So Penelope is now 4 months old, which is just crazy how quickly time flies! I thought I'd do a little 0-3 months update on everything, from feeding to sleeping. Breastfeeding - Feeding was incredibly difficult in the first week but it has been amazing since then, don't get me wrong, I find it very …
Naming your baby, especially your first, is equally as fun as it is difficult. With J being a teacher, this made naming our little girl an even longer process as most names I suggested, he'd taught a child who had sort of "ruined" that name for him haha. We did both agree we wanted a …
Today I wanted to share some of my must have essentials in my breastfeeding journey; Smart Cells have shared their breastfeeding essentials too, so click here to read them. Penelope is now 12 weeks old and has been exclusively breastfed from birth, which I am incredibly proud of; it has been a bumpy journey but …
Today I wanted to share some tips we've learnt when adapting our bedroom for the arrival of P! J and I moved into our home 9 weeks before Penny's arrival, so it was some rush to get the house ready as well as enjoy nesting. Our bedroom isn't huge so we had to make little …
I was very kindly sent this book from The Motherbox and it has very quickly become my mum bible. "Giving yourself some self-care is not an indulgence, it's a necessity" is one of the first quotes within this book that I remind myself every single day. The book is divided into 3 sections; healing a …
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So, this is not a post I was expecting to be writing; my opinions about co-sleeping were very strong ... "I'm not doing it", "it's unsafe" and "if they start out if your bed, you'll never get it back". I'd never have thought J and I would have co-slept with P for the best part …
Hey all! Today I wanted to discuss some pointers that J and I discovered during the process of buying our first home and I wanted to share them with anyone else also feeling a little overwhelmed by it all. This is just more specific to us and our situation but hopefully you'll find something amongst …
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As many of you know my little girl Penelope, or P as she's commonly referred to, was born late July. And if you follow me on Twitter (@ElleJasminBlogs), you'll have seen my contrasting tweets about Breastfeeding P so today I wanted to get it all down on paper (or a blog post) and tell you …
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On the 24th of July, around 2pm, J and I settled together in bed to watch a film after 4 days avoiding one another due to him having tonsillitis - as a teacher, he had his last day of school on Friday, had been unwell all weekend and picked up some antibiotics on the Monday …
Firstly I just want to say that I am in no way judging peoples birth options, this is just a bit more specific to the birth I want but amongst this post I really hope you find something that can aide whichever birth you pick! Today I wanted to share with you how I'm trying …
