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Cecilia - 1 Month Update

Cecilia – 1 Month Update

It only seems like yesterday I was writing one-week breastfeeding update but here we are 4 weeks in. I can’t believe how quick the time has gone.

C has just slotted into life and she is such a chilled out baby. C is basically a cat, she just eats and sleeps. Her nickname is Mouse as she seems to squeak in her sleep. This is contrary to J as he was known as bear as he used to grizzle.

We got C…

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Ewan the dreamsheep review

We were recently sent Ewan the dreamsheep to review. We already own Russell the sheepdog as we bought him in an effort to help J sleep when he was younger.

Ewan is a sleep aid which helps baby to sleep it has 4 different sounds; heartbeat + womb, heartbeat + vacuum cleaner, heartbeat + harp music, heartbeat + rain. You can choose which one your baby prefers, we vary between heartbeat + rain…

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#Ewan the dreamsheep #Sleeping

First day solo parenting two children.

The first-day solo parenting with two children wasn’t so bad. D went back to work on Tuesday which meant that I had to do the school run on my own. We made sure it was run like a military operation which meant that the night before I had sandwiches made, school bag ready, uniform ironed, breakfast out in the bowls and even my morning coffee set out in a cup ready.

C woke up for a feed about 5…

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Bravado Nursing Bra Review*

I was recently sent the Bravado Body Silk Seamless Nursing Bra in Garnet to review. The Bravado Nursing Bra arrived at the perfect time as I had forgotten that feeling of running out of room to breath. This was because your bump is getting bigger and you normally have a foot under your rib cage.

One thing I always struggle with when buying bra is finding one that is the right size. When it…

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#Maternity Clothing #Nursing Bra

The First Week of Breastfeeding

It’s the end of our first week of breastfeeding, this is something I honestly didn’t think we would achieve. I had loads of issues trying to breastfeed J and ended up having to express and cup feeding J for two weeks. This was because he had caused damaged to me and wouldn’t latch properly. After two weeks I ended up switching him to formula as my mental health had started to deteriorate and I…

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#breastfeeding #formula feeding

The things nobody tells you about pregnancy

I’m sure by now everybody knows that pregnant woman wakes up eight million times in the night to go to the toilet, however, there are several other things that people aren’t aware of.

I thought I would update you about all the things That Go Bump In The Night. The last issue I had was that I was full of a cold and being 37 weeks pregnant this wasn’t the greatest of timings. Not only was it…

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#Review #Symptoms

Birth Announcement 8/11/16 + Birth Story

Birth Announcement, if you read my last post it turns out it was the start of labour!!

Meet baby girl!!!

I was having contractions from 5am and they were happening every 10 mins on average. By the time they got to about 7 mins apart it was around 12 . They were manageable just more an inconvenience than anything else. I did notice that if I sat down on the birthing ball or sofa that the…

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#birth #labour

Is this the start of Labour ??

I’m currently sat here on my bouncy ball, I think I’m in labour and I thought I’d write this bit before I forget it in case everything kicks off soon.

Over the past few days, I have been having tightenings of my stomach that I wasn’t sure if they were Braxton Hicks or contractions. Yesterday was my due date and it came and went, in the evening as I was putting J to bed I had several stabbing…

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#labour

40 Weeks Pregnant - Due Date

40 Weeks Pregnant – Due Date

So today is my due date I am 40 weeks pregnant, it is the 7th of November, I honestly didn’t think I would still be waiting by this point. I had a gut feeling that baby girl would have been early however it appears that she has other ideas.

Over the past few days I have had some sort of twinges I wouldn’t say they were painful however they were definitely tightenings of some sort because last…

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#due date #labour

Kinetic Sand Sandcastle Set Review

We were recently sent the Kinetic Sand Sandcastle Setto review, this couldn’t have come at a better time as being 40 weeks pregnant I am struggling to keep J entertained whilst trying to save my energy. As soon as I gave the box to J he knew immediately what it was, turns out he does actual pay attention to the adverts on TV and doesn’t just tell me he wants everything he sees. He knew straight…

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#Kinetic Sand #toy

What's in my hospital bag?

What’s in my hospital bag?

What’s in my hospital bag? Well if you had asked me last week or even yesterday I would have said nothing, I didn’t even know what bag to use as my hospital bag. I realised at 37 weeks pregnant it was about time that I packed it, especially as this seems to be the question people keep asking me. First time round I think I was very organised in packing my bag early just in case. The hospital…

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#Hospital

Rockin Baby Space Print Pyjamas review

We were very kindly sent some Rockin Baby Space Print Pyjamasto review. I didn’t know exactly what we were getting to review but as we have several Rockin Baby items already I knew we wouldn’t be disappointed. When the Space print Pyjamas arrived I couldn’t believe the timing of them. J had started asking if he could visit the moon that week every time he saw the moon come out at night. When I…

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#Childrens Fashion #Rockin Baby

How I Made a Baby Blanket

Firstly you must understand that previous to this Baby Blanket I have never made a pattern, used an overlocker or sewn anything more that a standard square wipe.

I have always wanted to be able to sew but would rather spend hours finding different fabrics that I liked rather than the actual learning how to sew. My mum has always been good at the sewing part so it was easier to get her to do it…

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#Baby #craft #sewing

Our plans for Halloween 2016

With Halloween fast approaching I have been thinking about what things to do if anything this year. I have written previously about Halloween and that I don’t really like the idea of taking J to random strangers houses in effect begging for sweets. J doesn’t even like sweets so it is a pointless thing to even think about really.

This year, however, I think he would really like the idea of…

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#halloween #Halloween Costumes #Halloween Recipes

New House

These are some of the before photos of our new house. We are in the process of renovating it ourselves.

I will be blogging sone during photos as well and of course the finished pictures .

We have sofar stripped away all the wallpaper including several layers of lining paper in the same room. 7 layers! ! . Knocked some walls back to brickwork, rebuilt walls and plastered. We have also had the…

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#New House #Renovate

We have a Walker

We have a walker!!! Just shy of 9 months. J has been cruising around furniture since he was 6 1/2 months. It was hard enough stopping him hurting himself when he was crawling and cruising . I’ve no idea how many accidents are to come now, he has started walking just in time to attack the Christmas decorations ….

I’m so proud of my little baby boy and it melts my heart to see him walk. He…

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#Milestone

Here goes .....

Here goes …..

This is my first blog so please forgive me if it isnt up to a good standard whilst i get started.

I will mainly be writing about my struggle adapting to life as a mummy , coaping with PND and general day to day living with a baby with allergies

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