Here’s my latest favourite photo of my little man at 17 weeks. How the time is flying – and my maternity leave 🙁 In the last couple of days Edward has done a 360° on his baby gym much to our surprise. We both kept going into the lounge and shouting to the other “Did you move him?!”. Edward has also been lying on his side a lot which means he is close to turning over. I’m both happy that he’s developing well but sad that he’s no longer my little baby. I love watching him grow but wish I…
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As Edward is now 17 weeks (where’s the time going!?) we decided to start him on some baby rice. He can sit up in his new Stokke highchair, he puts things in his mouth, and watches us eating. We gave him one spoonful of baby rice mixed with 10 spoonfuls of milk. It looked quite gross but must have tasted ok as he ate a couple of spoonfuls 🙂 He took to the spoon really well and could have eaten a lot more than the recommended spoonful!
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So last night I tried one of the projects on my to-do list – an embellished tshirt for my little boy. I followed an old pattern from Sew Hip magazine. It was pretty simple consisting of an applique motif decorated with colourful ribbons for the mane and tail. I was excited as this was my first time using fusible webbing and I have plenty of other projects I want to try using this. Everything was going well until I managed to melt the ribbon on to the iron not once, but twice! I removed the gunk with a paste of…
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As you may be able to tell, I’m a tad obsessed with my growing little family. I suppose we waited a while until we started a family and now I am enjoying every single second of family life. We didn’t have an easy start as my husband was taken ill when Edward was only two weeks old and now has ongoing health problems. However, before Edward was born we booked a week away in Cornwall and we thoroughly enjoyed our first family holiday last month. This photograph was taken in Polperro by my father-in-law who joined us for a day.…
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I seem to have lost my crafting mojo recently. It’s probably due to a lack of ‘me’ time which is natural with a new baby. However, Edward has gone to bed at 7 since we brought him home from hospital and I don’t feel the need to collapse on the sofa after he has gone to bed as much as I used to. So I recently picked up my sewing machine and made a new bib for him from some lovely fleecy fabric. complete with milk stains! It’s not the best thing I have ever made but it was practical…
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The theme for Week 15 of The Gallery is motherhood. Although this isn’t the best photo of me and Edward it’s one which makes me smile. Before I became a mother I had no idea what it really entailed and I’m no expert yet. Edward is now 3 months old and so far I’ve spent most of my time feeding and burping him. I permanently have a stack of muslins somewhere on my person and the washing machine is always on to make sure I have a fresh supply to hand. This photo was taken on our first family holiday…
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I took poor Edward to have his twelve week jabs today. Although we got through the eight week ones with barely a whimper it wasn’t the same today. By the time I got him out of his buggy, removed his shorts and held him gently on my lap he seemed to know exactly what was going on. After we left the surgery he continued to give me the evil eye until he eventually fell asleep in his buggy. I think I might ask his father to take him to the next appointment as it was awful watching his reaction to…
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I’ve realised it’s time to have some sort of routine in our life. For the last three months I’ve completely followed Edward with feeding and sleeping times. Luckily he’s been happy to go to bed at 7 and with a couple of feeds he’ll sleep to 7 the next day. However I want him to sleep through the night more regularly and books suggest I can help him with this by reducing his 3 am feed or replacing it with boiled water. He’s been having SMA Hungry Baby formula for a while and it seems to fill his tummy for…
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Edward slept through the night on Sunday from midnight to six am 🙂 After a bit of googling I discovered that our hungry/sleepy baby may be experiencing another growth spurt. Growth spurts occur at ten days, six weeks, three months, six months and nine months. I learned that cluster feeding, where the baby is feeding more often, is the first sign of this. Just when I think we are settling into a routine Edward won’t go to bed easily or will be really hungry more often than normal. I’m glad to know there is some kind of reason for it…