tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12158190041243694832024-02-07T03:47:36.595+00:00Squishy, G and MeUK Blog - Mummy . Beauty . LifeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302220252322338997noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215819004124369483.post-25882142906124724112015-12-26T17:16:00.000+00:002015-12-26T17:16:02.873+00:004 month baby update<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You're going to be turning 4 months old on boxing day and I expect we'll be a bit busy that day so I'm writing this update a couple of days early this month.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At the moment I think you're probably going through a little growth spurt, you're eating more (more on that later) and waking up a little bit earlier. Don't get me wrong we are still absolutely spoilt, the very earliest you've woken up is about half 7 which is still amazing for a 4 month old baby but you were sleeping til 8 or 9 (sometimes even 10!) a couple of weeks ago. We had your last lot of injections last week so that disrupted you a little bit and you woke up once in the night for a couple of nights but we don't mind. You're so good normally, we know if you wake up it's because something is the matter.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You still nap <b>a lot! </b>Usually at least 2 or 3 a day. If I let you sleep on me sometimes you'll sleep for 3-4 hours but we usually try to put you down for a nap in your big girls cot now when we notice you start to get grumpy, or you sleep whenever we're out and about - especially in the new car!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You're still in your crib in mummy and daddy's bedroom at the moment but I think we'll look at putting you in your own room in the New Year maybe. You love your bedroom, we always get changed in there and you have your naps there now. I'd feel better if you could roll so I know you won't get stuck on your front!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You're up to 8oz bottles now and you polish them off no problem. You're not sick very often anymore which is much better and you're obviously keeping more milk in you're tummy. You normally have between 4-6 bottles a day depending on how much you've napped during the daytime but you wake up earlier if you haven't had much milk in the day. If you're awake you don't like to go as long between bottles now, you scream every 3 hours whereas last month you'd happily go 4, as I said I think you're having a little growth spurt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">14lb 6oz when we got weighed this morning (Wednesday)....a whole stone already! That's crazy. It won't be long and you'll be double your birth weight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You absolutely love the sound of your own voice! You just constantly chat & smile the whole time you are awake which is so funny and you are so cute! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The two main developmental things we are really waiting for you to do this month are rolling and laughing. Both of which you have sooo nearly got!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We practice you're rolling everyday with lots of tummy time but you hate it. You like you lie on your back and wiggle, or kick everything. You can lift your hips up & sort of get half way into a roll but I have to give you a helping hand for the last little bit! haha</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You do laugh a little bit now, mostly at yourself or when I pull your vests up over your head but it's adorable and I can't wait for it to be a more regular thing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You want to sit up all the time now. You get upset if you have to lie down, apart from for a nap of course. You've started to enjoy sitting in your bumbo seat and hardly need any support at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You're still in 0-3 month clothes but I'm going to get the 3-6 bits out soon because I'm sure it won't be long. You seem to be a month behind when going into bigger size clothes so far. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We're literally on our last couple of size 2 nappies just using up what we've got left and then you'll be in size 3! How did that happen already? I had to exchange a load of size 2s because I'd stocked up so much when you were pregnant and didn't expect you to grow this quickly!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302220252322338997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215819004124369483.post-88399714963252335552015-12-25T09:00:00.000+00:002015-12-25T09:00:00.219+00:00Merry Christmas!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302220252322338997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215819004124369483.post-41595666424099652052015-12-24T15:00:00.000+00:002015-12-24T15:00:17.634+00:00First visit to see Santa<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last Wednesday was a very special day...... it was Brooke's first trip to go & see Santa!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I know it's crazy and everybody says don't bother the first year because obviously she has no idea about Santa, or even what's going on at all, but I love Christmas and was determined to get little B in on the action as soon as we could.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We booked to go on the 16th for a couple of reasons. Firstly I thought it would be near enough to Christmas that the atmosphere would be good, but not near enough that it would be crazy busy with all the kids broken up from school. Secondly it was that exact day last year that we did a pregnancy test and found out we were having a baby so being the silly sentimental girl that I am I thought it would be nice to take our baby girl somewhere exciting on that day to sort of mark the occasion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We went to a garden centre not too far from where we live which I booked a couple of weeks beforehand. I didn't fancy going to a busy shopping centre grotto so this was ideal for a quiet mid-week visit for us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The grotto area was separate from the main garden centre and had a nice little walkway lined with Christmas trees leading up to it. About 5 other kids came in at the same time as us which was a lovely small group.