubt, I can guarantee that it has also resulted in restless nights for anyone with young children. For parents this means one thing: hello sleep deprivation! ... READ MORE »
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Dear First Born Child
I loved you from the moment I saw your little grainy heartbeat on a screen, tentatively started to have hopes and dreams for a future we would one day have together and I have loved every moment as that future appeared. You had me exclusively for almost 2 years but then another child entered your ... READ MORE »
Newborn Feeding: the good, the bad and the tiredness
Rosie from over at Everything's Rosie and George is doing an amazing series at the moment on newborn feeding and I wanted to get involved by writing about my own journey so far. I recommend you also head over there (once you are finished here of course) and take a look. ... READ MORE »
The reality of motherhood
It's gone 6:15am and this little man has finally fallen back to sleep after being up since 4am (3rd wake up) I still have bags under my eyes even though they're closed as I've not had more than 3 hours sleep a night since he was born 4 weeks ago. Puffy face and blotchy skin due to sleep ... READ MORE »
A balancing act
We're only in week 2 here of the Bean becoming Henry and joining our little family and we're still finding our feet. Needless to say I've not quite got the balance yet and found any time for blogging; I had naive notions of drafting posts in the night while I'm up doing the feeds but to be honest ... READ MORE »