Looking Back On My First Year Blogging
It’s pretty crazy that today is New Year’s Eve. 2014 really has flown by. It’s probably gone quicker for us this year than in previous years because we spent the first eight months counting down the...
View ArticleWords I Discovered During Pregnancy – Part 2
A few weeks ago, I wrote the first of two posts about words I didn’t know the meaning of until the missus became pregnant. Part 1 covered A to M in the alphabet and included some bobby dazzlers like...
View ArticleWhy Should You Consider a Private Maternity Unit?
Having a baby should be a joyous and memorable time in any parent’s life. For me, I still remember every detail of the night that Baby L popped into the world – even though I actually wish I could...
View ArticleReview: The Little Green Sheep’s SnuzPod Bedside Crib And Bedding Set
I like to think that Hay and I were pretty prepared for the little one’s arrival. We’d been to the classes, we’d read the books and we’d bought the stuff. But one of the areas that we were a bit...
View ArticleScrapbooking Pregnancy, Birth And Baby’s First Year
I’ve always enjoyed capturing memories so I’ve got something to look back on. Nothing too loserish or weird like saving ketchup-stained napkins from our first date or holding on to the first condom we...
View ArticleSupporting The Lullaby Trust’s Safer Sleep Week (16-23 March 2015)
If you asked me what my main fear was when it came to having a newborn baby, without hesitation, I’d have replied that it is the fear of her not waking up. So much of mine and the missus’ time was...
View ArticleReview: Baroo Ellefunk Cot Coverlet And Bump Pods For Nursery
Finding out that you, or your partner, has a bun in the oven is a pretty pant-wettingly exciting time. By this, I obviously mean that she is pregnant, not that she’s just done some baking – although...
View Article5 Tips For When Your Partner Goes Into Labour
To celebrate Baby L’s ‘nine months in, nine months out’ anniversary, I thought it’d be good to look back on that eventful evening when she disembarked the mothership and share some of the things I...
View ArticleBuying The Wife A ‘Push Present’
Ah, push presents. If there’s anything as divisive when it comes to pregnancy and birth, I don’t think I’ve come across it yet…well, apart from maybe eating your own placenta. If you’ve not come across...
View ArticleReview: The Little Green Sheep Twist Cot Bed Mattress & Protector
One of the major milestones to show that your tiny, little newborn is now a baby is when they leave the comfort of your bedroom to move into their own room. Obviously, when I say “leave” and “move”...
View Article5 Tips When Planning A Babymoon
The things I’ve learnt since becoming an expectant – and then an actual – dad are staggering. Nipple confusion, anyone?! Parenting opens up an entirely different world of terms, concepts and knowledge...
View ArticleLooking Back On My First Year Blogging
It’s pretty crazy that today is New Year’s Eve. 2014 really has flown by. It’s probably gone quicker for us this year than in previous years because we spent the first eight months counting down the...
View ArticleA Clichéd Pregnancy Announcement – We’re Having A Second!
Yup, you’ve read that correctly. We have some exciting news – the missus is pregnant! That can only mean one thing – a clichéd pregnancy announcement…although I’m not sure how clichéd it can be without...
View ArticleA Pregnancy Update: First Trimester (Weeks 1 to 12)
So, last week I announced that Hay was pregnant and that we’re expecting a second sprog to be joining the clan in February 2018 – woop woop. However, I did also say that it hadn’t been an easy ride so...
View ArticleThe Onset Of Nesting: Sorting Out Toddler L’s Old Baby Clothes
We always had plans for a second kid. Obviously not everything can be planned when it comes to conceiving, but all being well, we saw ourselves with two children. As such, we’ve literally thrown...
View ArticleA Pregnancy Update: Second Trimester (Week 17)
We’ve just got back from having a scan at the hospital and have two pieces of pregnancy news – (1) Everything is OK with the baby, and (2) the baby is a boy! Obviously fab news on both accounts and...
View ArticleThinking About Having A Second Child
Since having our first kid, there’s been continual questions about whether we were going to have a second. Obviously, the missus is currently 21 weeks pregnant, so the answer to that question is “yes,...
View ArticleA Pregnancy Update: Second Trimester (Week 27)
And just like *that*, we’ve hit week 27 of pregnancy. About to go into the third trimester, the missus is now well over the halfway point and has actually been with child for more than half a year....
View ArticleWhat Will Our Second Baby Look Like?
The whole making a baby thing fascinates me. I’m no Dr Robert Winston, but the fact that two people can create life by bumping uglies, then the mum-to-be’s body changes to develop and give birth to...
View ArticlePregnancy: It’s Just Like Starring In My Own Horror B-Movie
I was sitting in the car the other day and the revelation hit me. Pregnancy is basically the same as starring in your very own B-movie. You know the ones I mean. Those low-budget science-fiction and...
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