Dear Bean – Week Twenty Eight
Dear Bean One more week ticked off. If I’m being honest, I’m really struggling. I’m not enjoying this pregnancy at all, and that makes me feel guilty some days. It’s...
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Dear Bean – Week Twenty Seven
Dear Bean Well hello third trimester! This week feels like we’re really on the final countdown to baby. 13 weeks or thereabouts to go, and I’m guessing it’s going to...
How To Pick And Introduce A Safety Blanket To Your Newborn
After your little one reaches 3 months of age, the time is ripe to introduce a security blanket. You won’t always be with them 24/7 and having a security blanket,...
Dear Bean – Week Twenty Six
Dear Bean I’ve had a few nights this week with the worst back pains ever. I had the same when I was expecting Baya too. Last night I woke up...
Dear Bean – Week Twenty Five
Dear Bean 25 down, 15 to go {or thereabouts!}. Bean is getting wrigglier and wrigglier by the day, though ten pm seems to be his favourite time! Nothing much to...
Dear Bean – Week Twenty Four
Dear Bean Twenty four weeks! When I found out I was pregnant at four weeks, this point seemed so long away. With sixteen weeks to go, I’m guessing the baby...
When pregnancy isn’t full of joy
Pregnancy is supposed to be a time of joy, of immense happiness at the prospect of bringing new life into the world. If you’re not feeling quite like that, then...
Dear Bean – Week Twenty Three
Dear Bean Another week ticked off. I’ve felt pretty uncomfortable much of this week. Bean has been sitting really low down and it’s not the most comfortable place for him to...
Dear Bean – Week Twenty Two
Dear Bean Twenty-Two weeks! This week you’ve really started to be active. I have an anterior placenta, so those first movements were cushioned, meaning I didn’t really feel very much...
Dear Bean – Week Twenty One
Dear Bean Another week ticked off! Baya said to me today ‘I want my baby brother right now’! A week of knowing you’re a boy, and I’m still as happy...
Simple ways to celebrate Imbolc
While the world around me is still covered in snow, tomorrow marks Imbolc – a Celtic celebration of life emerging after the winter. It’s the perfect time to celebrate the world...
Dear Bean – Gender Reveal!!
We’ve been counting down to our twenty week scan since December, desperate to find out what flavour we were having this time! The kids have been talking of nothing else...
Dear Bean – Week Twenty
HALFWAY BABY! Having known I was pregnant since I was four weeks gone, I already feel like I have been pregnant forever! Still, we’re finally at the halfway marker, and...
Dear Bean – Week Nineteen
Dear Bean Another week ticked off, another week closer to meeting you. People keep asking if I have an idea of whether you’re a boy or girl, and really I...
Dear Bean – Week Eighteen
Dear Bean Eighteen weeks – can’t believe how close I am to being halfway through this pregnancy! Time is flying by {a little too fast for my liking}. I’m feeling...