You just do it, don’t you? I went for a walk with a dear friend today and she asked me how on earth I’d managed with Poppi at home, home-schooling, being pregnant and then having a lockdown baby. She then reflected herself and said, well somehow, we just do it don’t we? Whatever life throws […]
There are so many instances in life where we venture out blindly hoping that we make it through. A new job, buying a new car, getting married, buying a house…the list goes on. Sure, we do our research, but theory and reviews can not prepare you physically and emotionally for all you are about to […]
One of the lovely things about being a mum is there is this unspoken understanding and acceptance that we are all in the same boat. I was walking around the park with Awena in the pram the other day and passed 3 mums together with their little ones. They gave me a polite smile as […]
As a kid, I have a fond memory of going blackberry picking with my mum the first weekend after school had started again in September. Blackberries seem to be appearing earlier and earlier so we have already been and returned with a surprising haul. We used half for the traditional crumble and the other half […]
Too much, too little, on-demand, engorged, painful, sore nipples, forever hungry, mastitis, blocked ducts, embarrassing leakage, breast pads, exhausting, emotional, frantic feeds, expressing, pumping and dumping, scratched necks and chests, pulled hair…any of this sound familiar? Why would anyone want to breastfeed? This week is world breastfeeding week and I think we should either pat […]
Neonates. What an all-encompassing, all-consuming, emotionally exhausting experience. I’m finding it hard to find the words to say to describe the 19 days Awena spent in the neonatal unit. I think I have to start by thanking the amazing staff who made the whole experience so much more manageable. Without their reassurance, confidence and general chats I am convinced […]
On the 21st May, I started preparing to write a blog entitled Life is a Rollercoaster. Seven weeks later, I am finally writing it. I had planned to discuss the ups and downs of managing kids behaviour during lockdown. Poppi had been doing amazingly well and then it was as if a switch had been […]
After a chat with my family last night and having been asked the question “have you got any news” and finding the answer was “no, not really…pretty much same old, same old” I thought to myself, perhaps this week it is time to share some news! If you read last weeks blog you would have […]
A couple of weeks ago we had a zoom catch up with some lovely folk and heard about all the things those that don’t have kids are planning to learn/master during this weird time of extra time. There were some fun and creative ideas, but none I felt I could possibly achieve with a young […]
So here we are again. The days are long, the weeks even longer, but the moments are still there. As we battle through this time together I cannot encourage you more to keep tracking your “highs and lows” of the day (a wonderful dinner time conversation introduced to us by some very dear friends). The […]