23 Week Update
I’m a few days late posting this! I ummed and ahhed about not actually doing a post this week, because to be honest,…
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Recent Posts
Sheldon Country Park
We are really lucky that even though we live in the middle of Birmingham, we have some beautiful parks within a few minutes…
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Cloth Nappies – Our Experience So Far…
If you’re previously read my blog posts, you will see that we have recently decided to use cloth (reusable) nappies on Alex, and…
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Alex’s Birth Story
Alex was born in October 2012, three days before his due date. Harrison was only six or seven months old when I fell…
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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!!
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19 week update
A day late again – but nearly at the halfway point! This week I’ve began to feel really heavy and big, and other than…
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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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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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