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We went into a large room with decorations all around it, benches in the middle for us to sit on and Santa in a little stage type area at the front. We all sat down and Santa told all the kids a story which was really sweet and made sure he interacted with each one and asked them questions. Then each child got to go up and see Santa individually, have a chat about what they wanted for Christmas (of course!) and have some photos taken.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We were allowed to take our own photos in the grotto as well which I loved. It's definitely a nice touch and means you don't have to fork out for the pricey professional photos if you don't want to. Obviously with it being Brooke's first Christmas they were obligatory for us!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We were over the moon that Brooke actually seemed to really enjoy herself. She loves all the twinkly lights and Christmas music and was just in the best mood for the entire morning which I was <b>so </b>pleased about. I was a little bit worried she'd be too young and find it all overwhelming and get upset but it was the total opposite. She wasn't too sure what to make of Santa so wasn't her usual smiley self but she wasn't upset about it either. While Santa was telling his story she sat there good as gold, cooing away and seemed quite interested in what was going on! haha </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After we came out of the grotto she was squealing with happiness all the way round the garden centre and <strike>shouting </strike>chatting at everybody we saw. Strangers always comment on how vocal she is it's so funny, she gets <b>really </b>loud!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was G's birthday last week as well so we ended the day with a trip to Toby Carvery as a treat and B slept the entire time AND the whole way home so all the excitement must have worn her out!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302220252322338997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215819004124369483.post-39571827205993431372015-12-23T19:00:00.000+00:002015-12-23T13:54:15.336+00:00Palmers Cocoa Butter Natural Bronze Tan Lotion - Review<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've always been a huge Palmers fan and absolutely love their body butter products and have been using them for <strong>years! </strong>I've even got my boyfriend hooked on their good old cocoa butter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There probably aren't many brands of fake tan I haven't tried and tested over the years and I do 100% have my favourites (Fake Bake & Laurens Way I'm looking at you!!) but every now and then I like to mix it up a bit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've got to be honest gradual tanners aren't a product I am usually a fan of. I definitely started out with them at the beginning of my tanning experience (to ease myself in gently...or so I thought at the time!) but I'm often left thinking why bother tanning at all if you're not going to tan properly! I like it to be noticeable not barely there. However loving Palmers like I do I thought I'd pick up <strong>Natural Bronze Tan Lotion </strong>when I saw it on offer in Boots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have to say I am really really impressed. Sometimes when I'm not planning any nights out in a while, or getting my legs out and generally being a bit lazy, I can't be bothered to properly fake tan - yes you heard it hear first, never thought id be saying that - so a gradual tan lotion is perfect for maintaining a slight glow but also only needs minimal effort.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Natural Bronze Glow is a moisturiser that develops into a subtle tan and can be built up over <em>x </em>number of days. Firstly unlike actual fake tan products gradual tanner tends to be white in colour, which makes it seem much more like a regular moisturiser. It also doesn't have your typical fake tan smell. Natural Bronze Glow does have a slight scent to it, certainly more than the regular cocoa butter product but equally its not unpleasant in the slightest. My boyfriend kept telling me i smelt like chocolate if that makes you feel better about the smell? ha! And you can definitely smell the cocoa butter running through it which also leaves a really pleasant smell.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now I've just been slapping this on willy nilly after my daily showers, not thinking too much about it. I can't remember exactly how long I've been using it now, maybe a fortnight on and off but not once have i had any sort of streak. Each day I notice I am getting browner and browner, subtly and naturally. The colour is long lasting and fades very evenly. I've only needed to exfoliate a little around my ankles and elbows.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302220252322338997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215819004124369483.post-63264979788992421222015-12-23T13:32:00.001+00:002015-12-23T13:35:06.205+00:00Youngsies Monkey Onesie - Review<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last week we received a little pre-Christmas treat from the lovely people at Youngsies, one of their <a href="https://www.youngsies.com/product/monkey-costume-onesie/" target="_blank">baby monkey onesie costumes</a>* for Brooke to try out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We absolutely love the monkey onesie! Is is so cute, cheeky and totally unisex.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- It is hand & footless</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Everytime Brooke has worn the onesie she has seemed really comfortable. She's had it on for hours at a time if we've been out in her pram and has fallen asleep all cosy everytime so it's definitely a hit with her.