In February I…

In February I… Read: Where Things Come Back, which is very good. I also read Pretty Honest, which really wasn’t that good, very few make up hints or tips that I’d not heard of and I didn’t really like the style it was written in either.  I wanted to read more but I’ve just been too zonked, you can befriend…

Stuff on a Sunday #20

This week was sponsored by the words ‘rain’ & ‘snot’. Sunday was spent feeling sorry for myself because I was still feeling like crap after coming down with the lurgy on Friday, I don’t think we actually left the house! In the morning we built a new square shelving unit thing from Ikea (annoyingly one of the bits had a hole…

Pregnancy: 35 weeks with baby number 2

My last update was at 32 weeks here, and blimey time flies! I’ve now finished work and although the next two weeks are actually annual leave rather than maternity leave it means that if everything goes to plan I have around 4 weeks until this baby appears! Appointments I had my 34 week midwife appointment last Monday, I am measuring…

Stokke Home – a preview of the new collection

Last Friday I was invited along to the launch of the new Stokke Home collection which was being unveiled to the world for the first time at The Baby Show. We were privileged enough to have the designer talking us through the concept from inception to the final products, and I defy anyone not to fall in love with the…

Maternity style: Frugi Nursing dress

   Hands down the most comfortable dress I’ve worn this pregnancy is this gorgeous dress from Frugi. Not only is it comfy now but it has discreet nursing panels so that I can continue wearing it once the bump has become a baby! I love the pattern, bright bold florals on a navy background. I really wish these photos had…

What I’ll miss about my commute to work…

So today is my last day at work, I went back after my last maternity leave in July and got pregnant the same week, so I’ve only clocked up 8 months… But I’ve been quite enjoying my 25 minute train commute to and from work, and will actually miss it when I don’t have to do it any more (even…

My tips for dressing a bump without spending a fortune

I wanted to do more maternity style posts this pregnancy, but time is rapidly running out it seems! I do have a GORGEOUS maternity and nursing dress coming up this weekend though! Below are some tips for making the most of dressing your bump without spending a fortune, but first here’s one of my go to outfits at the moment, my…

Interiors: A home office in limited space

We don’t have the glorious benefit of a spare room, and if we did it would become a nursery for the new arrival anyway! So sadly I do most of my blogging from the sofa, but this is getting problematic for a couple of reasons. The first is only temporary, and that is that it is pretty hard to get…

Breastfeeding myths with Medela

I talked about my intent to breastfeed this baby when he arrives in this post: Preparing to breastfeed a second baby, and now we’re getting closer to my due date I’ve been thinking about it a bit more! Medela very kindly let me ask their lactation consultant Sioned some questions about breastfeeding, and two of them very much focussed on…

Stuff on a Sunday #19

So I missed last weeks Stuff on a Sunday post, and I genuinely can’t remember what I got up to on Sunday or Monday this week, which is a slight worry really! Tuesday – Athena was at Nursery and as Sam didn’t have work till 3pm we spent the morning having a big clear out and then moving our room…

Mothers day photo gifts & a free photo card for you!

http://i.imgur.com/20wL4eXh.jpg?1 Now that Valentines day is out of the way, the next ‘celebration’ day is Mothers Day, and it’s on Sunday 15th March in case you’re not already aware! At the bottom of this post is a link for you  to get a FREE photo card for your mum, but read on first! It will be my last one as…

Recipe: Easy Waffles

So most people have been consuming pancakes in large amounts over the last week, but here in this house it’s been waffles! Sweet ones, savoury ones, ones with bananas and others with just plain old sugar and lemon… with the addition of our newest kitchen gadget the Waffle Maker from Domu making waffles is actually even easier than making pancakes!…