I think I just hypnotised my child. Seriously.  What I bought: The Rabbit who wants to fall asleep. A new way of getting children to sleep. By Carl-Johan Forssen Ehrlin. How much it cost: £4 from Amazon. Lily has always been a pretty average sleeper. She’s never been one to keep me up the entire… Continue reading Two Weekly Purchase: The Rabbit who wants to fall asleep

When I was pregnant with Lily I thought I would probably breastfeed for the first 6 months before switching to formula. Especially after a shakey start I was unsure whether I would even last that long. It took me a while to  help Lily get the latch right, and once I had my nipples were… Continue reading Breastfeeding and the Working Mum

Well I’ve done the post on the honeymoon with “a toddler in tow” so I guess you might want to hear about the actual wedding! Joe proposed on Christmas Day 2014. I was over the moon and as you can tell, said yes. We quickly began planning the wedding, I say “we” I mean me.… Continue reading Wedding: Toddler in tow

With breastfeeding in the news recently yet again as Sam Faiers from TOWIE fame breastfed her 8 month old son Paul live on This Morning, I felt the need to just talk a bit about my experience breastfeeding Lily in public. If you read the papers you would believe that no breastfeeding mother could feed… Continue reading Public Breastfeeding: My Positive Experience

In this day and age there is a app for pretty much everything, and this is no different when it comes to pregnancy and baby apps. There are so many out there so I have put together a list of the ones I found the best: 1. BabyCentre Probably my favourite app when I was… Continue reading Top 10 free pregnancy/baby apps

Before I had Lily I loved nothing more than a 2 week holiday somewhere scorching! Where I could lounge around working on my tan, have a few cocktails and a dip in the pool then stay up late watching the cheesy entertainment. Once I found out I was pregnant I knew holidays of that type… Continue reading Honeymoon, toddler in tow!

The leaves are golden and falling to the ground, the heating has come on as well as the jumpers, the evenings are getting darker earlier: It is most definitely Autumn. And as well as the excitement that comes with the winter months: Halloween parties, my birthday is in November and of course CHRISTMAS!! The colder… Continue reading ‘Tis The Season To Be Snotty…

I remember when I was young the difficulty my parents had getting me to eat three meals a day, especially dinners. My dad would say he may as well dish up my dinner straight in to the bin! Well now I know how they felt! Getting Lily to sit still long enough to finish a… Continue reading Fussy Eater

It’s the second of my two weekly purchase posts! This time it is my online sale bargains shopping at Mothercare.com. When I fell pregnant I signed up to various sites such as Boots, Emma’s Diary, and Mothercare. One of the perks of being a member of Mothercare is you get an email with a link… Continue reading The Two Weekly Purchase: Mothercare Haul

Anyone who knows me and especially my husband knows that we aren’t exactly fans of mess. So one of the challenges we have faced so far is knowing to relax a bit when it comes to Lily getting a bit creative. This is the case for food when we were weening her we needed to… Continue reading Embracing Messy Play