My little angel is ill, just an ear infection but it's having such an impact. She's waking up screaming in the night, sobbing all day and is generally out of sorts.
This is the first illness she's had so we're lucky really but it's breaking my heart, she just seems so sad. I've been trying everything I can think of to cheer her up it nothing's working so far. Finger's crossed we see some improvement tomorrow
Wednesday, 7 May 2014
Monday, 5 May 2014
Big enough for 2??
So I've got my new changing bag, a Pink Lining 'twice as nice' (full review + pics to follow). I went for this with the idea that I can use it now for my pea and her cloth nappies and weaning gear, then there'll be enough room to add in more nappies etc when No2 arrives.
However, after using it for a couple of days I'm not convinced it will be big enough for 2 in cloth. Not sure what I'm going to with regards to that really, I have so many ideas going round in my head of the features I want my changing bag to have and how I want it to look. I just don't know how to turn them into a usable product, or even how to draw them out! I'm not arty at all and I'm not really all that crafty.
Oh well, No2 won't be here til December so I have a little time to see if I can make my ideas a reality!
However, after using it for a couple of days I'm not convinced it will be big enough for 2 in cloth. Not sure what I'm going to with regards to that really, I have so many ideas going round in my head of the features I want my changing bag to have and how I want it to look. I just don't know how to turn them into a usable product, or even how to draw them out! I'm not arty at all and I'm not really all that crafty.
Oh well, No2 won't be here til December so I have a little time to see if I can make my ideas a reality!
Friday, 2 May 2014
I'm not the kind of mum I thought I'd be
I don't mean this in a negative way, far from it in fact.
When I was pregnant with my little pea I had all kinds of images in my head, us at baby groups, in the park, drawing pictures, all kinds of 'normal' parent type stuff. I never once thought that I'd be doing up her cloth nappy before putting on her amber anklets and slipping her into the sling for a walk in to town, which is what we did today.
Apparently this makes me 'crunchy' (as in slightly alternative) but I don't care, it works for us and I'm beyond happy. I love that my daughter gets excited when she seems me unraveling one of my woven wraps, I love that she's never had so much as the faintest hint of nappy rash, I love that there are other teething remedies that have worked for us instead of having to dose my girl up with painkillers, but most of all I love that my partner has supported me fully and we have chosen this route together.
Sometimes I think my new life is all consuming and I won't possibly be able to reintegrate with the 9-5 office life I used to have. Sometimes I don't think I even want to go back to that life, that I would much rather train as a babywearing consultant and start a sling library whilst designing gorgeous, cloth friendly changing bags. Well, a girl can dream!!
For now I shall just enjoy my maternity leave while it lasts :-)
When I was pregnant with my little pea I had all kinds of images in my head, us at baby groups, in the park, drawing pictures, all kinds of 'normal' parent type stuff. I never once thought that I'd be doing up her cloth nappy before putting on her amber anklets and slipping her into the sling for a walk in to town, which is what we did today.
Apparently this makes me 'crunchy' (as in slightly alternative) but I don't care, it works for us and I'm beyond happy. I love that my daughter gets excited when she seems me unraveling one of my woven wraps, I love that she's never had so much as the faintest hint of nappy rash, I love that there are other teething remedies that have worked for us instead of having to dose my girl up with painkillers, but most of all I love that my partner has supported me fully and we have chosen this route together.
Sometimes I think my new life is all consuming and I won't possibly be able to reintegrate with the 9-5 office life I used to have. Sometimes I don't think I even want to go back to that life, that I would much rather train as a babywearing consultant and start a sling library whilst designing gorgeous, cloth friendly changing bags. Well, a girl can dream!!
For now I shall just enjoy my maternity leave while it lasts :-)
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