A couple of weeks ago Edward and I went along to a Nappuccino organised by a lovely lady from The Washable Nappy Co. Ages ago a friend gave me a leaflet about real nappies and I was interested to try them out for many reasons: 8 million nappies are thrown away in Britain every day and 90% of those end up in landfill each baby uses between 4 -6000 nappies and these will fill about 160 black bin liners children in real nappies tend to toilet train on average around 6 months earlier than those in disposables (!) there is…
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Over the last few weeks I have been lucky to win some prizes through some of my favourite websites and new blogs. The first was a Mac-in-a-Sac waterproof jacket from Adventure Togs via British Mummy Bloggers. Useful for when we’re out and about on one of our many walks! Then I won a scooter bag from Micro Scooters Ltd via Netmums. I might have to put this away for a few years until Edward has a scooter 🙂 Finally I won a Disney game for the Nintendo DS called Club Penguin via UrbanVox. I love my DS and am looking…
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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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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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Although we have just returned from a week away with our 11 week old we are starting to think about the next holiday! This year we would like a couple of long weekends away to Bath/Bristol, Dublin and Bruges. Before we went away I read a great post by Tanya about holidaying with small children. There is some good advice about what to pack and be prepared for. Our Cornish bolthole We were fortunate to be staying in a roomy holiday cottage in Cornwall and packed the car full of essentials. However for shorter City breaks it would be nice…
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I’m sure I’m not alone as a new mum feeling exceptionally tired at the moment. A recent holiday and the unsettled weather means the routine Edward and I had is out of the window. He seems constantly hungry and has taken to sleeping for long periods during the day and shorter periods during the night. We have tried to instill a routine where he naps during the day in a light, noisy room. During the night he sleeps in his nursery, or his moses basket in our room, which are both kept dark and quiet. I love Edward dearly but…