Books, stationery, and wellbeing
I know it's easy to say Jenson won't be walking for ages yet but it feels like my nephew is still a baby yet he's already walking around, so it doesn't hurt to keep an eye out for those products that we'll be needing further down the line. Trunki's Toddlepaks are friggin' cute and come… Continue reading Wish list: Trunki Toddlepaks from House of Fraser
Jenson is already able to hold his head up unsupported for over a minute at a time so I reckon it won't be long until we can try putting him in a Bumbo. I'm off to Mothercare later this week to pick one up so we have one ready at the house for when he… Continue reading Item of the day: Bumbo from Mothercare
Today's a big day - Jenson is three weeks old and Luke has gone back to work. For ten hours a day, five days a week, it's me and him against the world! Fortunately he sleeps through most of the afternoon but for the last couple of days he hasn't been settling so well at… Continue reading Jenson: Three weeks old
Jenson is two weeks old today and my mum is babysitting for a few hours so we can go out for Luke's 30th. It's weird knowing that we'll be baby free and I wonder if I'll be the kind of parent who wants to check in every hour... I doubt it as I know my… Continue reading Jenson: Two weeks old
Over the last few days I've been sharing my birth story. Although I finished up yesterday's post with the fun details of my emergency cesarean, there's still a wee bit more to come, but don't worry, this is the last one! I was so relieved to be wheeled to recovery with it all over. I… Continue reading My birth story – Part 4
Earlier this week I started blogging about my birth story. You can catch up on parts 1 and 2 here and here... All of the final available options (turning the baby, forceps, cesarean) would be pretty intense but I wouldn't feel a thing. The anesthetist came in to talk to me about an epidural and… Continue reading My birth story – Part 3
Yesterday I shared the first part of my birth story, which you can catch up on here. The drama continues below... Strong contractions started at 11pm about 20 minutes apart but within a couple of hours they were getting more intense and happening four to ten minutes apart. I popped a couple of Paracetamol and… Continue reading My birth story – Part 2
I wanted to write this post before I get proved wrong. For months people have been telling me that I'll forget what happened when I had my son and I'll want another one. I don't buy it but just in case, I wanted to document his labour here in a blog post so I have… Continue reading My birth story – Part 1
It's been a week since Jenson was born/delivered (I feel like I can't say born because I technically didn't 'give birth' and delivered sounds like a postman dropped him off!) and it's crazy how much has happened. After a rather traumatic birth and extended stay in hospital (more on that in my birth story posts… Continue reading Jenson: One week old
He's finally here - and super cute, right? Not that we're biased. While he's napping I'm (not very evenly) splitting my time between watching him sleep and blogging, so I'll be back with the obligatory birth story and breast vs bottle feeding posts soon! Had to share some piccies in the meantime though. Here's me… Continue reading Welcome to the world, Jenson!