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…
Family life
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…
Grampy melt down
N is definitely a Grampy’s boy. Ok, so he loves the rest of his family too – cousins, Gran, Grandma, aunts, uncles, but it’s always Grampy he wants to see. Now we have a melt down (or as close as…
Childcare changes
Obviously I need to sort out a new job first, but come August, N’s childcare will be changing as youngest nephew will be starting school so his two days a week there will stop. So decisions will need to be…
Review of 2012 and forward to 2013
Ok, so I got a bit waylaid yesterday in doing my 2012 review as we had a longer than planned car shopping/research session (boy, are some car salesman totally missing working out what a customer is actually asking!), a cheesecake…
Laid back mums
There’s been a lot of talk recently about different types of mums and their impact on their children as they grow up. I’d read an article in the latest Mother & Baby magazine about laid back mums having more independent…
