May 13, 2013
A beautiful print
Last month, I received a beautiful print from Emily from The Nest, commemorating the birth of Little Woman, and I was determined that I wouldn’t do my usual thing of allowing a year or two to lapse...
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May 12, 2013
Six weeks old
This week has been all about freedom for us. Getting out and about and realising that now that breastfeeding is established all we need is to throw a couple of nappies in a bag and maybe a packet of wipes...
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May 9, 2013
The birth of Little Woman Part 2: A horrible hospital experience
Little Woman is almost six weeks old now and I feel far enough removed from my experience in the hospital to be able to write about it. If you’ve read Part 1 of Little Woman’s birth story,...
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May 4, 2013
Five weeks old
My little baby isn’t looking so little to me anymore. I can feel her getting heavier in my arms. Her little arms and legs are filling out and her cheeks are taking on a definite chubby look.
We...
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May 3, 2013
Suddenly it’s easy
At some point in the past week, we turned the corner with breastfeeding. The pain I was experiencing started to ease and then gradually disappeared.
I think this is down to a combination of things. First...
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May 2, 2013
Just have to share
People’s generosity has blown me away since Little Woman was born. My own parents gave up a month of their time to help us out. My sister-in-law came to stay for a few days to take care of Little...
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Apr 27, 2013
Four weeks old
Little Woman is four weeks old today. Again I find myself comparing this stage with her to the same stage with Little Man. The weekend Little Man turned four weeks old was my lowest point after he was...
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Apr 24, 2013
World Meningitis Day
I remember the first time the horror of meningitis was brought home to me. I was 21 years of age, and my work placement saw me visiting parishes around my home county, cataloging all of the churches,...
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Apr 22, 2013
Enough of this crack!
Today was a day of mixed emotions for me. I found the hours from midnight until 9am long because Little Woman woke a lot for feeds during the night, and was awake for a couple of hours each time, so I got...
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Apr 20, 2013
Three weeks old
Little Woman is three weeks old today. This week flew by. My little squishy newborn is slowly unfurling, stretching out her arms and legs.
She’s visibly growing day by day. When she was weighed on...
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Apr 16, 2013
A visit from the lactation consultant
We’ve made a lot of progress establishing breastfeeding since last week. On Friday, I decided that I needed help to resolve the latching issues I was experiencing, and so, based on a number of...
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Apr 13, 2013
The Birth of Little Woman: Part 1 Labour and Delivery
If you’ve been reading here for a while, you’ll know that I love positive birth stories. In fact I collect them and share them on this site whenever anyone is kind enough to give me permission...
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Apr 13, 2013
Two weeks old
The problem with feeding on demand is that every so often the person you’re feeding gets very demanding! That’s what happened when Little Woman turned 8 days old. Actually I think it happened...
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Apr 12, 2013
Help is on the way!
Thank you so much to everyone who contacted me to offer advice after my cry for help about the latching pain I’ve been suffering this week. Today I took Little Woman for her two week check up and...
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