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 mainly because I’ve missed moaning to strangers and sharing stories/advice.
Sooooo, thought I’d ease myself in by sharing some of the states I’ve had to deal with recently…. Continue reading
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… Continue reading
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.
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 I miss since becoming a mama…
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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.
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Over the past few months, in the dead of night, I have purchased the following…
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 her posting pictures of her beloved Reggie on Facebook. Then she had a real baby and slowly but surely Reggie appeared less and less on her social media feeds. Real baby replaced the fur baby until he disappeared completely. Unable to deal with the stress of a new baby and dog, Reggie had been moved on to pastures new.
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.
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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.
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