Breastfeeding is fucking hard (but so worth it)

Breastfeeding is hard

I’m three weeks into this parenting gig, and so far breastfeeding is the biggest thing that’s threatened to break me. We’ve been pretty blessed with a wonderful son: He’s sleeping relatively well; we average 5 – 7 hours a night of broken sleep His bowels are moving really well, and he farts like a trooper (I’ve become … Read more

52 in 52: do something special to celebrate our first wedding anniversary

On Saturday we celebrated our first wedding anniversary, quite a milestone for any couple. When I look back at what we’ve accomplished together in the past year, its quite a lot (with the help of friends and family too). Travelled overseas to Japan (our honeymoon) Bought a house Renovated the house (walls and floors, completely … Read more

Nice things I love since having a baby

Nice things I love since giving birth

Yesterday  I wrote about gross things I now love since giving birth, which as you can tell by the title, discusses some pretty gross things. In order to not scare anyone off child birth, I wanted to share some of the nice things I love since having a baby. After all, it’s not all bad! Let’s just … Read more

Gross things I now love since giving birth (that all new mothers will understand)

Holy cow. I’m a mother. I had a baby via emergency c-section. I’m still getting my head around that.

Now yes, I could be writing the usual “babies are amazing” posts, and I’m sure they will come at some point in the future. So far, the closest I’ve gotten so far is my week one recap. However I thought I would focus on something a little left of field instead of the predicted emotional post.

Let’s talk about gross stuff.

Since having a baby, there are so many gross things that I have come to really freaking love. We need to talk about these things, celebrate them, cheer them on for the amazingness they really are!

So without further ado, here’s a list of all the gross things that I now love since having a baby.

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Blogging will resume once we have caught up on sleep

On the weekend just passed we brought our first born home from the hospital. Since then we’ve had some horror nights and some good nights. Thankfully right now we are on the trend of good nights. In amongst this I have a couple of draft posts that I need to finish off. I’m trying to … Read more