At first glance, babies and farms don’t sound like they marry very well. Thousands of farming families have babies every year though and, if you make your living from farming, you will know that babies just seem to fit into the farming life. If you are feeding pet lambs or calves, what’s another little mouth … [Read more…]
When toddlers get to a certain age, parents often wonder when is it the right time to put them in a bed. Some cots turn into little beds and some people opt for an ordinary single bed. Whichever you choose, there is always the worry of the little ones falling out. We rushed with Boo … [Read more…]
A nursing career is an incredibly rewarding one and something that many women enter into, intending to stay within the profession all of their working lives. For women, nursing also represents a career path that has lots of opportunities for progression. For the modern woman, it is common to have a career and a family, … [Read more…]
I am a firm believer in the fact that the more babies you have, the more laid back you become. When I had Boo, I knew nothing. I think you definitely wing it with your first. They are the trial run if you like. I weaned Boo at 17 weeks. I know. It seems so … [Read more…]
If you compare the blog posts I write between now and two years ago, there is a bit of a difference. Two years ago, I had just had our second baby and I wrote loads about babies, having a newborn and all the things that come with that. Fast forward two years and our third … [Read more…]
Being a mum automatically makes you thirsty because you never have time to drink. Night feeds however make you even more thirsty than usual and it can become some kind of vicious circle. You drink, you need the loo. You get the raging thirst, you drink, you need the loo. If you’ve never experienced night … [Read more…]
This week I read a lovely post by Rachel Swirl about previous Christmases. Christmas is such a special time for little ones that I thought I would copy use her idea and look back at our first Christmases. With Boo and G both having January birthdays, they were 11 months and almost 11 months when … [Read more…]
Sleep. It’s like the holy grail of parenting. Most of us would like more and are not getting enough. My two are not too bad but we are a family of early risers. It must be the farmer gene running through them. It has been 6am for months, years even and I can cope with … [Read more…]
Toddlers. They really are a law unto themselves. I do love this stage though. G is so feisty and strong and his determination is amazing. It has got me thinking though how similar toddlers are to rock stars so here are my top five ways that toddlers, especially mine, could definitely give any rock star … [Read more…]
Prams. Oh they are a worry. Have you chosen the right one? Will it serve the purposes you need it for? I have written quite a few posts about prams and pushchairs. I know I have a problem and, I am not going to lie, this may not be my last pram post. I just … [Read more…]
