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Everything’s a phase

Today we drove to see my friend who had her baby 3 weeks after me. Today I was reminded (and shown) that everything really is just a phase. A few months back, I drove to see this same friend and had to pull into a garden centre as my little boy was very unhappy. I sat and cried for about an hour and ended up going home, without seeing my friend and her little boy. Well today I drove past that same garden centre and had a little ‘yay us’ moment. This time, I made it the whole way. We didn’t have to stop - in fact he slept most of the way! We had such a lovely day. Did my little boy cry in the car on the way home? Yes he did. But this time I was more prepared for it - I sing him terribly made-up songs daily, and so I sang those same songs in the car and the crying stopped. My voice was a little hoarse by the time I got home, but we got home without needing to stop.  When you’re in the thick of it, it can be really hard to see, and hear, that everything is just a phase. Yes some phase...
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I wish I’d been told (5)

Just put them in the outfit! You may buy/get bought so many lovely outfits. Like me, you may be thinking, or have thought, let’s keep that one for a special occasion… then before you know it, they’ve grown out of it! See every day as a special occasion, put them in the outfits you love - you won’t regret seeing them in it over and over, but I can guarantee you will regret that they didn’t get enough wears out of it! 
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I wish I’d been told (4)

Just thought I’d share some apps/clubs that have helped me out, incase they help anyone else too 😌 🤎  Emma’s Diary - if you sign up you get weekly advice linked to the stage of your pregnancy, if your little ones age, when they’re here. You can also get freebies too from Boots, with the Emma’s Diary app. One pack contained nappies (the perfect size and amount to pop in your hospital bag) and a travel size Sudocream and Bepanthem (helpful for your nappy changing bag).  🤎 Pampers app - we’re 4 months in and I haven’t yet paid full price for a pack of Pampers nappies! You initially get a £6off code when you first sign up and then all you do is scan the code inside each nappy pack you buy and it adds on points which quite quickly equate to coupons (we usually can save enough points to get another £6off coupon before needing to buy the next pack of nappies). My husband downloaded it too so that we could take full advantage of the initial free codes. Don’t get me wrong, it is an...
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Keeping a log of the milestones ✨

Being a parent is a big enough job in itself without the added worry of remembering to mark each milestone in a little memory book… or at least that’s my thoughts. I knew I wanted to keep a log of our boy’s first year, and beyond, but when I looked into different memory books,  they all just seemed very busy and I knew I just wouldn’t be able to keep up with it and would then feel guilty when I hadn’t added when he first smiled! I decided instead that I’d keep a log in the notes on my phone of highlights from each month. I add to it as and when I can (usually during a late night feed) and don’t put too much pressure on it. For me, it’s been an easy, and beautiful, way so far to document highlights of each month. I find it nicer too because you go by what’s unique to your little one, rather than feeling bad if they haven’t yet hit a certain milestone in a book. I send the update out with a couple of photos to our family each month (sometimes on the exact day, sometimes a few days, o...
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Hormones

You can probably guess, if you’ve read any of my other posts, that my hormones are a bit all over the place at the moment. Before our little boy was born, I remember seeing all over social media how it takes a woman’s body 2 years to balance out again and make you feel somewhat like yourself. As if our bodies haven’t been through enough in growing a baby?! Whilst I can’t personally vouch for the 2 years yet, I can give you an insight into how I’ve felt over the last few months.  I’m not typically someone who cries much, or cried. I can absolutely be a bit sensitive and take things a little too personally at times, but I don’t express that through crying. Now, crying feels like a part of my personality! That’s definitely been something I’ve had to adjust to, and have found difficult doing. I feel like, at times, I have lost my ability to rationalise things until long after they’ve happened. I find myself getting upset about things that, in the past, would never have bothered me, or ...
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I wish I’d been told… (3)

We went to the cinema!   Baby cinema - who knew this was a thing?!  My friend messaged me to tell me she’d gone to a baby cinema and loved it. I had a little look in my area and turns out there’s one near me too! I went to an independent cinema as this was showing the film I wanted to see, and suited the day I wanted to go. The bigger chains also do screenings but not in all areas - for example, Odeon offers baby cinema in my area, but Cineworld doesn’t.  From what I can see, there’s only showings once a week but it’s definitely worth checking out if you’re wanting to do something different. I’ve gone off going to the cinema in recent years but really enjoyed going during the day time! As it’s a ‘parent and baby’ viewing, it’s much more relaxed and of course suited to babies so you don’t need to worry about feeding, getting up to go and change a nappy, or crying/gurgling noises. My little one loves a little chatter as he’s going off to sleep and did this during our visit ...
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Bit off more than I could chew…

So who’d have thought that having a baby would mean you can’t do everything as easily as you used to?! Yeah, I really didn’t quite understand that… for quite some time. Baby pace is a whole new level and, as I’ve said before, any form of leaving the house feels like you’re packing up your entire home (well almost)! There were so many things that I just wanted, and want, to get out and do but the reality is, it just isn’t that simple when you have a baby… and that’s ok! I’m still figuring out this new pace and will most likely continue to have moments where I bite off more than I can chew but hey, it’s all a learning curve!  I’ve learnt that being flexible, when you have a baby, is the absolute best way to be. It’s easier said than done but sometimes you’ll have to accept that what you’d planned to happen won’t always happen. Your plans will likely have to change, a lot. It will be hard to deal with. It will, at times, feel like you’re the only one going through it, or like you’re l...
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