Ever get too busy to think about dinner until before you know it you’re stomach is sending you all sorts of “feed me” signals? I know I’ve been guilty of this many a time, especially with the busy life us mum’s lead. With that in mind, I wanted to share a few recipes which are relatively quick and simple whilst also tasting delicious! This dish is yummy, morish and so easy to cook! Beef fried rice with basil leaves: Oil…
One of the toughest things you will have to do in the first few months of having a child is you will need to stay awake when your body is telling you you should not be awake and that it would really rather not be awake right now. One excellent way to fight sleep is with the assistance of video games, but which games can you play when you have a newborn? You might find you’re not in the right…
A lot of people are surprised when they go into labour. Some wake in the middle of the night to find that they are having mild contractions signalling the onset of labour, others are in the middle of a task or event when their waters break and they are rushed into hospital. Whatever the case may be, plans are discarded and events abandoned to be replaced by the special magic of birth. In my case, there was no surprise involved….
I have four kids and have watched three of them being born. Although it’s a magical time, it’s also a stressful time for us fathers. We are on the sidelines watching our first love going through the pains of labour and feeling helpless. All we want is for both mother and baby to be healthy. Personally, I don’t deal well with stress due to severe anxiety, so I felt more than useless and just felt like I wanted to escape….
It’s Sunday night around 11:30pm and I’m going to the toilet for what feels like the millionth time, but in reality is probably only the second time since going to bed at 9:30pm. I wanted to get plenty of sleep with the consultant’s appointment tomorrow and being 40+ weeks pregnant it’s hard to get comfortable. I could have been sleeping on a cloud and I would still have trouble getting comfortable and even if I did get comfortable I almost…
There are a plethora of baby sites dedicated to all the things you “need” for your newborn, but the reality is that as long as your baby is fed, clean and loved with a roof over his head then anything else is just a bonus. That being said, there are some things which can make that first year a heck of a lot easier, so what do you really need to buy for your baby? I’ve compiled a list…
It was a Thursday in December. A day I will never forget. My little baby girl was due in two weeks time. I had been awake most of the night, which was pretty normal for a heavily pregnant woman, let alone one with pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain (or PPGP for short). My husband (you can also read David’s version of this birth story) had a two day conference in London which started that morning. I got up around 7am and…
The fifth surprise came as she looked down at the baby, bewilderment and tiredness in her eyes. “Well, that’s the first time I’ve done that!” She declared. This was the punchline to the rather surreal day we had just had. These words had been uttered by the wrong kind of wife. Whilst it was absolutely true for my wife, it was not my wife saying those words, but the midwife. As the three of us sat and lay there, each…