I can see why everyone talks about "baby brain" now that I am living it. I'm not convinced it's just because the brain shrinks during pregnancy but also because the blood drains from all organs every five seconds after your child does something else that makes your heart stop. It has no time to recover.... Continue Reading →
Since River was very young he has had problems with his chest, and no I don't just mean the volume of his cries. He's just been up and mostly down with colds and viruses. I mainly attribute that to my genes, my paternal genes are somewhat chesty so it's inevitable he will suffer the same... Continue Reading →
Today I attended my first annual big global latch on with River, I say first because I have no idea if he will still be breastfeeding at 2 years old. Yes, I meant to say he, because he's in charge. It's funny that even writing that might shock some people; that feeding my child past... Continue Reading →
It's been a tough old fortnight in the Donaghy-Sims house of woe. We've had some small ups but plenty of downs. We've been in our house for 5 years and never fed any of the walls (apart from the hall and River's nursery) a lick of paint so we decided to treat it to a... Continue Reading →
Before giving birth I remember texting with my friend Lisa about how scared I was and how I was probably never going to have another because I was so frightened. We talked about how people say that your second isn't as bad as your first and Lisa very honestly said "It's worse the second time... Continue Reading →
364 days ago (exactly) I packed up my desk, ready to end work for my maternity leave. It was only 09:05 but I was making sure I was going to be ready to go dead on 17:00, no hanging around for me! I dithered about for the rest of my last day answering the question... Continue Reading →
For a few years I've been a huge fan of the show 'Once Upon a Time' (but my whole life I have been a total nerd) and have enjoyed going to a number of conventions to meet the cast. The last one we visited happened when I was 7 months pregnant and it was so... Continue Reading →
Before River was even conceived we knew we would be taking our baby to the Ambleside Lantern Parade. We had our heart set as we looked enviously at photos from previous festivals. As soon as River was 2 blue lines we booked our favourite cottage, Low Brow Barn, for the end of November 2017. River... Continue Reading →
We booked our first holiday to Majorca for April because it wouldn't be too warm for River and it would be fairly quiet for us. I was dreading it. Don't get me wrong, I couldn't wait to get away for some vitamin D and to have my tea out every night but I was dreading... Continue Reading →
Everyone is obsessed with babies sleeping through. What they don't tell you is that babies will sleep through for one whole night between 10,000 sleep regressions. They occur at various stages throughout a tiny person's life and I'm currently experiencing the 4 month sleep regression which has been on going since November. Basically it means... Continue Reading →
