So royal baby fever is really ramping up this week. Poor Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, aka Kate Middleton and Prince William; getting to your due date and having everyone text, call and Facebook you to ask if you’ve had that baby yet is agony enough anyway, but it must be a million times more stressful…
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Breastfeeding beyond a year (six months on)
Read moreBreastfeeding at two weeks, nine months, and 16 months I wrote about breastfeeding beyond a year when Eliza was one, so wanted to pick up on it again now, nearly six months later. So here’s me, interviewing myself on the subject:
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Breastfeeding in public – it’s not unusual
Read moreHere’s some of the extreme places Eliza and I have breastfed over the past 18 months:
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Top tips on blogging and using social media for breastfeeding
Read moreBlogging, social media and breastfeeding; not natural bedfellows, you’d think? Well, read on…It’s National Breastfeeding Week and I’m taking part in the Keep Britain Breastfeeding Scavenger Hunt, along with a whole load of other brilliant bloggers. Today’s theme is around top tips for breastfeeding. I know lots of other mums taking part would have great advice…
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The one with the dentist and the over dramatised near-death experience (kind of…)
Read moreThis week has seemed slightly…strange. As well as Eliza’s clockwork early morning wake-up time of 5.30am – my new nemesis – she’s not been very well and is also teething again, and has also taken to waking up at around midnight for a few hours. So sleep, or lack of, has been a big factor in the…
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Bounty, Emma’s Diary and selling on new parent’s contact information
Read moreLike a lot of first-time pregnant mums I had what Ross from Friends termed a ‘super-human thirst for knowledge.’ I read everything I could get my hands on, downloaded multiple apps, and of course, signed up for all the websites. There’s loads, with Bounty and Emma’s Diary being two of the bigger ones. As well…
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Ten great things you can only do once you’re a parent
Read moreWriting my post on the things you must do before the baby arrives (drink all the wine! Wear white! Concentrate on something for longer than about 20 seconds!) it occurred to me that even though there’s lots you can’t do any longer, becoming a mum or dad opens the doors to a lot more fun things you…
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