When you're pregnant everyone talks about what to do with the baby; how to care for him/her, breast vs bottle, tummy time etc, what they forget to cover is that your postpartum care is just as, if not more important. You can't care for your new baby if you don't care for yourself properly. Below … Continue reading Postpartum
In these first few weeks of Grayson's life my phone has been my lifeline. I have ordered meals, spoken & video called friends & family, kept in touch with my tribe, made appointments, tracked feeds and more. To do this I have found the following apps to be ones this mother can't live without! Feed … Continue reading Apps this mother can’t live without!
So I'm a mom to 2 boys; Tristan is 3,5 years old and Grayson is 8 weeks tomorrow. Grayson needs my constant attention and Tristan still needs quite a bit so when do I get 5 minutes to myself? As I type this Grayson is (finally) asleep on my chest after being awake since 7am, … Continue reading When do I get 5 minutes to myself?
My milk came in on Sunday, 9 June 2019, but I started breastfeeding from the day he was born. First colostrum aka liquid gold and then onto milk as is the natural progression. My first post about breastfeeding can be viewed here, and in that article I said I'd do a follow up once my … Continue reading Breastfeeding part 2
For about a week now I've been thinking about my cesarean section (c-section) for Baby Shark. I had such a great experience with Tristan (you can read about his birth story here) because my gynae had me so well mentally prepared that I thought I'd share some of my tips here. Having suffered from an … Continue reading Cesarean section tips
What does baby prepping mean to you? To me it means, not only getting the nursery ready, ensuring you have enough nappies, wipes, etc to get your through the first few days and ensuring your hospital bag is packed and ready, it also means taking time for yourself when you can. Tristan is at school … Continue reading Baby prepping
Ever heard of or used The Wonder Weeks app? When I had Tristan I used this amazing & very insightful app to help us know when things would be a little tougher (than normal) and what to expect and, most importantly, why he was more needy, requiring more comfort and feeding. What does it cost? … Continue reading The Wonder Weeks
As a blogger I feel it's expected of you to have a business Instagram account. That means your account is open to anyone to view everything on your feed & stories. My Insta account has been a business account, until recently. Let me explain why. Why I took my Instagram blogging profile private I sat … Continue reading Blogging
A couple of weeks back I posted a picture of 2 books I'd bought, physical copies not on my Kindle. They were The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin and The Gift of a Happy Mother by Rebecca Eanes. As I explained in that post, neither of these books are novels, they are books that require … Continue reading What I’ve been reading
When I started writing this post I had no idea what the title was going to be. There are so many options to express, in just a few words, what this post is about. Some of the titles I thought of were 'pre-pregnancy vs pregnancy weight', 'why are we so hard on ourselves' and 'scale … Continue reading Our bodies should be honoured