For those of you who don't know, I attended the first Cape Town instamamameet on Saturday morning at The Backyard Cafe. It was an absolutely wonderfully organised event by 4 very special ladies (Gabi, Simone, Nadine & Nicole) and I loved meeting so many instamamas in person for the first time. To be honest, being … Continue reading Instamamameet
With Baby Shark's arrival fast approaching, so my breastfeeding journey is about to start again. I thought I'd take some time and go through what I remember of my journey with Tristan and then, in part 2 of this post, I will delve into my journey with Baby Shark. In the beginning Once Tristan had … Continue reading My breastfeeding journey part 1
Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton They say a change is as good as a holiday and seeing as a holiday is off the cards for a while a change in my Instagram handle (from My journey as a mom to Suburban Cape Town mom) seemed appropriate with … Continue reading A change is as good as a holiday
I am 27 weeks pregnant and packing my hospital bag is something I am getting sorted now. Yes I know it seems a tad early, but with all the renovations going on I feel I need some sort of control and having a hospital bag that's ready to go is easing my anxiety. When I … Continue reading Hospital bag
"The only way out is through"! This is what my friend Amy told me when I asked her how she stayed sane through her complete home rebuild. And you know what, she's 110% right; you can't back out once you've started and when it (finally) starts coming together you start to see the light at … Continue reading The only way out is through
Today marks 23 weeks pregnant. Baby Shark is around 30cm and about 500g; at the fetal scan about 2 weeks ago he was measuring on target so all is well. If you've been following my Instagram profile you'll know that last week Tuesday (5 Feb 2019) we started some home renovations namely redo 2 out … Continue reading Pregnancy anxiety & depression
Let's start off by me telling you the honest truth about home renovations while pregnant. It's not fun! I don't recommend it! It's really disruptive and it's messy, and noisy, and dusty and generally a bad idea! Today is day 5 of our second phase of our home renovation; we are redoing 2 out of … Continue reading Home renovations survival guide
Ssshhhhh, we don't talk about postnatal depression, or at least that's what the world of motherhood would have you believe. Well stuff that, I suffered and maybe if there were more real-life mom blogs out there telling their truth I would have realised sooner. But there wasn't and one of the reasons I started sharing … Continue reading Let’s talk postnatal depression
It's no secret that I'm pregnant, 22 weeks to be exact (at time of writing this post), and something I have struggled to find both with this pregnancy and my first, is good, cost effective maternity wear for both active and leisure purposes. So you can imagine my excitement when I found Fit Mama on … Continue reading Maternity active wear I love
Things to do with kids is a hot topic for every parent! Whether during term time or holidays, keeping kids busy & entertained is a constant job. Tristan is not particularly good at playing on his own at home and currently I've been turning on the TV a little too quickly & often as I'm … Continue reading Things to do with kids in Cape Town