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A lot of all-in-one snowsuit type outfits we've used make her too hot and she's gets all upset and sweaty, especially considering how warm winter has been so far. Somehow the monkey onesie doesn't have the same effect. Brooke has never seemed uncomfortable or too hot, which surprised me considering how warm and thick the onesie is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We've already washed the monkey onesie and it came back out of the machine just as soft and cosy as when it went in. No bobbles or loose threads, it's honestly such great quality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We absolutely love our monkey onesie and will definitely be purchasing some more of the animal onesie range. Now I've seen how soft the onesie's are I'm dying to try out one of Youngsie's baby towels!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The baby monkey costume onesie retails at £17.99 and you can find it on Youngsies website <a href="https://www.youngsies.com/animal-onesie-costumes/" target="_blank">here</a>, along with plenty of other fab animal styles to chose from (the duck onesie is just tooo cute!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you're enjoying our updates I'd love you to follow our story either <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/107842796990909308209/posts?hl=en-GB" target="_blank">here</a> or on <a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/squishy-g-me-13830377" target="_blank">Bloglovin'</a></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302220252322338997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215819004124369483.post-39293791590712150152015-12-15T18:59:00.000+00:002015-12-15T18:59:51.891+00:00Mummy and Me - November 2015<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've just realised I never posted our Mummy & Me post for November! Ooooops. Only half a month behind...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Poor B! This was sitting in the waiting room of the doctors waiting for the nurse to call us in for her second lot of injections. This little hat is my favourite!! We were wrapped up all warm to go and watch the Christmas lights be turned on afterwards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After the 8 week jabs we gave her calpol at the doctors as advised, she was a little sleepier than normal but was absolutely fine. She amazingly didn't develop any sort of fever and slept as normal that night. We only felt the need to give the calpol that day and by the next morning she was her usual happy self. She did actually come out in a bit of a cold a few days after which I've mentioned in a previous post, so I expected that was a delayed effect of the injections.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302220252322338997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215819004124369483.post-68790780109599980162015-11-27T10:00:00.000+00:002015-11-27T10:00:04.650+00:005 Things Friday: Newborn must haves<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thinking about doing some new bits on the blog I thought it'd be fun to start a 5 thing Friday theme. Each Friday I'll be writing about 5 things...sometimes a shopping list, sometimes a wishlist, sometimes some advice, sometimes things we recommend and sometimes just some thoughts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now Brooke is 13 weeks old she's no longer classed as a "newborn" and is now an INFANT! (which is crazy!) so I thought it would be useful to pass on our recommendations for the top 5 products that we could not have lived without in those early days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You put an empty sterilised bottle under the tap push the button and a burst of boiling water comes out, it then beeps to let you know that part is done, you remove the bottle and add your scoops of formula and give it a shake/swirl so all the powder mixes with the boiling water, then you put the bottle back under the tap again press the button again and it is topped up with cool water to make the perfect temperature and amount in each feed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The dial at the top of the machine can be adjusted to make feeds between 4-11oz. The only bad thing I have found is that the smallest bottles you can make are 4oz because when you bring your newborn home from the hospital you will probably be starting on 2-3oz but to be honest they move onto bigger feeds so quickly it really wasn't a problem. We simply made bottles the old fashioned way with boiled water from the kettle for a few days & then moved onto using the machine & wasting a teeny bit of milk each time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It is a little pricey at around £120 but you can usually find it for around £70 in the Asda Baby Event or on Amazon or like me you might be able to pick one up secondhand. We only paid £35 - possibly the best £35 I've ever spent!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Each to their own obviously but we always knew we wanted to put Brooke in baby sleeping bags to go to sleep. Originally I planned on using cellular blankets for the first couple weeks until she was a bit bigger and filled out her sleeping bag a bit but the first two nights when we got home from the hospital Brooke didn't want to sleep... At all! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">She'd sleep anywhere else during the day, on us, in her bouncy chair, her swing, a cushion but just hated her swinging crib for bedtime. It was like she found it too big and open after being in my belly all that time. So much so that I was this close to rushing out and buying a Moses basket for her so she could have a smaller sleeping space!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I didn't initially buy a Ewan before Brooke was born. Even though they are so highly recommended I thought he was abit expensive for what it does and thought free white noise apps on my phone would do the job just as well - which to be honest they would, but Ewan's cute, cuddly & can strap onto the cot bars so when I saw him on a secondhand selling site for £10 we thought we'd give him a try.