Reasons to be Cheerful #R2BC

Here we are again, another Thursday and another list!  Here are this weeks 'Reasons to be Cheerful'

1)  We have tried a new technique to help the baby sleep better and it is working!  We have dropped his bedtime feed so that he now has dinner and milk about half 5 and then goes to sleep at 7 without anymore milk.  I was rather dubious but the gamble has paid off and he now goes through until at least 4 every night without waking *frantically searches for some wood to touch*.

2)  I have learnt something new!

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Why I couldn't be a midwife

After much careful deliberation, I have decided that midwifery could never be the career from me.  After watching a lot of One Born Every Minute, I have decided my favourite part of the job is the cups of tea and biscuits that seem common in the staff room.  I am in awe of real life midwifes, but it is not the job for me, and here is why;

1)  I would be an emotional wreck.
 I cry at every single episode of OBEM- I cannot imagaine how I would be in real life.  Babies have a way of turning to me into mush, which has only got worse since having one.

2) I don't do bodily fluids.

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The End of February

I set myself a challenge at the beginning of February to do something new everyday either with the baby or for him, and after a lot of hard work (coming up with ideas that is), I managed it.  During February we played with saucepan drums, made our own finger paints and

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Mummy Friends

Don't get me wrong, before having a baby, I had friends.  I had work friends, friends from school, friends from uni, travelling pals, drinking buddies, friends of friends.  I had plenty of friends.  Since having a baby I have created a new sub-category of friends - the mummy friends.

Maternity leave leaves you with a lot of free time, and with the majority of friends working during the day, not much to do with it.  Making new friends is the perfect solution to this, and Children's centres are the way forward.  

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Day 27- Funday Monday

The children's play area is a staple of winter entertainment.  I defy a parent not to give in to the lure of warmth, tea and the children entertaining themselves for a couple of hours.  Dylan may not be able to entertain himself, but I did have plenty of offers from lovely 4 and 5 year old children who could 'babysit' for me.  (politely declined)

ball pit fun

The ball pit was an immediate hit, and a lovely young girl decided to try and bury him.

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Day 28- The Fragility of Life

Not all new things are good things.  Experiencing first hand the fragility of life is an example.  Funerals are not enjoyable, not exciting and certainly not something a young child needs to know about, but they happen.  We are all mortal, and unfortunately we learn far too regularly just how mortal.


I was 18 when I went to my first funeral.
It was my grandmas.  I remember certain things;  what I wore, the way the sky looked, how many people came along, how fragile life felt.  There are a lot of things I don't remember.  Dylan won't remember anything from his first encounter.  He won't know that he brought smiles- a new life, uncorrupted and aside from tragedy.  He won't remember how I held him that night, never wanting to let him go. But he was there.  Life is fragile and bad things happen to good people.  Without wanting to sound cliched 'live every moment like it was your last'

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World Book Day Review : Paddington Goes for Gold

We were sent Michael Bond's 'Paddington Goes for Gold' to review from the people at Harper Collins.  The book is a beautiful large hardback with shiny gold edges, and perfect for this Olympic year.  The Paddington books have sold over 25 million copies worldwide and have been translated into over 30 different languages.  I remember the stories from my childhood and was excited to introduce them to Dylan.

Paddington Goes for Gold is the perfect read for

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