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Motherhood and my identity.
In a lot of ways I was very lucky after having Grayson, I had a wonderful husband and support system. After we started combination feeding, breastfeeding was a lot easier…
Our favourite TV series
This is quite a simple post for our blog, but posts like this can come in handy if you have nothing else to watch. I’m only going to include our…
How I’ve changed as a person since becoming a parent.
I’ve written a few posts about how different aspects of my life have changed since becoming a mum. However, I’ve never really touched on how I’ve changed as an individual…
Understanding a traumatic birth.
TW: Birth Trauma I had a traumatic birth experience. Even writing that is difficult, it fills me with dread and fear and a whole other mix of emotions. It makes…
The importance of having time away from your child
In a month or so, Ashleigh and I are going away to see a band that we both love. We’ll be spending the weekend away from Grayson, and although we…
My favourite forms of self care.
I’m not ashamed to admit that at the moment I am struggling. I’ve come on leaps and bounds with my mental health, but it’s nowhere near perfect and I doubt…
Why it’s OK to not be OK.
This is a very impromptu post, and I’ll be posting it straight after writing it (scandalous I know) so it won’t be checked, checked and checked again like we do…
Music – 15 of my top tracks (could have been 1500…)
Music – my top 15 tracks and what they mean to me. Music has always been a massive part of my life. For as long as I can remember, I’ve…
Why I don’t mind bed sharing with Grayson.
We didn’t intentionally co-sleep. We thought Grayson would go from sleeping in his sleepyhead to his cot, and then from his cot to a big boy bed. However, it obviously…
Redecorating our toddlers room.
When we moved into our house last year we redecorated EVERY SINGLE room. It was a long process but we finally felt happy with (nearly every) room. However, there was…
My breastfeeding experience, and why combination feeding saved me.
You may be thinking “Ashleigh, why are you writing about your experience with breastfeeding when your boy is 16 months and you haven’t breastfed in months?”. Well, I love a…
Having a baby – How it changes your relationship.
So when I found out I was pregnant with Grayson, Mark and I had only been ‘officially’ together for 8 months. Sure we we’re living together and recently engaged, I…
My life with Dermatillomania
TW: skin picking and mental health. So, this isn’t actually the first post I’ve written about Dermatillomania. I wrote a post years ago on my old blog about Dermatillomania and…
Not going to uni, and why it’s OK.
Mark recently wrote a few posts about his experience at uni, and I thought I’d do my take on not going to uni and what I did. Around this time…
Preparing for (and enjoying!) University life – a mini series….Part 4
Learning to learn I’ve always been bad at learning new things. I’m awful in exam situations, and I struggle to take in new things when people are explaining them to…
Preparing for (and enjoying!) University life – a mini series….Part 3
It IS a shock to the system As much as I enjoyed being away from home, University life is a real shock to the system. I soon realised that the…
Why you shouldn’t ask someone if they’re planning on having anymore kids, or kids in general.
“Any plans on having anymore kids?” “Oh wouldn’t Grayson be a wonderful big brother” “You’re married now, shouldn’t you think about having kids?” “You won’t be young forever, now’s the…
Raising a child in a social media world.
When I was younger we had disposable and later on, digital cameras. There were photo albums and baby books for me and my sister and that’s just the way it…
A letter to 14 year old me.
Ashleigh, This letter is coming to you from someone a whole 10 years older. Which is insane to think I was 14 that long ago. By 24 you will have…
24 things I’ve learnt by 24
I’ll be turning 24 this year, and so I thought an interesting post would be 24 things I’ve learnt by 24. So here we go! Being a parent is hard….