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302220252322338997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215819004124369483.post-54161780796479974862015-11-26T10:30:00.000+00:002015-11-26T10:30:01.076+00:003 month baby update<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Currently snoozing away on me, our baby girl will be 3 months old in the morning (probably by the time this goes live) and I can't quite believe what a little person she has become. Our squishy newborn is long long gone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At the moment you're drinking 7oz bottles, very occasionally you might finish an 8oz but usually if we try that you leave some. Depending on your naps - and sometimes not waking up in time for a feed - you usually go about 3 or 4 hours between feeds so have 4 - 5 a day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You change so much every single day! At the moment you love to chat and smile all the time. As soon as anybody pays you any attention you won't stop smiling and squeal with delight. You're generally a really really chilled out baby and rarely cry unless you're in pain with wind which luckily doesn't happen too often.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Still in size 2 nappies with lots of room to spare and size 2-3 swim nappies with even more room to spare!!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302220252322338997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215819004124369483.post-35379896979642643902015-11-08T21:45:00.000+00:002015-11-08T21:55:35.250+00:00Baby's First Cold<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Subsequently I've discovered that before 8 weeks old there really isn't anything you can give a baby to make them feel better, something that I never gave my thought to until I had Brooke.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think as an adult we just take for granted that we can grab some cough medicine or vapour rub, pop a paracetamol or even blow our nose but poor little B has definitely not had such an easy time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Luckily it hasn't been anything too serious. To begin with she had a horrible snotty nose and temperature so I was able to give her some calpol which seemed to help. The worst thing was definitely that she couldn't breathe through her nose. She would have to spit her dummy out in the night so she could breathe and then she'd cry because she wanted her dummy again - it was so sad! That along with a nasty cough was ensuring poor little B was up most of the night which is unheard of for our sleepy bear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After a few days suffering I ventured up to Boots to find out if there was anything we could give her. Annoyingly vapor rub, plug ins, olbus oil, cough medicine is all from 3 months plus. At this point Brooke was 9 weeks so I asked if it really makes <i>that</i> much difference? Personally I can't understand it? Surely a product is either suitable for tiny baby's or it isn't? What difference is a 2 month old baby to a 3 month old baby? ....but anyway off we went with our recommended saline spray to try to decongest B's little nose so she would feel more comfortable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Luckily this did seem to do the job and after a day or two Brooke was feeling much better. That along with the amount of Vicks that G and me were smothering ourselves in must have had some secondary effect on her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Unfortunately we're just left with a little cough now that keeps waking her up in the night but fingers crossed that'll be gone soon, it seems to be getting better everyday.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302220252322338997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215819004124369483.post-72363148504142210842015-11-01T15:49:00.001+00:002015-11-01T15:49:27.015+00:00Optimalprint Birth Announcement Cards - Review<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Before B was born we decided we'd like to get some birth announcement cards printed. A friend of mine did something similar when her little boy was born last year and I thought they were brilliant.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I actually came across the company<b> <a href="https://www.optimalprint.co.uk/home" target="_blank">Optimalprint</a> </b>on Facebook originally during the early stage of my pregnancy. I bookmarked the page & forgot all about it until after Brooke was born and we were looking for a way to tell all our friends and family that our little madam was finally here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I know these days everybody texts or uses Facebook to announce their baby being born, which don't get me wrong we did as well, but I think birth announcement cards just add a special touch. They're a lovely keepsake and I know older members of family, like my grandparents for example really cherish their card and don't use Facebook or anything like that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We left the back of the card blank so we could write our own personal message to everyone but you had the option to have anything you liked printed on any side of the.card.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am <i>over the moon </i>with how the cards turned out. We got 20 printed for around £27 which I don't think is too bad at all. The quality was amazing, the photo just can't do them justice. The cards were printed on thick, high quality card and were lovely & gloss. The photos we chose to include came out beautifully and they were only iPhone snaps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We would highly highly recommend Optimalprint for any personalised cards you may need. We will definitely be using them for Brooke's christening and first birthday invitations next year.