Though it may seem trivial to some, this for me is a really hard post to write due to my previous breastfeeding guilt with J. Breastfeeding is something I really wanted to achieve this time. I had armed myself with information which lovely people had provided, telephone numbers and ready for the support of the local breastfeeding support peers. I (foolishly) convinced myself that I would ‘get it’ this time. That we would get it. If you have read the posts from the early days after N was born, then you’ll know that it just didn’t happen like that (parts 1, 2 & 3). …
Penwizard personalised Peppa Pig Birthday Party | Book review
In our home we love books, though little man sometimes doesn’t have the attention span to sit and read a full one. I try to a have a mixture of both educational, traditional, modern & fun books. J is slightly obsessed with a certain cartoon pig, so when we were given the chance to review a personalised Peppa Pig book from Penwizard I was very eager – for him, not me, I might add! I was able to choose a softback book so as it was coming up to little man’s 2nd birthday, I went for the “Peppa goes to Your Childs …
Foodie Penpals – March reveal
This month my Foodie Penpals parcel came from the lovely Marjan all the way over in The Netherlands! I always love receiving my parcel from overseas as it means I get to try to local foods that I probably wouldn’t get the chance to otherwise. The parcel made me smile straight away when I opened it to this gorgeous postcard with a glimpse of The Netherlands. I have visited a few times and I forgot how beautiful it was. I’ve also never tried any regional foods from there! First up were these cheese biscuits – quite like ones we get …
Home birth, but hospital stay – part 3
You can read part 2 here. Monday 3rd March I was hoping that we would be allowed to go home today, but as little man #2 still wasn’t feeding directly from me, that was a no go. At this point I once again considered just totally switching to formula so we could go home. But then I remembered how bad it made me feel last time so I got my determined head on and tried to be positive. We could do this. Hubby came back to hospital, bringing little man #1 with him. As LM#1 has a short attention span, I …
Project 365 – Week 12 (days 75 – 81)
Project 365 – Week 12 (days 75 – 81) March 16th / Day 75 Today was the first race of the 2014 Formula One season, so here is Daddy introducing little man #2. March 17th / Day 76 Two weeks in and still breastfeeding (that’s two weeks longer than last time around, so I’m happy!) – little man #2 drunk on boobie! March 18th / Day 77 Little man #1’s birthday is tomorrow, and he loves balloons – we also filled a big box with them for him to discover! March 19th / Day 78 Little man #1 was at …