Is how long my parents have been married for; it was their ruby wedding anniversary this weekend. The sun shone, and to celebrate we had a picnic in the park. Needless to say the youngest and newest member of our family loved all the attention. Alex and I are very lucky to have both sets…
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Saturday (brunch at The Charlotte Street Hotel)
Read moreSaturday was a day of new and old experiences, most notably Eliza’s first trip to central London. The pair of us headed off to the Charlotte Street Hotel for a late birthday lunch for one of my friends (along with another friend who currently lives in Dubai, so hadn’t yet met the baby).
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Eliza, three months
Read moreWe’d heard so much about the three month mark being that mythical point where babies calm down and become much more manageable – is three is the magic number? Well, I’m not sure when it happened, but at some point approaching this month, Eliza did seem to get a whole lot easier. We can’t pinpoint…
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On the beach
Read moreWe’ve just arrived home from a long weekend in Bournemouth, where the sun actually shone for us, for a change. We were there to help my brother move house (although my contribution to helping mainly involved sitting around and feeding the baby – the most important job though, right?).
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First night out minus baby
Read moreThanks to some strategic power expressing, last week saw the momentous occasion of my first night out minus baby. The NCT dads in our group have had beers on a couple of occasions, so purely in the interests of balance and fairness – of course! – it was the mums turn this time (the men +…
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Eliza’s birth story – an unexpectedly quick induction of labour
Read moreI thought I’d post my induction of labour birth story (a propess induction story) today to coincide with International Midwife Day. I received such amazing care from midwives, both in the hospital (despite it being incredibly busy) and from the community midwife team at my doctors surgery (who came out to our house for three…