I’ve had a few months break from this blogging lark. Balancing blogging along with work, life, toddler, husband, dog and mental sanity was proving a bit too much and something had to give. Now that I feel like I’m on a bit more of an even keel, I’ve decided to get back on the horse … Continue reading Current State : June edition
Before I had my daughter, I said a lot of stupid sh*t about being a parent. I judged others on their parenting skills and made bold, frankly ridiculous statements about how I was going to parent when I had zero experience of being one... I will never dress my daughter in pink I'm not a … Continue reading I will never dress my daughter in pink…and other stupid shit I said before becoming a mama
How to survive a caravan holiday with kids under five Caravanning with three under fives isn't something that I thought I would find myself doing. Getting a tan and drinking cocktails by the pool is my idea of a relaxing break and they don't tend to go hand in hand with caravan holidays. Nevertheless, last year we … Continue reading Current State: Caravanning with kids
Becoming a parent has been the most unbelievably amazing and life-changing ride. My darling baby girl will be six months old next week and I can’t imagine life without her. However awesome motherhood is, it doesn’t come without it’s sacrifices and so to celebrate these first six months, I have compiled a list of things … Continue reading Things I miss since becoming a mama…
Last weekend Husband, Baby Boo and I went to a wedding oop North. As I have mentioned before, the baby is a Grade A bottle-refuser so I haven’t been able to drink alcohol or spend more than a couple of hours away from her since she was born. Over the past month or so, we … Continue reading Current state: The post-pregnancy hangover
Over the past few months, in the dead of night, I have purchased the following… Three rugs. None of which fit in any room in my house A personalised ‘Santa Stop Here’ sign. For the dog Leopard print baby shoes Magnetic letters for our fridge A bikini. I gave birth four, yes FOUR months ago … Continue reading Current state: Newmamasomnia
This might seem like a bit of a filler blog post but this topic is one very close to my heart. A friend of a friend had a dog called Reggie. He was a tiny, little cream shitzu and he was her fur baby. They went everywhere together. You couldn't go a day without seeing … Continue reading Getting ‘Reggied’: How not to deal with a dog and newborn baby
I've already admitted in my previous post that I wasn't really prepared for motherhood. I skim read through the books that were given to me with a kind of *fingers in ears* " I'm not listening/This isn't happening to me" kind of denial. So, I'm back at home after being released from hospital 36hrs after … Continue reading Current state: Raw
Things I never thought I would do before I had a baby... I first started to think about writing a blog after binge-reading and falling in love with a couple of 'mummy blogs' and instagram accounts whilst I was pregnant. One of those blogs was the 'mother of all lists' (bloody brilliant and well worth … Continue reading Current state: Cringing