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302220252322338997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215819004124369483.post-34334703117997996202015-10-31T17:00:00.000+00:002015-11-01T16:25:18.612+00:00Brooke's First Halloween<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Even before Brooke was born I've always loved Halloween! I know it's not for everybody and is very American but that doesn't bother me. In fact last year I was lucky enough to spend Halloween in Las Vegas with work and it was in-cred-ible! Literally the craziest night out I have ever had - the Americans go <b>all </b>out for Halloween and I'd never seen fancy dress costumes like it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today we've just gone for a casual My First Halloween babygrow which I picked up for £5 at Asda. It's actually really lovely quality and has the helpful fold over sleeve/mitt things which is always good because Brooke's hands get SO cold during the night!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302220252322338997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215819004124369483.post-72054201686956446272015-10-31T13:30:00.000+00:002015-10-31T13:30:00.737+00:00Me and Mine - October 2015<div style="text-align: start;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My favourite and actually the only photo of the 3/4 of us this month. This was just a random Sunday at my mum & dads and we thought it'd be nice to have a couple of photos of all of us <3</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I know there are a million reviews for this product already out there but as it's probably my absolute favourite and most used product in my make up bag I couldn't not do it! Plus it's been a while since I've done a beauty review.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Benefit's "They're Real" Mascara</b> was a total game changer in the beauty industry. I honestly don't think there has ever been such a big hype around a mascara. <i>Everybody </i>has either tried this mascara or knows somebody who uses it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Even the advertising on the packaging speaks for itself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- 94% of people saw dramatic length and volume </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- 90% of people saw base to tip curl</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- 94% of people saw visible lift</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- 100% of people saw long wearing results (100%!!!.... That is crazy!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I completely and utterly adore this mascara and wouldn't dream of using anything else now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I completely agree with every claim Benefit make. When I use They're Real my lashes are longer, more curled, lifted and this mascara really does last all day. If it can handle one of my 13hr flights at work then it's a winner in my opinion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Even though it's super long lasting They're Real is still really easy to remove and a light swipe with a make up remover wipe will remove all traces.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The tube is gun metal colour and even though it contains 8.5g of product it still appears quite compact and delicate. The mascara just looks so stylish and sleek and would fit perfectly into any makeup bag. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The wand is also perfect for the type of application I like. It is flexible enough but not too bendy. It has short spokes in a comb style, perfect for applying the product to the length of your lashes and then the sphere shape at the end means you can reach even the teeniest smallest lashes in each and every corner of the eye.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've always used They're Real in the shade Beyond Black which is very very black which I love but it is now available in Beyond Brown and Beyond Blue aswell.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They're Real mascara retails at £19.50 which is obviously a little pricier than your average high street mascara but I definitely think it is worth the extra spend. Benefit products are amazing quality and They're Real in particular lasts forever. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you haven't already tried this life changer of a mascara I highly recommend you do. It can be found at any Benefit counter or online <a href="https://m.benefitcosmetics.co.uk/product/view/theyre-real" target="_blank">here</a></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302220252322338997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215819004124369483.post-74146184131484050122015-10-29T11:00:00.000+00:002015-10-29T11:00:07.171+00:00Baby by Chad Valley Deluxe Swing - Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Before B was born I was pretty adamant that I wanted to buy a baby swing. It was one of my must haves! I wasn't fussed by a bouncy chair or playmat but I thought a swing would be a really useful product to have.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They seem to vary in price a lot ranging from around £50 right up to £200+ so being on a budget I was after a bargain. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I decided on the <a href="http://www.argos.co.uk/m/static/Search/searchTerm/Chad+valley+baby+swing.htm" target="_blank"><b>Baby by Chad Valley Deluxe Swing</b> at Argos</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The swing has 3 different speeds, 7 different songs, is lockable whilst you get baby in and out, folds down smaller so it can be stored more easily, has a 5-point harness strap, has a head hugger for smaller babies and has a detachable toy bar complete with three animal toys.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pretty much all the features that you could look for in a swing - in my opinion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- It comes in turquoise green or cream so is unisex and perfect to keep for anymore babies</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- the toys are really cute & detachable so can go on a pram/car seat if you want them to</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- it folds down for smaller storage. Great if you don't have much space like us!