Giving birth is not scary!

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Jan 13, 2011 in Positive Birth Stories |

Earlier this week, I received a lovely message from Sara B, a friend of mine from the local booby group. She...

Look Daddy – I can work too!

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Jan 12, 2011 in Love | 1 comment

There’s nothing Little Man likes better than to copy his Daddy. So of course, he took the opportunity...

Mama.ie is now on Facebook!

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Jan 11, 2011 in Life, Reviews | 1 comment

Tonight I created a Facebook page for Mama.ie. Some of my friends were asking my how they could follow my...

Toddler 1, Mammy Nil

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Jan 10, 2011 in Life, Love | 7 comments

Today I learned that Little Man can now turn a key in a lock. Unfortunately, he was on one side of the door...

A work in progress

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Jan 9, 2011 in Calendar Event, Life | 3 comments

If you’ve been visiting Mama.ie over the weekend, you may have noticed some changes in progress. Much...

App review: High Five!!

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Jan 7, 2011 in Play, Reviews |

Little Man’s favourite app this week is called High Five!! This simple little app displays an animated...

MMR and autism link was financially motivated

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Jan 6, 2011 in Life | 2 comments

Like thousands of other parents, the idea of a link between the MMR vaccine and autism scares the crap out...

A Day Out at the Farm

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Jan 5, 2011 in Love | 2 comments

Little Man is finally better and ready to have fun. Mostly he wants to explore the great outdoors. So we...

Where have all my friends gone?

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Jan 4, 2011 in Calendar Event, Life |

Tragedy struck at 11.45pm on New Year’s Eve. I was trying to fix a synchronisation error that was...

All over for another year…

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Jan 3, 2011 in Calendar Event, Life |

Time to pack up the decorations, take down the tree, and put away the Christmas cookie cutters! I hate this...

The simple toys are the best

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Jan 2, 2011 in Love, Play |

Being the only grandson on both sides, Little Man was spoiled rotten this Christmas. He got fantastic...

A wonderful start to the year

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Jan 1, 2011 in Calendar Event, Life | 2 comments

Dinner, drinks, catching up with old friends, and now staying in a hotel with Charlie. And the best part of...

A year in the life: 2010

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Dec 31, 2010 in Life, Love, Sleep | 2 comments

I love New Year’s Eve. Not from the party point-of-view – God knows we don’t get much of a...

Thomas the Tank Engine inflatable chair

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Dec 30, 2010 in Play, Reviews |

Once he learned to walk, Little Man suddenly seemed to be lacking a place to sit! He’d run around the...

How time flies

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Dec 30, 2010 in Calendar Event, Life | 1 comment

A year ago today, my brother married his beautiful girlfriend, and one of my favourite people in the whole...

A trip to the doctor

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Dec 29, 2010 in Love |

Poor Little Man still isn’t better. His appetite is still barely there. And he is sleeping loads. We...

Mmmmm Pudding

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Dec 28, 2010 in Calendar Event, Life |

Remember my first attempt at starting a new Christmas tradition a few weeks ago – I made a Christmas...

Let it rain!

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Dec 27, 2010 in Life, Love, Sleep |

Never thought I’d be so happy to see the rain! We woke up this morning to the sound of raindrops. The...

Christmas baking

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Dec 26, 2010 in Calendar Event, Life |

One of the things I love most about Christmas is the baking – mince pies, cookies, puddings, desserts....

The best laid plans

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Dec 25, 2010 in Love |

Sometimes it doesn’t matter how well you think you’ve planned something – there’s...