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 …
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 my life with it, but now as I’m older and my relationship with it has developed, I thought I should …
“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 best time” I’ve had some of the these comments (as well as others) and heard a number of people receive …
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 was. Where as now we’re lucky enough to have better cameras, more space and social media. I have a really …
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. I don’t think you’re ever truly prepared for how hard life can be as a parent. Having down days and …
So, from the name of this post, you’re probably thinking I’m going to complain about being a mum to a little boy. Well, you’d be wrong! The problem with being the mama of a boy, is the expectations and gender specifics pushed on parents and the little boy. One of …
Ever since I can remember, I’ve always felt not quite right. When I was very young I was a very angry child, when I was a bit older I became very nervous and then I hit high school and puberty. I became even more angry, and those nerves became anxiety, …
As I’m writing this, I’ve official been back in the world of work for 3 days and although it hasn’t been long, I can honestly say that I love it. The company, the people and the job are all fab. I’ve been very lucky with the fact that I didn’t …
Mark and I love a holiday, always have and always will probably. Especially if we go abroad, and we were desperate to take Grayson abroad this year but it just wasn’t feasible currently, so after the wedding we decided to look at booking a week in Centre Parcs. After looking …