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Baby & Toddler, Family Life, Maternity & Motherhood

CO-SLEEPING | Why We (Still) Sleep With Our Toddler in the Bed

September 20, 2018

Co-sleeping is everything like you imagine: it’s cramped, inconvenient, a bit scary, and can often have you waking with a stiff neck.  So why do it?  Because as much as co-sleeping with a little one literally cramps your style, it’s also A-MAZ-ING. Let’s set the […]

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Baby & Toddler

Reuben’s First Hair Cut: Tips For Toddler Salon Success

April 24, 2018

  If you’ve ever looked at your little one and thought they’ve grown up in a blink of an eye, wait until they have their first hair cut.  All of a sudden your baby looks set for school and you’re grieving the loss of those […]

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Maternity & Motherhood

8 Phrases You Need To Stop Saying To Parents

April 16, 2018

Good advice is great.  Who doesn’t appreciate advice at some point in their life?  Sound advice comes in many forms; expert opinion from professionals like your GP, or wise words coming from experienced family and friends who’ve been there before, offering invaluable knowledge to get […]

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Health, Maternal Health, Mental Health

Parenting Through Anxiety: A Mentally Ill Motherhood

April 7, 2018

For as long as I’ve been a mother I’ve had anxiety.  To me, motherhood and anxiety are one and I don’t see a horizon on this tumultuous sea of worry. People love to tell you that anxiety comes with being a parent.  Mums and dads […]

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Baby & Toddler

Reuben’s First Birthday: Calamity & Cake

February 27, 2018

*PR GIFTED This week Reuben turns one!  And with my little man being my first child, it’s meant hosting my first ever birthday party.  I’ve had umpteen house warmings and socials and planned my own wedding, but none of this prepared me for the emotional […]

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Baby & Toddler

Baby Bath Time with Child’s Farm Skincare

January 19, 2018

Bath time is a highly anticipated activity in this house.  Not least by myself (what frazzled mum doesn’t love a good soak in the tub?), but of course, the littlest man himself.  It may be a daily ritual but with a menagerie of flashing frogs and half […]

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Baby & Toddler

Newborn Baby Essentials | The (Less Obvious) Products I Couldn’t Live Without

November 11, 2017

Buying the essentials for our first ever baby, we barely knew where to begin.  Launching head first into parenting books and baby shopping events, we had expectant parent written all over us.  But all these expert advisers with their newborn must buys were just overwhelming and if we’d listened […]

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Baby & Toddler

LapBaby Seating Aid: Sitting With Baby, Sorted

October 4, 2017

  There’s nothing like being trapped beneath a baby when you have things to do.  Now obviously, I love nothing more than cuddles with my boy and I’m completely aware there’ll come a time sooner than I’m prepared for when he’ll not want to spend […]

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Baby & Toddler, Maternity & Motherhood

VISITED: The Baby and Toddler Show Manchester | PART 1

September 27, 2017

Last week the Baby and Toddler Show came to Manchester’s Eventcity and we were invited along to go check it out and share some of our highlights.  Being the UK’s biggest baby show, we couldn’t wait to experience the event for ourselves – and it was to […]

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Maternity & Motherhood, Mental Health

10 Ways I’m Treating My Post Natal Anxiety

September 5, 2017

No one goes through pregnancy expecting illness after childbirth – but I did. Having a baby is one of life’s beautiful experiences; incredibly rewarding but often hard work.  My pregnancy was difficult and tinged with worry and although I looked forward to finally meeting my baby, I […]

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Baby & Toddler, Maternity & Motherhood

Baby Led Weaning: First Steps Onto Solids

July 25, 2017

Someone once said to me that your baby will decide when they’re ready to do something.  At the time I thought, how does that even work?  We’re given all these guidelines and advice telling us when to do this and how we should hold off from […]

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Maternity & Motherhood, Mental Health

10 Realities I Never Expected As A Newly Made Mum

July 18, 2017

When you imagine what something may be like, you can generally guess and have a good idea of the experience.  Like having a baby.  Labour will be somewhat painful, baby will pop out one way or another, and you’ll go home – right?  Let’s just say when it came […]

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Hi, I'm Becky Connolly, a married 30-something mum. This is my journey through motherhood & parenting and life with mental & physical chronic illness. Based in North Yorkshire, UK.

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