After blogging about how I stay organised, I thought I’d write a post about my favourite apps as I mentioned a number of them in the organisation post (which can be found here). Obviously not all of them are organisational based apps, as they’re just my favourite apps in general. …
I’ve been Grayson’s mum for 18 full months, and my god have they been an incredible 18 months. He’s come so far, from being this little flakey 8 pound 4 baby to an absolute giant of a toddler. He just amazes us more and more every day and my heart …
I’d asked for this book for my birthday as I’d been desperate to read it for a while. I love reading books that could possibly help me as a person, and even better if they can help me become a better parent. I started reading it about a week or …
I have so many people ask me if I plan on having anymore children, and when I say no the response is usually one of shock and confusion. Growing up, I saw myself having 2-3 children. I think being 1 of 2 children, it probably made me think 2 is …
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 (we still had blips obviously) and in general things were too bad. One issue I had quite early on was …
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 me feel light-headed and shakey and uncomfortable. I think for a long time I was running off adrenaline and the …
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 hasn’t worked that way. Grayson has never been the best sleeper, don’t get me wrong he isn’t awful but in …
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 something about Grayson’s room that we never felt fully happy with. Grayson has never been a great sleeper, and the …
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 blog post on this type of thing (who have I become?) and if at least one woman reads this and …
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 knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him and that we loved each other. But bringing …