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[malamai]

Tonight was date night. 🥰

[adventureswithartie]

My babies are growing, so quickly and I’d love if it could slow down a little.

A has just started preschool, he has a uniform and I’m feeling grief not because he is growing up, but that in a small way, away from me. He’s happy and loving and I adore this stage of his life - the questions and the conversations.

D is 16 months old and fierce. She’s super attached to me and still boobing strong with no signs of stopping. I’m ok with that and happy to continue as long as she wants to. Her favourite word is “No” and she can make her needs and wants clear. She reminds me of me.

I’m busy studying onto my second year of a law degree. It’s hard finding the time with the kids but we make it work and I’ve loved challenging myself and using my brain, it’s kept me sane, honestly. I’ve found running/exercise and I’m firmly keeping hold of the parts of myself that are external to the children.

Husband’s health is good currently and he’s working hard but we’ve got a better work/life balance which 18 months ago was something of a pipe dream.

[mummystorybook]

Quick question...

Do babies often suddenly and inexplicably change their preferred feeding position?

All of a sudden Danny gets really angry with me if I try and hold him across my body to feed. I've tried holding him a bit more upright and the rugby hold to varying degrees of success but I'm not very good at those holds as I've not used them before and he just won't stay still so I'm worried about hurting him.

He's struggling to feed as much as usual because of this though he seems perfectly happy so I'm not too worried about him being hungry.

But yeah, any advice on positions for feeding or why he's suddenly decided he doesn't like the one we've been using all almost 17 weeks of his life.....?

[waitingformyonesosmall]

Charlie's actual birthday is on Wednesday but we had his tea party today, he loved it bless him. He's the absolute best, can't believe he's going to be one 👶🏼❤️

[micheal-and-mama]

Tesco nappies?

Has anyone used the Tesco Loves Baby nappies? Are they good? I'm considering switching and doing all my grocery shopping in Tesco, because Asda have changed their Littlw Angels nappies and they are awful! I've used them since Micheál was born, but recently they changed the packaging and the nappies. They're so thin and flimsy and I feel like I'm changing him much more! But I think Pampers / Huggies are too expensive for our budget. My nearest Tesco is like 20ish miles away, but I'd still swap to them for a decent pack of nappies 😂 (I know Aldi nappies are supposed to be good, but there are no Aldi stores in Northern Ireland!)

[malamai]

[malamai]

Unpopular opinion: People should mind their own business and be able to have as a flamboyant or dull christmas as they like without being guilted into dimming it down or jazzing it up to be deemed acceptable to those who do christmas a different way or have different christmas traditions.🎄

[adventureswithartie]

Sitting in the car park in B&Q feeding the baby who has been an absolute trooper being dragged from shop to shop after a busy morning swimming (for the first time). I mean, there was the poo explosion incident but the less said about that the better. It may look as though I’m teaching her how to drive, but alas she couldn’t get the hang of the steering wheel and tried to eat it instead. Anyway, feeding away, as babies do, when an older man walked past the front window, peering in. He spotted I was feeding her, stopped walking, stared and gave me such a look of disgust (which I gleefully returned). It’s almost as if he’d never heard of tits being used the way nature intended. How about we all just mind our own tits? I’m sure the world would be a much happier place. #normalizebreastfeeding #breastfeeding