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First Day at Nursery
Read more: First Day at NurseryIt’s the eve of the Full Day at Nursery. We’ve done the taster sessions with success. The first stay-and-play felt like a trip to playgroup as I watched Little Lass discover the new surroundings, her eyes lit up when she spotted the water table and dressing up boxes. As I asked her key worker some…
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New Mum: Trusting your instincts
Read more: New Mum: Trusting your instinctsThis last fortnight, I’ve learned the importance of trusting your own instincts as a new mum. Our Little Lass has been coughing constantly and has been off her food which developed into green watery nappies as she began to refuse milk. After two trips to doctors with our Little Lass, we are now treating a…
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Poorly Baby: Teething or Testing Us?
Read more: Poorly Baby: Teething or Testing Us?Why are they always more poorly at night? For days, our happy 9 month old baby has been coughing, spluttering and screaming. Poor little love; she’s got a runny nose and chesty cough, keeps tugging on her ear and crying. We’ve got stinging eyes and a dose of irritability syndrome (me & her dad that is).…
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New Mum: Why blog about ordinary life?
Read more: New Mum: Why blog about ordinary life?With a massive community of women/mummy bloggers doing their thing, there’s a world of support waiting for mums like us and yet sometimes you can still feel like you’re alone. I’m a fellow follower of so-called ‘mummy blogs’. They make me laugh at loud, they touch my heart and they all make me relate to…
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New Mum: When should you lose your baby weight?
Read more: New Mum: When should you lose your baby weight?When is the right time to lose weight after giving birth? Are you proud of your MummyTummy or are you keen on improving your post-baby body? My Little Lass is 4 months old now and maternity leave has so far involved a few baby classes, catching up with people & (you’ve guessed it) lots of…
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New Mum: Leaving Mini Lass for a Girls Weekend
Read more: New Mum: Leaving Mini Lass for a Girls WeekendIs a girls weekend away any different when you have a newborn baby? Should you give them up once you become a mum? My little sister turned 30 recently and to celebrate, a group of us girls rented a house for the weekend. Our main aims were to consume copious amounts of Prosecco, Gin, Wine…
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New Mum: 10 truths about raising a newborn baby
Read more: New Mum: 10 truths about raising a newborn babyWhat are those early days really like for a first time mum? I’d read the books and spoken to friends but over the last few weeks I’ve been experiencing the reality of motherhood for myself. If you’re pregnant, a new mum or just remembering what it was like in those early days, you might relate…
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New Mum: The Fear, The Responsibility & The Love!
Read more: New Mum: The Fear, The Responsibility & The Love!I’m a Mum; I’ve joined The Club! I actually have a baby daughter and it feels weird and wonderful all at the same time. As it’s Mother’s Day weekend, I’m sure that Mini Lass (her Dad) is scanning the internet for a thoughtful gift as I write. I know that my 6 week old baby…
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New Mum: 5 things people ask when you’ve got a newborn
Read more: New Mum: 5 things people ask when you’ve got a newbornYou’re never fully prepared for life with a newborn nor are you prepared for the curiosity of others. Well-meaning or plain nosey, here are some questions I’ve been asked this past month. You might recognise some; no doubt you’ve been asked them too. They appear to be the standard post-labour conversations for new mums! 1. Is…
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Pregnancy: Lady in Labour!
Read more: Pregnancy: Lady in Labour!Inevitably, as a first time Mum-to-Be, I was becoming increasingly curious about labour. I wondered what our story would be. Specifically, how to know when it officially starts (apparently you just know. As it turns out, I did!), how long it’ll last (how long is a piece of string?) and what to expect (anything!). In an…
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Mini Lass is born!
Read more: Mini Lass is born!Our Little Lass was born on 12th February 2017 weighing a healthy 7lb 1oz (why do people want to know this?) The labour was a story in its own right but she’s one week old now and I’m totally smitten. The three of us are still in our new impenetrable family bubble of kisses, cuddles…
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Pregnancy: Uneventful Due Date
Read more: Pregnancy: Uneventful Due DateWhen your due date passes by without incident, it can be frustrating. Your phone alerts you to a constant stream of “any signs yet?” messages and well meaning “happy due date” texts. Yeh, because this baby knows she is going to evicted this very day and should depart my uterus accordingly and in a timely…
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Pregnancy: Attending Antenatal Class
Read more: Pregnancy: Attending Antenatal Class“Forewarned is forearmed as they say!” As first time parents, we were weighing up the pros and cons of attending Antenatal Class. We figured we’d learn something new so thought why not? Prior Expectations Friends of ours had told us stories about the lady leading the class who walks round leaning on furniture in mock labour moaning “ooo” and “ahhhh” at…
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Pregnancy: what’s it all about?
Read more: Pregnancy: what’s it all about?Pregnancy: What does it mean? Aside from the obvious of course – You get fat for 9 months and a stork delivers a bundle of joy to your doorstep. At first, pregnancy for me meant daily vomit, a dose of a purple prickly rash on my face and continuous munching on packets of ginger biscuits…
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The Brave Face
Read more: The Brave Face“This week has been about the Brave Face and the power of female friendship”. I have worn the metaphorical mask that is the Brave Face, full frontal this week following some recurring bad news (which is deliberately generic because we have all been there – we all have ordinary problems). Concerned relatives, female friends and…
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