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March 26, 2012 by

Today was hard. Really, really hard. The hardest day for such a long time. I suppose I did have bad days over Freddie while I was pregnant with Ben, but I don’t remember them as topping the immense and submersing anxiety I carried around while I was pregnant. I don’t really remember grieving while I […]

Filed Under: Benedict, Freddie, Grief Tagged With: emotions after birth of subsequent child, grieving for a dead child grief after infant loss

Here we are.

March 25, 2012 by

I thought today that it is now nearly 2 years since Freddie was born and lived and died and in a week or so, creeping up, will come his birthday. I don’t know how we got here. I don’t know how we made it. I’ve had 2 babies in 2 years and it took forever […]

Filed Under: Benedict, Freddie, Grief Tagged With: joy after grief, losing a baby, loss of child, new baby after neonatal death, remembering Freddie, subsequent baby

Win £30 of Djeco Toys or Craft Kits

March 24, 2012 by

Recently I asked some fellow bloggers to help me with some reviews of Djeco toys and crafts, which are some of my absolute favourite products. They really did me proud and here is a round up of the products they tried out. I’m always on the look out for other bloggers interested in reviewing products, […]

Filed Under: Merrily Empire Tagged With: djeco toys, djeco voucher giveaway

Finished it Friday: Crochet Storage Pot

March 23, 2012 by

Really and truly I’m mid making some little cardigans for Ben, Nina and Kit but now that Ben is properly into cloth nappies I needed something for putting his terry bum wipes into. I’ve got an awful lot of felting yarn, so I thought I really should have another go at making a pot. So […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Crochet, Uncategorized Tagged With: adriafil felting yarn, adriafil yarn, blue crochet pot, chunky crocheted basket, crochet storage pot, easy crochet storage basket, finished it friday

8 weeks old

March 22, 2012 by

The last two weeks have been little short of a feeding frenzy. Sometimes Ben has gone for 8 solid hour feeds, screaming the house down if I even go to the loo. We have gots bit more of a routine going, we’ve even had a day out and he and I are lucky that I […]

Filed Under: Benedict Tagged With: 8 week old newborn, breast feeding, formula & breastfeeding, helping a small baby to thrive, jaundice, mixed feeding, top up feeds

St Patrick's Day round up.

March 22, 2012 by

Continuing in my theme of always being behind, here is a round up of the crafts we ended up having fun with for St Patrick’s Day. We did manage to find out a bit about the real story too, mostly because Amelie uttered the importal #homeedfail sentence….. “What’s that story about St Patrick and the […]

Filed Under: Arts & Crafts, Fimo Models, Hama Beads, Spring Crafts Tagged With: fimo models, hama bead st patricks day, Leprechauns, pom poms, rainbow crafts, Sst Patricks Day

Building it up with Lego.

March 21, 2012 by

Like I said below, I’ve been setting the girls little Lego challenges over the last week. I hadn’t seen the Legoquest blog someone linked to in the comments below which was exactly what I was looking for to inspire me (doh, I am hopeless at successful google-ing); I wanted a Lego equivalent to Sketch Tuesday. […]

Filed Under: Lego Tagged With: building ideas with lego, kids lego challenge, lego flickr group, weekly lego challenge

Gonna build a house.

March 19, 2012 by

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been setting the girls a daily Lego challenge to try and stretch their ingenuity a little. They love their Lego but tend to want to build to plans from kits or make floor plans of buildings and play within those. That’s fine so far as it goes, but […]

Filed Under: Lego Tagged With: building a house, external doors, home ed maths projects, lego

Mother's Day

March 18, 2012 by

It’s really not about expensive gifts. Handmade cards, a present made with love, a specially laid table with menus and croissants for breakfast. Mother’s Day came and went easier this year, though it’s best not looked too hard at. Easiest to think not of what I have or don’t have but of what being a […]

Filed Under: Being a Parent Tagged With: mother's day, mother's day after infant loss, real mother's day

Getting school life taped.

March 18, 2012 by

We are approaching the end of the 2nd term of having one child in school, unless you peddle in the pointless currency of 6 term years like this school does. I’m not sure that was worth the effort of rebranding personally; I only work in 3 terms and I suspect it will go the way […]

Filed Under: Fran, Home Education Tagged With: name tapes, school after home education, school life, team sports

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