Cousins return
N’s been missing his cousins, more specifically his youngest cousin, while they’ve been on holiday. He’s got 5 boy cousins and 1 girl cousin from 2 families, one of whom he used to do 2 days a week with to…
Family life
Chain saws – over and out
N seems to be over his chain saw incident from a couple of weeks ago. Well, I say ‘over’ the incident, obviously I expect him still to hate the sound of them if he’s close to them (similarly to public…
Guest post: Baa Baa Black Sheep: In Defence of Decision
Although the strapline for this blog says it’s about the journey of having a child when you’re not a baby person, it’s not often that I specifically write about that. But when my guest writer approached me about writing a…
Do mums make the best drivers?
I’ve been driving a while now although not as long as I might have done, given I didn’t want to learn at 17, and only really learnt to help my job prospects on leaving university. First lesson I loved it…
Family fun and laughter
Over the last month or so, we’ve been spending a bit more time with my family due to my mum being ill. It means that N gets to know his uncle better as we didn’t catch up that frequently, although…
Baby hints and tips no.5: Washing and changing
Number five in my baby hints and tips series today, and this one’s on washing, changing and the whole hygiene caboodle. Like some other new mums, I’d never really been around babies before having N, so had no idea about…
Baby hints and tips 4: memories and family
Number 4 in my baby hints and tips series is a bit of a mix, but it’s based on memories and family time. Having a new baby is obviously a time when you’re finding your way and trying to work…
Baby hints and tips 3: Illness and crying
Unfortunately all babies and children get ill, quite often it seems like they may go from one cold to another. Thankfully (touch wood), N’s not been a child who’s been hit badly by various bugs and colds. He’s quite often…
Hospital visits
Hospitals are a hard one with children. You’re never quite sure whether you should take children in with you to visit people. It’s a toss up between making the person in hospital happy as well as the child being able…
Baby Hints and Tips 2: Feeding – milk
One thing that new mums always worry about is feeding their newborn (and even as they get older, the confusion can continue). Here’re some pointers that helped my friends and I as we were learning how to feed our babies….
Baby hints and tips part 1: sleep
My best friend had a baby back in November, her first. It was great being able to talk about and share all my learnings as well as those of my friends, and she was like I had been, asking for…