Recently we have had lots of discussions about whether people’s families are complete and if they are done having babies. It is something I really struggle with personally. Whenever anyone asks me they get the same response, “we are done” But that doesn’t mean we are complete. We will never …
I have been quite quiet, October is Pregnancy Loss and Awareness Month, the last two years I have really shouted about this month. Breaking the taboo. And I wanted to again this year. But you know what I don’t have the energy. I want to …
13 days ago Boo had the biggest change for him since he was born. After 18 months, of living in our room, and 17 months of sleeping in his cot he moved. He moved into his big boy bed and he moved into Baba’s room. …
Baba had a spell of about a month where he hated being left. He would cry a little, do a bit of moaning and then would easily be distracted by another person or something going on. It started and then it disappeared. I remember telling …
It started on Monday he seemed a little hot, and his face was really flush. To be honest at first I thought that it was teeth, so I gave him some calpol and hoped that would knock it on its head. Yesterday he woke very …
It seems that for weeks Boo has been stuck in one position. On his knees and rocking. He has rocked and rocked and rocked and then splat on the floor. Day in and day out. He has lifted his hands and just rocked. He got …
Boo was ten weeks old yesterday. I am not quite sure where the time has gone, it feels like he has been here forever but only arrived yesterday. It has been a complete shock to the system and a complete joy. Getting into a system …
Bringing a baby home is such a massive life change. It is a shock to the system with your first child, it takes some serious getting used to and I remember Mr L and I walking around in a daze after Baba came home. But …
This weekend the sunshine has been shining and we have all had a strong urge to go and make Rhianna’s grave a little bit prettier for the sun to shine on. I found her grave really difficult over the winter months, it is a really …
I have written about toilet training a lot in the past you can see all the posts here Baba started toilet training in May 2011 and cracked it quickly. We had started him before this but it was more that we thought he should be training …