Natural mum or be prepared?
I was astounded yesterday as a work colleague (we’ve only been working together since I was back after maternity leave) asked me if I was ever going to have more kids. Her reasoning was “you seem like the type to…
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Rainbow cake and stripy jelly
Ok so N’s first birthday was a week or so ago, but our NCT group of mums & babies decided to do one of our regular celebration get togethers in honour of all the first birthdays. We were hosting it…
Listography: Top 5 Websites
Linking up with KateTakes5’s listography this week, and it’s on your most commonly used websites. I’m not really surprised about mine, as when I don’t have much time on the computer, there’s a few I always check. WordPress. Not sure…
Injections for babies at 1 year old
Yesterday it was N’s 12/13 month jabs – boosters and his MMR. I had no worries about him having the MMR as some parents have in the past. With his second set of jabs back in March-ish time, he wasn’t…
Listography: top 5 biscuits
I have a sweet tooth (personally I think it may be genetic as my mum’s a bit of a chocolate lover as well, plus we weren’t really allowed much sweet stuff as kids so think I’m rebelling against that as…
First birthday and how to get cake tins for one use
The last year’s gone so quickly…my baby’s not a baby any longer, he’s a one year old toddler. It was his first birthday yesterday, plus with him having started walking a couple of weeks ago, he’s definitely moved into toddlerdom….
Questions on milk for babies
Milk for babies is a funny thing. Before you have a baby, it seems so simple and straightforward. Either you like it or you don’t. You choose your colour top, and tend to stick with that (me, I like skimmed,…
Day Zero update, 101 in 1001
In the last few weeks before getting back to work again, I’ve managed to tick off quite a few of my tasks on my 101 in 1001 days. There’s still a lot to go, although as quite a few were…
Freedom and things you take for granted
While N was at his settling in sessions at nursery and I was still not back at work, it was great to be able to do those simple things that you forget about as you’ve adapted to children’s needs. Parking….
Listography: tips for bloggers
I’ve not been blogging for very long but as Kate says when setting the theme for this time’s listography, there’s tips that are useful from any level of blogger. So here’re my tips: Ultimately though I think it just boils…
Week 2: One born every minute…pain
The second week of One Born Every Minute & Netmums link up in conjunction with the tv show (C4 9pm Wed 11th). This week the blog link up is on pain, so here’s my take on it during N’s arrival….
