From the first trimester through the postpartum period, your breasts undergo incredible changes while pregnant or nursing. As these fluctuations unfold, finding supportive and comfortable maternity and nursing bras becomes a top priority. In this post we talk about The Maternity Bra Your Boobs Need Right Now. But between shape shifts, sensitivity spikes, and perpetual … Read more
I find myself staring at Millie and telling my brain to take it all in. In a week she would have changed again. My baby is 8 months old and time has whizzed by. In those first weeks just about everyone told me to appreciate the time spent with my baby. “She’ll be off to … Read more
I have a three-year-old and a baby. My hands are always full. There’s really no way out of that when you have a bubba unless they are content to have a big snooze in their cot during the day. And mine doesn’t. When our Chibebe Snuggle Pod delivery arrived, I couldn’t open it to try … Read more
Floyd-Henry Morley is a little cutie. He’s 18 months old, so ‘little’ would be a word most people would use to describe a toddler. Floyd-Henry Morley But ‘Floydy’ will always be little. Shortly after he was born, his parents discovered their precious first baby had achondroplasia, a bone growth disorder. A form of dwarfism. Jade … Read more
I received some disturbing news today. The lovely assistant at my local Chemist Warehouse told me that Happy Baby soothers HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. Say it ain’t so. These dummies have seen us through otherwise sleepless nights, international flights, long pram walks, supermarket queues, car trips, illnesses and teething. This news is enough to make me … Read more
My girl is nearly 9 months old and all of a sudden I’ve noticed so many changes. She has just started to sit up by herself. Some babies do it at 6 months, some a lot later. No-one was going to get Millie to sit until Millie was ready. She does it happily for a … Read more
My house is pretty small. I’m ok with that. Millie doesn’t need much space yet, but when she does we have a huge park (complete with play equipment, cricket fields and a lake with ducks) just up the road as well as the beach at the very end of our street. She’s a lucky baby. … Read more
Gels, jewellery, giraffes, rings, toys, necklaces…there’s something out there for every teething baby. I think Millie’s first toothy peg has popped through. There’s a white dot on her bottom gums that I’m almost sure is a tooth just about to rise up. Tooth or not, she is a frantic munchie girl at the moment and … Read more
Millie did a very strange thing the other day. She went on strike. Strangely, she refused to feed. Flat-out just stopped. But she only stopped feeding from me. She still took a bottle, ate solids and had sips of cooled, boiled water. Millie is almost 8 months old and until starting solids has been exclusively … Read more
One of the biggest expenses you’ll have while looking after a new baby is the amount of money you will spend on nappies. You’ll also spend A LOT of time changing them and quite a bit of time perusing the supermarket aisles deciding which one is best for your bub’s tiny bum. It’s tricky. Some … Read more