Walking to school There’s been a big milestone in our household this week: Ophelia starting school. Like, actually starting reception not a school nursery so maybe she’ll remember it. Due to Covid it was impossible to visit a school and get a feel for it so when we applied we literally put them in order… Continue reading Starting school
Category: Family Life
World Breastfeeding Week 2021
Breastfeeding on our family photoshoot with Jan Sweeney Photography Breastfeeding Quite the emotive topic. It has recently been World Breastfeeding Week and it got me thinking about how I found breastfeeding with both my girls. I’m “lucky” in that Andrew was/is absolutely supportive of me breastfeeding and knows that feeding isn’t the be all and… Continue reading World Breastfeeding Week 2021
Six Months of Daphne
It’s strange to think that she is very definitely the baby that we wouldn’t have had if Alexandra had lived – we never planned on having 3 children. Despite this thought, Daphne has slotted into the family unit as if she was always here. As mentioned in her birth story, we were very lucky that… Continue reading Six Months of Daphne
Chasing a second “rainbow baby”
This blog entry is more like a diary and it's a longer one than normal so you might need a cuppa and a biscuit. June 2019: So after much conflabulations we have decided to try for another baby. Should be easy right? After all I got pregnant within roughly 3 months with both girls and… Continue reading Chasing a second “rainbow baby”
Lockdown Life
As Ophelia’s temperature spiked for the second time in just over a week, we went into 14 days self-isolation a week before the order came for everyone to stay at home. Andrew and I have also had really bad colds recently too which have left us wondering if we’ve been in contact with it or,… Continue reading Lockdown Life
After Alexandra 