Making Mum friends in a new area when you’re a stay at home mum We recently located to Yorkshire from the South. I’m currently a Stay At Home Mum to my two kids, Isla, who is at school most of the time, and Teddy, who will turn 2 next month. I had a huge network of mum friends when I lived down South; but as I’ve had plenty time on my own to reflect lately, I’ve been asking myself, were these mum friends really my true friends? A bit of ... Read the Post...
Night Weaning: How I Did It
Night weaning: How I stopped breastfeeding at night Breastfeeding is such an easy way to settle your child and get them to sleep quickly on a night. As I’m a mother of two, I have found this to be effective with both my children; Isla was only breastfed for 6 months, and was bottle fed after that. Teddy has been exclusively breastfed for almost two years - and he has been night weaned for 2 weeks now! Breastfeeding was by far was the easiest ... Read the Post...
How To Train For A Virtual 5K
In last week’s post I talked about family fitness ideas - fitting exercise in around family life. This week I’m going to talk about how to train for a Virtual 5K. The benefits of running a Virtual 5k is that you don’t have to be anywhere for any specific time. You can just run it anywhere, at any pace, at any time. You can even do your Virtual 5K on the treadmill. How cool is that! Much better if you’re having to plan childcare there’s ... Read the Post...
12 Family Fitness Ideas
Family fitness can be fun for everyone. Like many mums, I want to keep fit and healthy; not just for my body, but for my mind too. However, I don’t really like taking away from family time. I mean, don't get me wrong, I do love having time for myself to exercise - I always feel so good afterwards, like the old me and not Mummy. But I tend to do this once a week and the rest of the time I will improvise with my children. It's also great to ... Read the Post...
Book Review: Mother Mother By Annie Mac
Being a mum, I rarely get time to myself; so on the odd occasion where I have a few minutes spare (often just before I go to bed) I will try and read a few pages of a book. It’s one of my go to self care remedies. I love reading. I always feel more connected and it puts me in a good mood. I particularly enjoy reading self improvement books, however I thought for my next read I’d try a bit of fiction, and the book I chose was Mother, Mother by ... Read the Post...
6 Ways You Can Pack/Unpack With A Toddler Around
We’ve just moved house for the second time in 2 months. During this time there has been plenty of packing, and unpacking. It can be a challenge getting everything organised with young children around. Isla is at school during the week, which helps a great deal. However, Teddy is 22 months old and into absolutely everything! I mean… I’ll pack something and he will unpack it pretty much straight away, so the whole thing can take much longer than ... Read the Post...
How I Got Through My Second Birth
In last week’s blog post, I talked about postnatal and anxiety and depression, making reference to the birth of my first child, Isla back in 2014. I’d just like to say, there’s a few sensitive issues in this post. So if you think you will feel triggered, stop reading now and look after your own mental health. For this week’s blog post, I thought I’d talk about the pre pregnancy, pregnancy and birth of my second child Teddy after having a ... Read the Post...
Mental Health Awareness Week: Pre/Postnatal Anxiety and Depression
As it’s Mental Health Awareness Week, I wanted to write about a topic that is very close to my heart: Prenatal Anxiety and Postnatal Anxiety and Depression. I’m going to talk about this making reference to my birth story part 1, the pregnancy and birth of my first child, Isla back in 2014. This is all still very fresh in my mind and writing about it is like therapy for me, so I’ll get started… I’d just like to say, there’s a few sensitive ... Read the Post...