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- it's the cheapest baby swing on the market which was a big plus for us</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- swing motions are gentle but strong enough at the same time</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- the green/turquoise colour is probably a little more on the blue side if you're looking for something truly unisex but it doesn't bother us</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">- even at their largest the arms straps seem quite tight. Brooke has to sit in an unnatural position for them to fit her comfortably so I don't strap her in very often.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Brooke has a love hate relationship with her swing. Sometimes she loves it and sometimes she hates it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was hoping that the swinging motion would help to soothe her when she was upset but this isn't the case. She definitely just screams more if we put her in when she is already upset. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We've found it particularly useful for when we are eating dinner or both busy with something else and need to put B down awake for a little while.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was more than prepared to pay full price of £43.99 for the swing but I actually really luckily came across the exact swing we wanted second hand on my local Facebook buying site for the bargain price of £15. Unfortunately this meant that the music has never worked but that's not necessarily a bad thing! Haha</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our happy little lady was as good as gold and was babbling away to her new Doctor. She had her eyes, ears, heart, lungs and hips checked as well as being weighed and measured.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The little chunk is weighing in at 11lb 13oz now which the doctor was more than happy with. She usually screams her head off when she has to get naked to have her nappy changed or getting out of the bath because she hates being cold so I wasn't expecting the weighing to go well, but Brooke pleasantly surprised us all and was smiling away the entire time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our doctor was laughing at her because she wouldn't be quiet while he was trying to listen to her heart. She was coo-ing and chatting away to him for ages!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Overall our Dr was really pleased with B's development so far and says it's really good that she "talks" so much already and that she will interact and "talk back" when people speak to her. He said she is very aware of her surroundings and super curious which is lovely to hear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And that was pretty much it! I'm sure my doctor would have checked out my stitches if I had asked him too but to be honest I don't have any concerns. I feel 97% back to my old self now and I can tell everything has healed well and isn't infected.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How was your 6-week checkup? I'd love to hear if it varied a lot from ours?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This was one of the first unisex sets we bought after our 12 weeks scan. Brooke wore it for a lunch date with our friends last week & everybody commented on how sweet it was. H&M do all different style 3-piece sets like this so I think I'll definitely get some more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This outfit is part of a pack of 3 "Twinkle twinkle" themed sleepsuits. Theyre probably the only really bright bits of clothing that B owns so it's nice to see her in some colour for a change (that's not pink anyway!). I love all her ladybird sleepsuits, they are such good quality and wash really well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Again B obviously had to dress up for the big match on Sunday - unfortunately she didn't bring us the same luck as last time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I can't believe all of the items in this weeks post are age 0-3 months now (apart from the red cardi in the last pic), my little baby is growing up!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We are so so lucky that you sleep amazingly well and always have done. You easily go from 10pm to 7/8am every night now which is a dreeeeaam! Once or twice you haven't even woken for your 10pm feed and slept right through 6.30pm to 6am. I'm trying to start a little bedtime routine now, bath at 6.10/6.15, bottle at half 6 and then you're usually asleep by 7. We change your bum before we go to bed at about 10/11 so if you wake up properly you have another bottle then but if not we let you sleep. This has been going really well but the past few days you've been a little bit unsettled and come down with your first cold so sleeping is out the window until you can breathe through your nose again!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You are still very much mummy's little piggy. You LOVE your milk and literally get excited when you see the bottle coming your way and pull all these cute little faces. You're now having 6oz bottles 5 or 6 times a day and pretty much drain them every time. We even gave you your first 7oz bottle yesterday (but you did leave a little bit)!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The health visitor came round last Friday when you were 7 weeks 2 days old and you were 11lb 9oz - a whole 3lb heavier than when you were born, and don't we know it! You're definitely much heavier to carry now & I can feel it when you fall asleep on me in an awkward position for too long.