As I blogged about previously, the new counsellor I saw had given me some homework. Last time we decided that I needed to get out more, basically, to take my mind off grieving all of the time (obviously I can still grieve, but it was consuming me) so that’s what I’ve been doing. I also had my diary sheet to fill in for my homework (just like being back at school!). On this I had to write what I did, how I felt (and the % of that feeling), and rate the following on a scale of 1-10 – achievement, closeness …
Counselling – take 4
#silentsunday
Happy Mother’s Day (to everyone)
Today has been my first Mother’s Day. I have waited a long time for this. It’s the first one I’ve been happy and actually enjoyed. (Well, there was last year, but I was in labour that day and didn’t really get chance to appreciate & enjoy it as a mummy-to-be, as much as I should have!). But I still feel a twinge of sadness. For my friends who are still waiting to be mummies. That was me once, and as much as I love being a mummy now and have the chance to celebrate this day, I do remember the …
Eczema
As I posted about yesterday, I had a visit to the doctors – little man had one right after me. For a while now he has had a sore, dry, red patch on his left cheek, and it’s just started appearing on his right one too. It very occasionally appears elsewhere on his body. Some days it’s very bright, others you can barely see it. I didn’t think anything of it until the health visitor mentioned it when we took him to get weighed once, and said she would give us a prescription for some cream next time she saw …