I'm having just a little bit of a wobble about Ted's continued night-wakings and the fact that we can't seem to break the cycle. We've tried formula, a bit of controlled crying, we've tried going in and not feeding him, we've tried feeding him on every little whim......
The No-Tears No-Flakes Baby Shampoo
I have a bag in my office filled with empty shampoo and body wash bottles, finished tubes of face lotion, cleaned-out tubs of cream. An outsider would think they had stumbled upon some sort of secret hoarding problem; regular readers of A Model Recommends would know...
The Jumperoo: So Good I Bought Two
I find myself with another metal-and-plastic monstrosity in the living room (though it's a different living room, as we're still in our temporary house in Bath): the Fisher Price Roaring Rainforest Jumperoo*. A nightmarish jumble of primary colours, it's the...
The Reluctant Co-Sleeper
Having reached the absolute pinnacle of exhaustion (Peak Exhaustion? P.E.?), I find myself now sharing my bed with the baby in an attempt to get some sort of rest. Never for the whole night, but sometimes for about half of it and always for the period between around...
Toddler, Baby and Me: The Eight Month Update
I expect you've realised that things are a bit crazy at the moment; I have barely had the time to go online at all, let alone write anything, and when I do get a spare minute to myself I am so knackered that I can't type a coherent sentence! So I'll keep this brief...
Breastfeeding: Why I’m Thinking of Giving Up
I'm thinking of giving up breastfeeding. And I know that the phrase "giving up" sounds both defeatist and perhaps a little overly-dramatic, but I do feel defeated and it does feel quite dramatic. The truth is, I'm rather at the end of my tether with everything at the...
Toddler, Baby and Me: The Seven Month Update
It has been a rather stressful month - perhaps one of the most stressful of my life, when I come to think of it. Though - thankfully - it's more administrative stress than anything unsolvable. I always think that health is the biggest priority, and we are all of us...
Toddler, Baby and Me: The Six Month Update
Wah - six whole months! The time is flying by far too fast. I keep finding myself getting very weepy every time Ted the baby does something remotely non-newborn-ish, like, er, growing a tooth. I don't know whether it's a hormonal thing, designed to keep us...
The Bedtime Routine with My 1st Years | AD
I'm a total sucker for a bit of personalisation; whether it's a suitcase with a fancy monogram or gold initials embossed on the front of a dainty little notebook, things just feel that much more special when they've got your name on them. (Disclaimer: I don't actually...
Expressing Breast Milk: I’m Back for Another Round
Just a little life update that I know you'll find absolutely riveting: I'm back on the old "breastmilk expressing" regime. Which means that the (approximately) one spare hour that I get every day (between 9pm and 10pm) is spent connected to a wheezing, vibrating...
Toddler, Baby and Me: The Five Month Update
This is the very first time in just over two years that I've very nearly missed posting my baby update on the proper day. It used to be on the 17th of every month, now it's on the 3rd (Ted was born on the 3rd February and it made more sense - at the time - to swap to...
A Day In The Life: Four Month Old Baby and Nearly-Two Toddler
The title of this video is totally self-explanatory; there's really not much I can add. It's another Day In The Life video, filmed a few weeks ago, and I think I look as though I'm slightly more on top of things than in the last one! (You can watch the previous Day In...
