Birth stories – I love hearing all the different ways babies have come into this world. Every birth is different. My mum regularly reminds me that I kept her in pain for a 7 day long labour, and yet my sister arrived within minutes. My two boys were two very different birth experiences. They left…
Category: Mummy
When parenting isn’t quite what we had dreamed it would be…adjusting our expectations.
It’s amazing how different parenting hypothetical children is to actual parenting. I had a whole lifetime planned in my head. How many children I’d have, what we’d get up to at weekends, craft sessions at the kitchen table…of course, they’d both be geniuses, sporty, musical and best behaved children in the world. Because obviously we…
Easy Healthy Lunches for Parents!
One thing I have found during the healthy eating journey is that a lot of my problems are caused by the kids (haha). Obviously I can’t shut them in a cupboard or sell them as both are frowned upon so instead I faced it head on. Lunch time is especially hard for me. I’m usually…
Dieting as a busy Mummy…losing the baby weight.
I will start off by saying that the size and shape you feel comfortable with and are healthy at is up to you. For me, I was always ‘skinny’ as a child and teenager. I could eat whatever I wanted and I never seemed to put weight on. Then I hit my 20’s and I…
Mummy Est. 2014: Our Story
Lately it feels like a chapter of our family life has closed and we are preparing for a new one. This week J finished Tumble Tots, and Wednesday he finishes Nursery. It feels like that is the end of where I feel I am still part of his ‘academic life’. We spent time together having…
What shall I pack in our hospital bags? Mummy, Daddy, baby and big brother
I’m now 35 weeks pregnant. That means I have 5 weeks before baby is due. That sounds a lot but really it’s just an estimate. Baby could come tomorrow or in 7 weeks. The thing about labour is unless your being induced or planned c-section you rarely know when it’s going to be ‘the day’….
How love grew and changed during pregnancy and parenthood…
It sounds a total cliché but becoming a Mummy was the day I learnt what love really is. I love my family, I love my husband, I love my friends but the love for my child is just something else. It has an intensity to it that I never fully appreciated before. I felt love…
The 10 Year Challenge…parenting my hypothetical kids 2009 and parenting now 2019
I’ve seen lots of the ’10 year challenges’ going round at the moment. It has been fun seeing how people have changed. My own comparison photos show a hell of a lot more bags and grey hair. But I was happy in both photos…to me that’s a good 10 years. Back in 2009 I was…
My kids clothing addiction and behind the scenes at RJ Apparel.
Hi, I’m Mummy Est. 2014 and I’m a kids clothes addict. J has always had an incredibly full wardrobe. When he was first born I didn’t buy that many clothes as I had so much gifted to me. Some of the clothes didn’t even get worn as he grew so fast. So when the mountain…
Smear for Smear: My Cervical Story…
This is a story that my friends and family know but I’ve never blogged about. I guess the ‘downstairs department’ has always been an off limits section when it comes to general conversation. I may not share details of my ‘downstairs hairstyle’ or want to tell every Tom, Dick and Harry the state of the…
Mummy’s Day Off: My stay in London, Mayfair (& a review of Holiday Inn)
I have just spent the last 2 days in London exploring the rather more pricey side of the capitol. I went with my Mum and sister to see the musical Les Miserables at The Queens Theare on Shaftsbury Avenue (near Piccadilly). It was easier to stay overnight rather then travelling late at night when we…
The next step on J’s Journey: Starting Nursery…
Being a parent is so emotional…sometimes good emotions, sometimes ones that leave you drained. Today I had every emotion in one. J started Nursery all by himself. When J was 2 he started at preschool. It was MY preschool. It was the family business which I run with my Mum. I was the Early Years…
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