NCT Classes…25 Things They Don’t Tell You…But Definitely Should Are you thinking about taking NCT classes or an NCT antenatal classes? We did take one when I was pregnant for the first time. So what are NCT classes? Are NCT groups worth the expense? And what are the things about pregnancy, labour and babies they don’t…
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A nursery update and some Friday link love
It’s finally Friday! Thank you so much for all the lovely comments, tweets and advice I was given on my post from earlier in the week about nursery and dealing with separation anxiety. It got worse (the next day, despite me sneaking out, she started crying before I left the room then didn’t stop. Her…
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Six things that surprised me about breastfeeding
What surprised me about breastfeeding? There are so many things about parenting that I’ve found really surprising, but my experience of breastfeeding is one of the most unexpected. We’re coming up to Eliza’s sixth month; as one of my friends recently pointed out, that’s an awful lot of time spent with my boobs out. As…
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First night out minus baby
Thanks 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, one month
So Eliza is now a month old – and what a month it’s been. The three of us celebrated this mini-milestone in style with cake and a few choruses of Happy Birthday. Having a baby is everything everyone’s told you, and at the same time, nothing like it at all: it’s relentless, unpredictable, good, not…