Well. Nothing to report here. If I had to do a little run-down of my breastmilk expressing experiences so far, they would go something like this: Day 1: look at the MAM Breastfeeding Starter Kit. Try to read instructions, which are printed on one piece of card with a...
Resentful Night Episodes: Rage Against the Husband
I know that this is really unfair, and I hope that he doesn't read it (and indeed that at least one other person feels this way, otherwise I'll look like a total bitch!*) but I sometimes feel really resentful when I'm doing a nightfeed and my husband is fast asleep....
Baby and Body: 2 Months Update
Oh, where has the time gone? I honestly thought that being indoors with a baby, constantly feeding, would make the time really drag but actually I would quite like to press pause so that I can savour every moment. I now understand what people mean when they say that...
Express Yourself: The Breastmilk Diaries
Oh, I'm all in a pickle about this expressing business. I want to do it because it would be nice to get a couple of hours off, during the day, just to get stuff done. Even if it's being able to pop to the supermarket on my own (YES!) without worrying that the baby...
Milestone Baby Cards
I bought these the other day from Amazon (just one of my many middle-of-the-night internet purchases!) and they would make such a good new baby gift. They're "Milestone" cards for taking photographs with - so if your baby is one week old, or ten weeks...
My 5 Biggest Post-Partum Body Shocks
Call me naive, but I wasn't really properly prepared for any of the things that happen to your body once you've given birth. I had a bit of a mental block about anything post-pregnancy, including what it would actually be like to - y'know - have a baby to look after,...
The Babygrow Obsession
When I really like something, fashion-wise, I tend to get a bit obsessed and buy multiple versions and colourways and sizes. Just in case, you know, they ever run out. Which is why I have Office's Cecilia ballet pumps in black, beige, beige with black toes caps, green...
My Top 5 Breastfeeding Essentials
My top five breastfeeding essentials. Apart from breasts, obviously. They're pretty essential for breastfeeding, I would have thought. The nipple part, at least. Anyway, here are the five things that have made breastfeeding easier and/or more bearable in the trickier...
Baby and Body: 1 Month Update
Right. Apologies. I meant to start this at week 1 and give you all the gory details (bodily fluids, bruises, etc) but the time has absolutely flown by and I now have a baby who is ONE MONTH OLD and a C-section scar that has healed nicely and an arm that no longer...
…and then I had a baby!
Apologies to those who don't follow me on Instagram or Twitter: it must have seemed as though I had suddenly disappeared from the face of the earth! This is the first time I've had access to my main computer and also, more crucially, the first time I haven't had a...
Beautiful Oils for Supple Skin and Help with Stretch Marks…
I mentioned this on the "affordable" stretch marks roundup, but I'll repeat: I know that beauty people are divided in their opinion of stretch mark oils. Or just the use of body oils in general to prevent stretch marks. From my own personal viewpoint, I have no...
Pregnancy Week 41
Whoosh! Just squeaking in with this week's diary entry, I reckon! Week 41, the week where the bump has become so heavy I have to hold it up on the daily speed-walk because it feels as though something might fall out! (Have taken to a daily dog-walking session that...