Silas’s Birth Story

Just like that our little baby is one.  My blog has mostly been hibernating during Silas’s first year with the exception of a few drafts that I have written down.  But now is as good a time as any to get back into it and what better post to share than Silas’s birth story which …

Let’s Keep Talking

I was recently tagged in a post on Instagram, asking how I stay mentally healthy.  Since we have just finished Mental Health Awareness Week I thought that I would write a little post about it.  Just like we all have physical health, we also have mental health, and both of these need to be taken …

Living the Dream

Being a mother is my biggest dream.  Having lived the dream for almost two years now is a privilege.  To some it might sound strange, that this, motherhood, is living the dream.  But imagine getting to be, what you have dreamt about for as long as you remember, surely that is living the dream. I …

Thankful Thursday

I have just been swimming with JJ and now he is napping in the buggy whilst I am enjoying a Starbucks coffee.  The sunshine is beaming through the window but it is quite cold outside. You know that emotion when you all of a sudden get feel so thankful.  That is how I  am feeling …

Breastfeeding a toddler

Breastfeeding a toddler I read a lovely quote by Alanis Morissette the other day “I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament”, it made me think about breastfeeding and it fits just perfectly how I look at my body and its ability to feed JJ, who is now 20 months old and …

Mid week adventure at Gordon Castle Walled Garden

I like having a routine  and to do set things on set days.  We have days when we go to toddler groups, swim lessons and 8 hours each week JJ is with his childminder (this is when I clean the house, do laundry, cook and blog) .  Wednesday is our midweek adventure day.  I love …

Tantrums are not bad

JJ is now 19 months old and he is forming an opinion which is not always the same as ours.  A few times we have had situations where someone has said, "ohh he is having a tantrum".  I can not explain how much I dislike that sentence.  He is not having a tantrum!  He is …

Living

I don't like the word busy.  So I am not gonna say that we have been so busy lately,  instead we have been living a lot recently.  We have been discovering new toddler groups,  gotten to know new amazing people,  caught up with friends, been at the beach, spent weekends at granny,  photographed weddings and I …

Just another night

Tonight like so many other night did not go to plan. I wanted to prepare lunch and dinner for tomorrow, tidy and clean, read a bit and blog a bit - yes all that can be condensed into 3 hours.   Let me walk you through what really happened and what a typical night is …

Breastfeeding is my superpower

Who has not at some point wished that they had some kind of super power? Maybe wondered about what it would be like to fly or walk through walls? I sometimes wish that my superpower was being able to be on top of everything, but it isn’t. Instead breastfeeding is my superpower. Our breastfeeding journey …