This post is sponsored by Fisher-Price and includes a great giveaway! Navigating a baby store as a expectant, first time parent can be daunting to say the least. As they are filled to overflowing with all manner of baby-related paraphernalia, determining what you will actually need can be quite the task. As many soon-to-be parents […]
5 Baby Shower Gift Ideas
I felt so spoilt when a friend organised a small baby shower get together the week before AJ was born, it’s not often (at least in my experience) that Baby #2 receives such special attention, and it was nice to take some time out of the nesting frenzy to sit, chat and enjoy morning tea […]
7 Reasons Not to Leave Hospital with the Baby Blues
” ‘The blues’ is a term often used to describe a range of emotions that up to 80% of women will experience during the first week after giving birth. This will most commonly be around the 3rd to 5th days, being mainly attributed to this sudden hormonal shift, compounded by all the adjustments that come […]
The View From Here…
Our days are a pink, peach-fuzz and powder-scented haze of feeding, sleeping and newborn cuddles thanks to this little bundle of joy. Weighing 4.2kg/ 9lb 4 oz and 56 centimetres long, little sister is healthy, big sister is completely smitten and Mum is loved up, tired and over-emotional, just as the mum of a newborn […]
It’s Almost Time!
Wow, this pregnancy seems to have flown by! Not surprising given all that the new year has held so far. We are all excitedly looking forward to meeting our new bub very, very soon. While I am anticipating that I might not be able to hang our here quite as often as usual over the […]
Baby Prep 101: Entertaining a Sibling While Breastfeeding
I am anticipating that sharing my attention is going to be a real adjustment for Immy when the baby arrives. Although she is pretty good at playing independently when I am busy with chores, I am sure that giving the bub attention is going to be a whole different story (a bit like when I […]
Journey Through A Pregnancy: Weeks 34 – 37
Catch up on our journey so far; Our Pregnancy Journey: Weeks 32-33, Week 31, Week 30, Week 28, Week 27, Week 26, Week 25, Week 24, Week 23, Week 22, Week 21, Weeks 18-20 Our pregnancy announcement
Worrisome and Weariness
They lay beside me in the dark, taunting me, arguing with each other. The first has been there for nine months now, filling my mind with swirling ‘What ifs?’ and my slumber with dark dreams. :: Will everything be okay this time? Will I bring home a healthy baby? :: It’s been so long, can […]
Journey Through A Pregnancy: Weeks 32 & 33
Catch up on our journey so far; Our Pregnancy Journey: Week 31, Week 30, Week 28, Week 27, Week 26, Week 25, Week 24, Week 23, Week 22, Week 21, Weeks 18-20 Our pregnancy announcement
Mum 2 Mum: The ‘Do I Need It?’ and ‘But Who Do I Put Where?’ Edition
Today I have two questions that I hope you can help me with 🙂 Firstly, when Immy was a newborn we went straight with a carseat, no capsule carrier. I didn’t think it was necessary. I thought a combination of baby carrier and pram would do for most scenarios and it did. This time I […]
