This is me with my son. Every single day.

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Yesterday was Halloween and I finally had a chance to get the kids dressed up. We don't usually celebrate Halloween in Australia but Henry's school were holding a Halloween fundraiser. Henry had decided he wanted to go as a Ghostbuster. It was brilliant. I made his costume myself and even drew the emblem on his backpack. He had so much fun zapping ( Read more... )

I haven't posted in such a long time. But on the 30th of January, 2014 [ I spent my birthday in labour] I gave birth to my baby girl. She is very beautiful and now growing very well. We had a rough start and a 23 hour labour. She came much earlier than expected so it was quite stressful. But she is a very strong little girl. Her name is ( Read more... )

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If my son's such a pain in the ass to you don't come over to see him.

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I can't believe I've made it this far. i can't help but be bowled over by pride. I've now breastfed Holly for 6 weeks. I didn't think I'd last 6 days because it was so difficult last time. But I've given my daughter the best start I can. Everything is going well apart from the bedtime bottle. I usually start breastfeeding her but she gets very ( Read more... )

I've been doing stretches and sitting forward positions all evening to try and help this baby move. I don't expect miracles but hopefully the baby will get the idea and decide to turn anterior before I commence labour. I've spent the night watching cooking shows on all fours and sitting in odd positions. I can't say it's comfortable but I'm sure it ( Read more... )

Why oh why did I plan for a Christmas baby? Christmas is stressful enough without being pregnant and getting ready to bring life into the world.

And so it begins. The next stage of parenting. It's a strange period where children can occupy themselves for longer than 10 minutes and make you laugh with a witty joke before coming home with questions that you stumble over and can't find the right answer to. Your children also bring home the newsletter. For those of you who don't know what the ( Read more... )