CBT, or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, is a tool used to help patients struggling with depression and anxiety. When accessing mental health services through the UK’s NHS, patients will often be told to self refer to charities offering CBT. My Referral was through We Are With You. What is CBT? It is a talking therapy, designed […]
My breastfeeding journey wasn’t the smoothest anyway, so when we realised baby number two had CMPA – Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy – just like the first, we just sighed and went about our business. As a family we are largely dairy free anyway, we don’t tend to have many dairy products in the house, so […]
We arrived at school and dropped him off at his classroom. Off he went without even saying goodbye. The whole thing felt rather unceremonious if I’m honest!
Hi! It’s been a while! I took a bit of a break to deal with the stress of miscarriage, and the excitement (and strain) of being in the first trimester with baby number two! For the last few weeks we’ve been potty training our daughter. It was a bit of a shock to us that […]
We have had a fabulous family Christmas. It’s been intense but it’s been fun and full of love and laughter. We’ve had overnight guests, cooked for 10 on Christmas day and then another Christmas dinner for 8 on Boxing day. It’s such a busy week every year because we are the ‘hub family’. We tend […]
The most awkward part really is the getting undressed bit. Both my kids are summer babies so all my late pregnancy speculum exams have been easy, I was wearing a dress! This time I had to try not to get tangled in my own skinny jeans. The rest is all pretty straightforward.
On the morning of Sunday the 13th October, we headed to Port Lympne. We were going to spend the next couple of days there. Port Lympne Hotel & Reserve is about a 25 minute drive from our home, the perfect sort of distance away for a short break! Here is my review of how our […]
I want to start by saying I LOVE the idea of a home birth and adore hearing people’s experiences of giving birth at home, so please don’t read this as anti home birth, these are just the reasons it wouldn’t have worked for me. I had never considered a home birth until a saw a […]
Many of us are familiar with the signs and symptoms of chicken pox- if you’re not click here and have a read! Sadly, in the UK, it is inevitable that our little ones will deal with it at some point. We thought that we’d put together some (tried and tested*) top tips for helping your […]
My baby arrived a couple of weeks ago so I thought it would only be right to introduce her to our followers with a bit of a “life update” after so many pregnancy posts (and more to come from my drafts folder that need a bit of polishing up!) New baby, same rules As you […]
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