Harrison’s Birth Story
Harrison was born almost three weeks early in June 2011. It hadn’t been a particularly easy pregnancy. I had suspected swine flu when…
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Ash End House Farm
Yesterday, we visited Ash End House Farm, which is near Tamworth – and I can definitely recommend it as a great day out for…
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22 Weeks Update
Not a lot to write about this week. Movements have been getting bigger and bigger to the point where Graham can feel gentle…
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Kabourophobia – the fear of crabs
I am easily freaked out. There are lots of things I don’t like – clowns, jellyfish, spiders, stickers (when they go furry – yuk!),…
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GUMI Sensory Adventure Blogger Event
On Saturday we went to Chesterfield for the GUMI Sensory Adventure – our first ever blogger event, hosted by the lovely people at Frank…
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Futhermuckas
Nine years ago in September, I started my teacher training degree at Newman University College. My oldest childhood friend, Chris, was doing the…
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21 Week Update
Well, we had the 20-week scan on Monday. I was incredibly nervous. Lots of us get excited about possibly finding out the sex…
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Halfway there – 20 weeks!
Not a long update this week…but we’ve reached the halfway point – 20 weeks!!
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19 week update
A day late again – but nearly at the halfway point! I’m 19 weeks now and this week, I’ve began to feel really…
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18 week pregnancy update
A day late this week so technically I’m now 18+1!
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Stopping Breastfeeding: 3 weeks on
At lunch time today, it will be exactly three weeks since Alex had his last breastfeed, at 21 months old. We had been…
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17 week update
Today I am 17 weeks pregnant!! Yesterday I had an appointment with the midwife. If you read my post from last week, you…
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16 week update
Well, here we are at 16 weeks…and it has absolutely flown by!
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12 Week Update
As much as I want this pregnancy to go slowly (remind me of that fact when I’m nearly full term and moaning!), I…
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The dating scan: 9 weeks
On Wednesday, we saw our baby for the first time. Because I still breastfeed Alex, my system is slightly muddled up still so…
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The First ‘Last’: The Positive Pregnancy Test.
Last week we had some exciting news. We are expecting baby number three! It’s very early days yet, possibly only between six to…
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Dandelion Painting
Because the weather has been nice again this week we’ve been playing in the garden and haven’t done much in the way of…
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How To Catch A Star Printing
We have had lots of fun using different techniques to paint stars to celebrate the 10th anniversary of How to Catch a Star….
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‘How To Catch A Star’ Water Play
We recently received a beautiful copy of How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers to celebrate it’s 10th anniversary. To join in…
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Rain Clouds in a Jar
Harrison and Alex love science, and are beginning to understand that if it is cloudy it sometimes means that it is going to rain….
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Puddlesuits and Wellyboots
The weather lately has been atrocious. Cold, windy, wet, and even a slight sprinkle of snow the other day. We’ve hibernated away in…
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The National Sea Life Centre Birmingham
This week we decided to do some craft activities based on an ‘under the sea’ theme, and what better place to give us…
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Christmas 2013
Happy Boxing Day! I hope everyone had a really lovely day. We did! On Christmas Eve after a mad dash to four hairdressers…
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