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For the past month I have felt like my right arm has been chopped off. In my bid to save some money I decided to stop paying for internet usage on my mobile phone because my phone has been playing up and just wasn’t doing what I needed it to. I used to receive all … Read more
This was the topic of conversation between my friend Karin and I some time ago whilst the girls were tearing around the soft play centre. You know the way the story goes, boy meets girl, boy kisses girl, boy marries girl, boy and girl become Mummy and Daddy, Mummy has only eyes for baby. But … Read more
Before having children, I would have described myself as a bubbly, confident, outgoing girl who had no problem interacting with strangers. I was never fazed by going away with work to training centres where I knew no-one, I saw it as fun, a challenge. I would strike up conversations with people when out and about, … Read more
A question for all you bloggers out there – do you ever feel like you’re trying too hard with your blog and getting nowhere. That’s where I kind of feel that I am at the moment. Perhaps its because I’m spending a lot of time at home with the children, trying to avoid all the … Read more
I can guarantee that there will be one person reading this post right now getting excited. That person will be my Mother-in-Law because she would love it if we told her that we were going to have another baby. When we found out we were pregnant with Beanie Boy we knew straight away that he … Read more
On the whole I wouldn’t say that I’m accident prone, when I was little I went to kick a hoola hoop I’d dropped on the ground in the back yard, missed the hoola hoop and kicked the raised drain cover and REALLY hurt my toe! In my early twenties I went to kick a door … Read more
Life is a rollercoaster – isn’t that what Ronan Keating said in his song a few years back? That’s how I feel at the moment, the past 20 months have been mental, so much has happened. First off we had an ectopic pregnancy, closely followed by a missed miscarriage which resulted in surgery – stressful … Read more
From the moment I found out I was pregnant with Little Bean I instinctively knew that I would breastfeed her, obviously I had never done it before, I hadn’t been around anyone who had breastfed their child but still I knew that was what I wanted. Come on, how difficult could it be? I have … Read more
From the moment I found out I was pregnant with Lillie, I instinctively knew that I would breastfeed her. Obviously, I had never done it before. I hadn’t been around anyone who had breastfed their child but still, I knew it was what I wanted. Come on, how difficult could it be? I have breasts; … Read more