Seven weeks old

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on May 18, 2013 in Life | 10 comments

Seven weeks old today and we’re really hitting our stride now. Little Woman is still feeding well and...

A beautiful print

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on May 13, 2013 in Life | 3 comments

Last month, I received a beautiful print from Emily from The Nest, commemorating the birth of Little Woman,...

Six weeks old

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on May 12, 2013 in Life | 9 comments

This week has been all about freedom for us. Getting out and about and realising that now that breastfeeding...

The birth of Little Woman Part 2: A horrible hospital experience

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on May 9, 2013 in Positive Birth Stories | 31 comments

Little Woman is almost six weeks old now and I feel far enough removed from my experience in the hospital to...

Five weeks old

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on May 4, 2013 in Life | 11 comments

My little baby isn’t looking so little to me anymore. I can feel her getting heavier in my arms. Her...

Suddenly it’s easy

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on May 3, 2013 in Breastfeeding, Life | 10 comments

At some point in the past week, we turned the corner with breastfeeding. The pain I was experiencing started...

Just have to share

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on May 2, 2013 in Life | 9 comments

People’s generosity has blown me away since Little Woman was born. My own parents gave up a month of...

Four weeks old

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 27, 2013 in Life | 6 comments

Little Woman is four weeks old today. Again I find myself comparing this stage with her to the same stage...

Enough of this crack!

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 22, 2013 in Breastfeeding, Life | 16 comments

Today was a day of mixed emotions for me. I found the hours from midnight until 9am long because Little...

Three weeks old

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 20, 2013 in Life | 2 comments

Little Woman is three weeks old today. This week flew by. My little squishy newborn is slowly unfurling,...

A visit from the lactation consultant

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 16, 2013 in Breastfeeding, Life | 10 comments

We’ve made a lot of progress establishing breastfeeding since last week. On Friday, I decided that I...

The Birth of Little Woman: Part 1 Labour and Delivery

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 13, 2013 in Positive Birth Stories | 20 comments

If you’ve been reading here for a while, you’ll know that I love positive birth stories. In fact...

Two weeks old

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 13, 2013 in Breastfeeding, Life, Love | 6 comments

The problem with feeding on demand is that every so often the person you’re feeding gets very...

Help is on the way!

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 12, 2013 in Breastfeeding, Life | 2 comments

Thank you so much to everyone who contacted me to offer advice after my cry for help about the latching pain...

Exquisite pain on latching

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 11, 2013 in Breastfeeding, Life | 20 comments

Little Woman was 12 days old today. I had really hoped at this stage to be reporting that we’re flying...

Establishing breastfeeding

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 8, 2013 in Breastfeeding, Life | 6 comments

If you’ve read the story of my breastfeeding journey with Little Man, you’ll know that we...

One week old

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 6, 2013 in Love | 13 comments

My baby is one week old today. This afternoon, we were walking around Tesco doing our shopping, when Charlie...

Welcome to the world

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 1, 2013 in Love | 19 comments

I’ll write a full account of Little Woman’s Birth in the coming weeks, but for now you’ll...

Pregnancy: Week 40

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Apr 1, 2013 in Pregnancy | 2 comments

It’s a bit misleading for me to title this post “Pregnancy: Week 40”. Because you see I...

Pregnancy: Week 39

Posted by Lisa | Mama.ie on Mar 30, 2013 in Pregnancy | 3 comments

Okay baby – enough already. Time to come out now! I have officially entered the cranky pregnant woman...