What’s it like being 33 weeks pregnant? Here’s my latest weekly pregnancy blog update from the third trimester.. 33 weeks pregnant: “So, you’re measuring slightly small…” The midwife said, as she hovered above me with the tape measure at my 33 weeks pregnant appointment. I have to admit, my mind had been elsewhere at that…
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The soundtrack to my 6am
Read moreWhen do toddlers turn into teenagers who never want to get out of bed? Tell me it’s soon, please. Although Eliza’s moved on quite a lot from her days of 5.30am starts, and occasionally we’ll even get an astounding 8am out of her (on nursery days, of course) most of the time she’s up just…
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The Truth About Pregnancy And Toddlers
Read morePregnancy when you have a toddler…the truth about what it’s like! Pregnant and already have a toddler? Here’s nine unavoidable truths…the things that no-one ever tells you about pregnancy and toddlers. What’s the perfect age gap between children? Answers on a postcard please, or the back of a copy of Emma’s Diary. But there’s no…
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Would you choose a video baby monitor?
Read moreWhat’s everyone’s view on video baby monitors? (See what I did there…) With Eliza we had the tommee tippee sensor pad monitor*. It was a traditional sound monitor with a movement-sensing pad you placed under the baby’s mattress, and it beeped if it didn’t sense movement for a certain amount of time. We used it…
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Bus rides, babyccinos and blog posts
Read moreWhat are your toddler’s favourite things to do? As well as baking funny cupcakes, making loads of mess with paints and running around for hours, one of Eliza’s most loved activities is go to a ‘cafe’ and get a babyccino. Which really makes me laugh in a ‘kids today, eh?’ way. She also loves public…
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32 weeks pregnant: not just a river in Egypt
Read moreWhat’s happening at 32 weeks pregnant? Here’s my latest weekly pregnancy blog… 32 weeks pregnant: 32 weeks pregnant – nothing’s ready! Am I in denial about the new baby’s imminent arrival? Very possibly…It’s not that I’m not excited – I really am, every time I see a newborn I’m overwhelmed with the loveliness of thoughts…
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How pregnancy makes you like a superhero
Read moreHere’s how pregnancy makes you like a superhero… Here’s how pregnancy makes you like a superhero…During your first pregnancy, everything is new, exciting and different, isn’t it? Last time I dutifully listed all the unexpected symptoms (all I can say is thank goodness the awful ad with the gravy cow isn’t on any more). But…