A Good Night’s Sleep

When I found out I was pregnant for the second time… after all the initial excitement, it suddenly dawned on me that a second baby meant saying good bye to sleep for even longer…Oh how I longed for ‘a good night’s sleep.’  Ivy was 15 months old when I got a positive test result and…

Odette- One Month Old

I can’t quite believe that Odette is now one month old, however I can believe that I am late in writing this update, second child and all that!  Let’s hope that’s not the story of her life- although as you read on, you will see that it doesn’t stop there!!  Over the past 5 weeks…

High Contrast and Eye-Catching

Have you ever noticed how babies seem drawn to black and white images?  Before a baby is even born it can decipher between light and dark.  Once born, a babies vision is limited and blurry.  Their eyesight continues to develop over the first year, and by the age of one they can usually see just…

Odette’s Birth Story

Odette is now two weeks old and a few of you have asked when I will be sharing her birth story, so without any more delay and whilst it is still very fresh in my mind, here it is… First of all, you should know that this is a very different story to Ivy’s.  Odette’s…

…and then there were four!

It’s been a while…I took a short break whilst we did something huge.  We had a baby! We were a little family of three, fumbling through life…and then suddenly there were four of us! I shouldn’t act too surprised, It’s not like I didn’t know it was going to happen.  Having documented my pregnancy on…

Hospital Bag Must Haves

A subject that always raises lots of questions with ‘soon to be mama’s’ is the bewildering hospital bag.  What is needed?  What is necessary? Which items are completely pointless? I turned to my gorgeous friend Jamie, from Mama Bear Of One, to help me, and together we have have collated our ‘Hospital Bag Must Haves’. We…