Never has the saying “the days are long but the years short” been more true than when I look back over the last 3 months. What a crazy ride we’ve been on! My fingers have been itching to write, the words forming in my head, but finding time to sit, uninterrupted, at a computer has […]
The birth – number 2.
Five weeks ago I had my second baby. I have a five week old baby. I have to repeat that to myself often as his due date is not for another 18 days. The last 5 weeks sure have been one wild ride! Before I get stuck in to the ins and outs of how […]
The REAL parenthood preparation list.
So you’ve done the antenatal classes. You went for extra credit and did the lactation consultant breastfeeding masterclass. You’ve sat through the gory videos, you’re written your birth plan. You’ve practiced swaddling a plastic doll with a droopy eye and no recognisable gender. You can flick the doll from the rugby hold to the cradle […]
6 months old! Really?
What’s that saying, something about ‘long days, short years’? That is exactly how I am feeling today. Baby Mac is 6 months old today. It feels like he has been a part of our family for ever and at the same time, like he was born just yesterday. I can’t imagine life without him yet […]
Why is breastfeeding so hard?
For something that is so instinctive and natural, breastfeeding is hard yakka! My little guy latched on less than an hour after being born and I thought that was the hard part over – boy was I wrong! The pain that followed was almost unbearable. From cracked nipples (including losing a chunk out of the […]