Wow, five month’s old already! This is one of my favourite stages of the baby days. When they are all cute and squishy, full of smiles and giggles, but haven’t realised yet that Mummy could leave them, if only just to nip to the loo or something. When that reality hits her and she starts…
So Facebook and breastfeeding hit the headlines again as they take down Emma Bond’s photo of her nursing her premature baby for the first time, reportedly after someone marked the picture as offensive. Brave Emma took a stand against the social media giant re-posting her photo to a pro-breastfeeding group to be met with overwhelming…
When HUGGIES® challenged us to get our little ones swimming this winter, I really wasn’t sure how it would go. If you read my last post you’ll already know that I can’t swim which makes motivation a little difficult. I’m desperate not to pass on my fear of water to my children, and I have managed to make…
I have a confession to make, well I probably have several but for the purposes of this post the one I’m going to reveal is that I cannot swim. It’s something I’m not particularly proud of. It stems from a fear of water that developed from an incident in the school pool when I was…
There has been a growing fashion over the last decade for buying breastfeeding necklaces. They hadn’t hit my radar when I was feeding Indie, but I’ve noticed them being mentioned and used much more now I’m frequenting the interweb more regularly, being a blogger and all. I was starting to feel left out. Was this…
This month’s update is a little bit late. Little Pudding was 4 month’s old on the 29th September. The first three month’s flew by, but something has definitely changed this month. Things seemed to have slowed down, maybe it’s because we are used to the routine or maybe it’s the change in season’s. Now it’s…
Can I firstly say I have had some great midwives, health visitors and maternity support workers across my 3 pregnancies and breastfeeding my babies. This post is not intended to disrespect any hard working professional, it is merely an observation on some experiences I have either had directly or from talking to other women. I…
Breastfeeding a newborn baby can be a fiddly business. They’re so fragile and delicate and quite frankly the whole experience can be overwhelming for a number of reasons, especially with all those hormones. These breastfeeding tips will help get you started with a successful feeding journey. Things don’t always go smoothly at the start of breastfeeding,…
So little Pudding is now 3 months old! I can hardly believe it, time is going so fast. We’ve had a name change this month from Tinkerbell to Pudding. Her big sister is called Princess, which completely suits her as she is a little Diva. I chose Tinkerbell to fit with Princess, but it’s becoming…
I see a lot of posts and updates across the internet and social media, and of course in the Breastfeeding Diaries of Mum’s having difficulties or issues with nursing. I also have had my own challenges whilst breastfeeding, when it came to feeding Princess, daughter number 2. If I’d have been blogging back then I would…
Babies aren’t always the most exciting of things, and some days, dare I say it, they can be down right boring. It’s important to have a few tricks up your sleeve to get you through the cycle of feeding and nappies, as all too quickly you can find yourself isolated, lonely and just not enjoying…
This week we are packing Zena’s Suitcase and we are off on a bit of a road trip. The GCSE’s results are out on Thursday, and Friday Teen, Princess and little Pudding are taking to the road for a trip to South-West Scotland to visit Granny. We haven’t really been able to take a holiday…
This article from the Guardian US by Jessica Valenti appeared in my Facebook feed about the age old breast vs bottle debate, and for me another article that is barking up the wrong tree entirely. She suggests that bottle feeding Mother’s are shown the same adoration through the media as celebrities that publicly breastfeed their babies….
After feeling like things were going a little awry with the teenager and the husband last week I decided a family day out was called for, the whole family. We do a lot with the girls and leave the teenager at home quite often. It often suits him that way but from time to time it’s…
Little Tinkerbell is two month’s old today. Where on earth did that go. It doesn’t seem like 5 minutes ago I was posting where we were at on her one month birthday, but strangely enough pregnancy seems light years away. Things are definitely changing, stuff’s getting easier and we are full on in the swing…
I was genuinely delighted to be given the opportunity by Pinter & Martin to review one of their recent publications ‘Breastfeeding Made Easy’ by Carlos Gonzalez. To be honest I’m not really one for ‘parenting’ type books, I’m more of a trust your instincts kind of Mother. I was happy to give this book a try…