Having a baby is such a magical and emotional time… you’ve spent 9 months with little one rolling around inside you, glimpsed them on the scan pictures, done all sorts of preparation classes and the countdown is on for you to meet your baby… But one thing is starting to worry you, possibly even stress…
Category: Life
Milestone: putting the side sleeper away!
Today we reached a big milestone. Little one is now far too wiggly to continue using the side sleeper. She’s starting to crawl and pulling up on everything in a bid to stand up. It was a big moment for mummy me to undo those buckles and admit that one brief era was over. I’ve…
The agony of having a baby
Agony!!! Now I don’t mean child birth… Or pregnancy… I mean actually physical agony of having, holding, feeding, carrying, hugging and caring for a baby! Eh… what on earth do I mean… surely that’s the nice bit?? Well after you’ve spent 9 months getting bigger, heavier and generally less fit (don’t even mention relaxin to…
Crisis of confidence – playing with baby
Little one is 12 weeks old today and I’m starting to doubt myself. It got a lot worse yesterday after a trial baby sensory class… I’m full term Mum at the moment and I’ve been confident in saying that I want to take care of little full time (with a bit of part-time work on…
Counting our rainbow blessings
Today marks one year from losing our first pregnancy to a miscarriage. While the sadness remains, today has mostly been about counting our blessings and being very thankful for the small warm snuggly bundle of love curled up asleep on my lap. The devastation we felt that fateful day last Easter could have broken us….
Holding the new baby
So when your little bundle of joy has finally arrived and you are just getting to grips with everything… you have a parade of visitors wanting to hold baby… This should be a nice thing right… sadly that’s not what I felt. Sure, I was proud to show her to most some people but actually having…
Birth story – the short version!
Day before with spent with my pregnant friend who was having contractions and using TENS machine. I feel heavy and walking is hard… Nice massage and early bed… 11am – message hubby to say he’s probably got today but not tomorrow. Settle down with wire work craft project and episode of Shield. Bouncing on ball……
Pregnancy Diaries – Month 9
This last month has been so diverse… the first half was full of work related finishing tasks and generally higher energy riding a wave of completed tasks… the second half… not so much! Heartburn has been a constant discomfort with a whole bottle of gaviscon not lasting a week! Without it I’ve not been able…
EcoBaby – Second hand sales
Between facebook marketplace and Pagham Children & Baby Table Top Sales I’ve done really well at finding a whole host of pre-loved goodies. I’ve found that the Table Top Sales are so well organised with parents taking time to clean and sort out their items that it’s a real pleasure to attend. Great for the…
Making a babygrow
I have to admit to loving a bit of crafting… I’ll pretty much try out anything but I’m a real sucker for crafts that include upcycling or repurposing. So when I spotted a pattern for making a babygrow in The Eternal Maker I thought it would be a perfect way to use up some of…
Baby2000
I have just got to tell everyone about this amazing shop! Baby2000 is an independent shop in the outskirts of Portsmouth, on Copnor Road. It has the most amazingly diverse range of buggies and travel systems in stock ready for you to try out… and the staff are so lovely. They know so much about…
Hypnobirthing – Part 1
We’ve taken the plunge and started our first of 4 hypnobirthing classes. It’s an evening class run by the local NHS midwife team at the hospital. We’ve heard great things about how it can make a big difference in birth experiences. So despite our reservations that it might be a bit “hippy” we went with…
Blue for you, the baby we never knew
Today was Baby Allie’s true due date. Sadly we met them far too soon at just 9 weeks old. As the blood flowed and hope faded I held your tiny body in my hand and the waves of sadness crashed over me. Miscarriage Such a simple word that many people do not have to suffer,…
Oh no Peugeot!
I have to admit that we didn’t buy our Peugeot 3008 as a family car. We bought it because the boot is huge, it’s a high level ride which helps with my knee problems and offers great comfort on long runs with the cruise control. When we succeeded in getting pregnant one of the first…
Clueless and Curious go to The Baby and Toddler Show
This weekend Hubby and I went to our first baby show at Sandown Racecourse. I was up nice and early bouncing around ready to go. Pretty much the first time in this pregnancy I’ve allowed myself to get excited and plan ahead. It did feel good! We arrived a little early and queued up outside…
Ante-natal Pilates
With all the big body changes coming up I decided that it would be a good idea to take care of myself for a change! So I hunted and hunted and hunted for an ante-natal exercise class… one found one. Just one! I found tonnes of post-natal classes but barely any for during pregnancy. Which…
A very exciting day!!
Today was our dating scan day. It has felt like an absolute age in coming around. I’ve been very tense and anxious, barely daring to hope that a tiny little being was safely growing inside me. I hardly slept last night… not because I was laying awake worrying and imagining the worst case scenario though…
A-Z of #Oogletime
Can we have our cake and eat it? #oogletime #FridayFriends
One of the lads?
Throughout my life I’ve always been the rough and tumble kinda girl. Brought up on outdoor pursuits with mud, water and sticks as playthings. Yeah… much as I hate the term… “a tomboy”. I fit in so well as “one of the lads” and am luck enough to have been accepted on an equal footing…
Get this fire started!
Um… There’s no polite way to put this… I got my mojo back!!! Raaaarrrrrr!! My body seems to be finally getting back to normal after kicking the pill. It’s been two normal periods and oh boy… I cannot begin to explain how intense the desires are! Hubby is ecstatic and exhausted! He’s only got to…
Period Tracking App – Clue
So without the familiarity and more importantly the regularity of being the pill to control when my periods arrive I was at a loss to figure out important timings. I tried several apps and finally settled with Clue as its free and has quite a few features to track. I also like the visual feel and…
19 years on the Pill!
One of the biggest things I’ve struggled with in my life has been an overwhelming disconnect with my feelings towards being alive! I originally started on the pill when I was 14 (yes I’m 33 – where did the time go). At secondary school I started having these crazy blacking out moments where the world…
Raw Mum 