Vee

My sons first birthday came a long and i wanted pictures to create memories of course. I had seen smash cake photographers for around £150 plus which i thought was a bit crazy for a few pictures and a cake he would be smashing. i think my pictures turned out pretty ok before editing. What i needed.... balloons, party banners, lights, cake, cake stand, camera and lights. I baked the cake as i bake- you can bake a cake from a packet if baking isnt your thing. I already had a camera and camera lights but expensive things are not 100% necessary. A decent lit room and a phone with a good camera ie iPhone 8 will do the job nicely. everything costed around £10.   He was not very keen at first Even at his age he hates messy hands!! Was pleased with how it ended  xx

We are currently on day three of the sleep training which is killing me. I am only looking at night sleep as i feel there will be far too much crying trying to include naps also. He is a consistent night waker wanting a cuddle or boob. Night one- Baby went down at 11:00 where the crying began all the way up until 00:29, where he finally fell asleep. We started out leaving him for 5mins, 7mins, then every 10mins. I feel as though the checking on him makes him cry 10 times harder but i feel even more guilt if i let him cry for longer. so what do i do? Anyway, after he fell asleep he woke up at 8:17, which was unbelievable for him. You would think at 10months he would be sleeping longer stretches but no. I am working on a routine at the minute and trying to get him to bed earlier but if his second nap is late it messes things up. I'll be back for night two! xx

A baby will do what they want when they want is what i have learned in this journey. Baby K is a very strong baby. from brith lol He had been pushing himself up with his arms for months. i was worried he wouldnt crawl for some reason. i would put him to play on a mat and he would go backwards and couldnt go forward. And then it started. he would try on my bed and i would put objects ahead of him to reach to and he would take a couple pushes forward- of course i was excited by this. then one day 17th May 2018, at 6months he crawled!!!! - a distance, back and forth on the bed. i was so excited. only if i knew what was to come. He gets to EVERYTHING, his toys do not keep him entertained long enough then a wire he has spotted somehow. Time to make the place a little more 'baby friendly'

Soooooooooo I uploaded a post I wrote up a few months ago and oh how things have changed. I was tired then but NOW, now the Sleep deprivation is completely different. Its anew level of tired. Baby + sleep??? Whats that I am going to update this so I can hopefully look back and the sleepless nights are a thing of the past. I know my LO (3months) can sleep 8 hours at a time, its just not when it should be. Today is Tuesday 13 th February 2018, and last night my baby drank me like a tap! We finally went to bed at 7am this morning. Where he had 5.5 hours sleep until I woke him up because, day isn’t night. Eventually I will have set night time routine as for now I am just going to try keep him calm at night and active during the day. Ok so the rest of the days until the 18 th was a blur. However, I feel we may be on to something a few days prior I ‘fliped’him. Sounds like abuse but no. its an oldwives tale. Apparently you flip your baby head ove...

Soooooooooo I uploaded a post I wrote up a few months ago and oh how things have changed. I was tired then but NOW, now the Sleep deprivation is completely different. Its anew level of tired. Baby + sleep??? Whats that I am going to update this so I can hopefully look back and the sleepless nights are a thing of the past. I know my LO (3months) can sleep 8 hours at a time, its just not when it should be. Today is Tuesday 13th February 2018, and last night my baby drank me like a tap! We finally went to bed at 7am this morning. Where he had 5.5 hours sleep until I woke him up because, day isn’t night. Eventually I will have set night time routine as for now I am just going to try keep him calm at night and active during the day.

5 weeks in (23rd) and I have finally had a little bit of sleep. Last night baby K slept for 3 hours with an hour and a half break then another 3 hours!! That may sound very sad but iv never been so happy (apart from him arriving of course) The previous night (22nd) had me in tears. Baby woke up at 1:30am and just would not go back to bed. I had to seek help from mum at 7:30am who made him sleep at 8:45 for all of 15mins LOL. He then went to sleep at 10am phew! Still this was ridiculous.  Last night we bathed him, gave a little massage, fed him and put him to bed. He seemed to like this.- I wont hold my breath thinking things will always happen like this. 24th November It happen again! 6 hours of sleep!! He slept for 3 hours at a time during the night. I was so pleased. (TBC)