I remember being sat at school, teenage hormones erupting all over my face and puppy fat edging over my pleated skirts, listening to the teachers talk about future careers and day dreaming of what I would become.
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Parenting: Breastfeeding a toddler: A Martyr or a Masochist – Northernmum
It’s the final countdown…
In six weeks BB will turn two, she will be spica free and hopefully on the road to recovery. She will be a toddler and still breastfed.
Breath like bad chocolate….
Easter always starts the same way, at six am you can find me stood on our front lawn scattering foil wrapped parcels of delight in amongst the flower beds.
Preceding this tradition is usually an exchange of harsh words between he who helped create them and I as he declares me insane for mimicking the actions of an imaginary over grown bunny once again.
Too soon to know
Did I ever tell you about when we found out BB was coming?
August had been cruel, the memory of a miscarriage formed roots in our home, my womb ached with emptiness. They told us to wait, I didn’t want to. He who helped create them worried, could we face the loss of a baby again, were we strong enough, would another pregnancy unite or destroy us?
my dancing demons…
It’s amazing to realise that something that was horrific the first time can become normal by the third.
We are at the half way point; BB has lived for six weeks in spica. She has coped incredibly and has challeng