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then we had your 6 week checkup on Wednesday (8 weeks old) and you were 11lb 13oz!! 4oz gain in 4 days!!! That's what's we're dealing with! Haha</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We're starting swimming lessons next month and you have to be 3 months old or 12lbs and silly mummy was worried we'd have to miss the lesson because it's a few days before you turn 3 months old but you're going to be 12lbs by the weekend at this rate so I don't know what I was worrying about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You smiles properly for the first time at around 5 weeks old. I'm sure you used to smile at me before that but we can't be sure it wasn't wind. The last 2 weeks or so you are just full of gorgeous smiles the whole time you are awake. You don't want your dummy anymore because you'd rather be chatting away to everybody. As soon as anybody shows you any attention and talks to you, you don't stop smiling and chatting back. I love it and you're so so cute!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This week I've finally admitted defeat and moved you into 0-3 month clothes. I was moaning for ages that you hardly had any clothes to chose from because everything was miles too big and I was determined not to buy anymore newborn bits but I take it all back!! It broke my heart packing away all the teeny clothes, far too many of them ended up in your special memory box because I couldn't bare for them to be packed up for the loft or even worse....sold! :(</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I actually feel <b>more</b> confident with my body since having a baby!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yes you read that right! Don't get me wrong my body is far far from perfect, it always has been and probably always will be <b>but </b>for the first time in a really long time I actually feel happy in my own skin which is definitely not an emotion I would have predicted to be feeling when we first found out we were going to have a baby.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm afraid the picture above isn't me, it's just a google image from the NHS website because even though I am feeling fairly confident in myself at the moment I'm not quite <i>that </i>brave.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I didn't get any stretchmarks through the majority of my pregnancy. I'd say they started to appear very lightly at around 37 weeks and were still pretty mild and then almost seem to have gotten worse & way more defined since Brooke has been born. The picture above is the closest I could find to my own tummy, the stretchmarks are literally all congregated to the area below my belly button and that's it! Which I thought was strange because that's the bit of my tummy that was flabby & fat to begin with so surely it stretched the least? It was the underneath of my bump so I couldn't reeeaally see the damage until after I'd given birth but all in all its not too awful. Obviously I was hoping not to get any stretchmarks, surely every woman is? But that was unrealistic and I know compared to some people mine aren't too bad at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was really really lucky and throughout my pregnancy I didn't gain too much weight. Only 18lbs in total and Brooke was nearly half of that so by the time you took out all my excess water, blood, placenta, milk and all those other lovely things I was actually 1lb lighter than before I fell pregnant when Brooke was just 2 days old. Which I know I am so so lucky to have experienced because a lot of ladies really struggle and believe me I was expecting to be one of them!! In the past I have tried every diet/healthy eating plan going and find it SO difficult to lose weight. I only need to look at a chocolate cake and put on 3lbs!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2 weeks post partum I was half a stone lighter than pre-pregnancy, probably because I didn't have time to eat if I'm honest which definitely isn't the healthiest post pregnancy diet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Please don't take this post the wrong way or as me showing off because I honestly don't mean it like that at all, I may have lost my extra pregnancy weight but I am still hugely overweight and need to lose 3 stone + to be within a healthy BMI range, something I am just looking to approach now assuming that my 6 week (actually 8 week) checkup with the doctor goes okay tomorrow. I really thought I'd be obsessive about losing my baby weight and toning my tummy because I am so paranoid about being overweight but I honestly honestly don't care! Our baby girl is, quite rightly so, taking up all of my time and attention at the moment and that's how I expect it to stay for the foreseeable. I lost a lot of blood during delivery and had to have a huge episiotomy so was advised by the doctor not to exercise for at least 6 weeks anyway - not that I could have if is wanted to. I could barely sit down for the first 3 weeks!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was never happy with my body, in particular my tummy, before I had Brooke. It was flabby, it's where I hold most of my excess weight which is the unhealthiest place to do so, I never wore tight fitting clothing, would live in Spanx for a night out and I haven't worn a bikini for years. I've always felt pressure to look a certain way and be a certain weight and would forever compare myself to my thinner friends. I'd always feel like people would judge me for being overweight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Even though I'm the same weight as before and my tummy is even wobblier than before, now somehow it doesn't matter! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">People expect my belly to be like that and expect me to be overweight because I'm a mum and because I've just had a baby and I <b>LOVE </b>it! Everybody has been telling me how great I look and how I look exactly the same as before I had a baby, which obviously I do because I'm the same weight and it's lovely for my confidence to hear but I think I'm forgetting that being back in my pre-pregnancy jeans isn't actually that much of a positive when they were a size 16-18 to begin with and I still have a long way to go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I so so don't want my body insecurities to pass on to Brooke so it's really something that I'm trying to work on before she's big enough to pick up on any negativity. I'm hoping to start Weightwatchers and focus on losing weight healthily and slowly over the next couple of years. