The babies we don’t get to meet, miscarriage
I’ve been pregnant twice this winter, but I haven’t a baby to show you. I’ve miscarried twice in 7 weeks, but you wouldn’t know because you didn’t get told, because we don’t talk about it. Because it’s…
Sensitive skin care, Mustela’s new eczma range
Sensitive skin is certainly hereditary and one of those things both my girls haven’t been able to escape since Michael and I both suffer from eczema and psoriasis. In fact there’s between 50-80% chance of our children…
Miscarriage, we need to talk about it
My número uno boy. Before babies this little man spent every moment he could on my lap, snuggling on the couch and cuddling just like a human baby. He warmed my tummy through my pregnancies, he always…
Are you coping?
It’s not really a question you get asked often, nor is it a question you often answer truthfully, we want life to run smoothly, to be easy, to even appear like we have our shit together when…
A mother to two babies
I’ve got a confession to make, it’s been a realisation and an awakening over the last little while that I’m quite embarrassed to admit. The other day a fellow mum was explaining her children and referred to…
The daily grind, why coffee each day is essential to me
Budgeting, this is what you do when you go from two incomes to one, which happened in my case to coincide with having a baby, especially when one babe becomes two. You consider your ‘must’ spends, you…
Colic in babies, what I know
First of all Colic sucks the big ones! You have just arrived home from hospital, your days and nights are filled with feeding, nappies, washing and perhaps even managing more than one child and a household. The…