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302220252322338997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215819004124369483.post-91441214229041523372015-10-19T10:00:00.000+01:002015-10-19T10:00:01.823+01:00What Brooke Wore #2<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-center;">This week we actually remembered to get some full length outfit posts so here we are...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now the temperature seems to have suddenly dropped I'm trying to make sure Brooke always has a hat on when we're out and about. I think she looks so cute in them, like a proper little smurf!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is actually the first item of 0-3 clothing that B has worn. Up until now everything was so big for her that it looked pretty silly but this week I've finally accepted that her newborn bits are getting a bit snug and popped her in this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love the romper style to this because most sleepsuits have enclosed feet and seem more restrictive. Brooke was extra happy wriggling around in this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Again this is 0-3 but B's been wearing it since she was born on all our trips to the park to walk Marley. It's so snug & cosy and finally starting to fit her properly. It was a hand me down from my friend Lucy and her little girl Betsy & I know they've already got the same suit in 3-6 to pass on to us as well so that'll be fab for winter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This was the outfit that B wore home from the hospital when she was born and it swamped her at the time. It was one of the first unisex bits we bought after our 12 week scan & definitely one of my favourites. It's velour type fabric and so so soft!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Not that you can see in the photo but the vest says "Daddy's Little Cupcake" on it and was part of the Easter range at Mothercare and was a gift from Brooke's godparents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The dungarees were actually mine when I was a baby. I've really struggled to find any pink dungarees that I like so was thrilled when my mum passed these on to me. It's crazy to think first I wore them, then I used to dress my little dollies up in them and now <i>my </i>little girl is wearing them! So cute!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302220252322338997noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215819004124369483.post-74535748752225780302015-10-14T16:00:00.000+01:002015-10-28T18:19:05.678+00:001 month baby update<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I really am becoming pretty useless because this update is late as well (you'll be 7 weeks old when this post goes live!) but here's your 1 month update!</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Youre still pretty dinky and in your newborn clothes which I'm loving! I want you to be this small forever!!! We've tried 0-3 clothes a couple of times but they still swamp you. Still in size 1 nappies but I think when we run out of the packs we already have we'll move you up to size 2's now.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302220252322338997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215819004124369483.post-62800512302961320682015-10-13T11:00:00.000+01:002015-10-13T12:40:36.861+01:00Mummy and Me - September 2015<div style="text-align: start;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18302220252322338997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215819004124369483.post-72418013973057019102015-10-12T10:00:00.000+01:002015-10-28T18:19:35.465+00:00Labour and birth story<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here we are nearly 6 weeks on and to be honest it's taken me up until now to feel normal again & properly get over giving birth to our little girl. I thought it was time I put pen to paper as such because amazingly I'm actually already forgetting about aspects of my labour! </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was given gas & air which worked well for me. Beforehand I wasn't sure whether I would like it or whether it would make me feel sick. The first few "puffs" (is that what you say?) made me abit lightheaded but I was good after that. I wouldn't say it helped with the pain massively, people say it just takes the edge off but I wouldn't even say that. I don't think it made much difference to the pain at all but it gave me something else to focus on during a contraction and helped with my breathing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Luckily because I'd given birth quite later in the afternoon/early evening we got to go home the next morning. We had to have quite a few checks through the night both Squishy's blood sugar levels (because of the blood pressure medicine I had been on at the end of my pregnancy) and my iron levels because of the amount of blood I had lost. Thankfully both were fine and we were discharged and set off ready to start our new adventure as a family!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm so sorry this post has turned out to be somewhat of a novel - it's so hard to shorten these birth stories isn't it? I wanted to make sure I got all the details down to look back on and remember because believe it or not I am already forgetting some of it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm so excited to finally be able to join in this linky properly because photos are something that are so important to me. I don't think there's any better way to capture memories and I'm forever taking <b>hundreds!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Naturally with a newborn we are taking SO many photos at the moment but this is definitely my favourite from this month.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Just Squishy, G and Me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was taken at about 2am when we'd just got in from our friends surprise 30th birthday party - the first time I'd left Squish - and I was just so happy to be home with her again (even though she doesn't look quite as thrilled!)</span></div>
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