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April 14, 2020April 14, 2020

Minimalist Newborn Baby Essentials Checklist

While there are lots of lists out there that would have you believe you need a mountain of “stuff” for a baby, we decided to go down a more minimalist route with what we purchased for our little one.

We also made a conscious decision to make having a baby as low impact on the environment as we could, so sourced as much as we could secondhand, and made environmentally friendly choices such as using cloth nappies and cloth wipes, for example.

I made this video and blog post before baby arrived, but now looking back with an almost 6-month-old baby, I’m pleased to say this list worked perfectly for us during bub’s newborn stage. We found we had everything we needed!

April 9, 2020April 9, 2020

Measuring ‘Productivity’ by the Little Things

Recently I posted on Instagram relating to mental health, parenting, productivity, and that feeling of having not gotten anything “done”.

The post got such a fantastic response, so I wanted to expand on that topic a little more here.

March 31, 2020March 31, 2020

Motherhood: The hardest thing I’ve ever done

Motherhood is hard.

Harder than I ever thought it would be.

There, I said it.

Everyone acts like being a mum is this blissful little bubble that feels like rainbows and butterflies 24/7.

In actual fact, motherhood is a rollercoaster – yes, it soars upwards into those moments of heaven on earth, but then catapults into stunning depths of stomach-sinking emotions.

January 10, 2020January 10, 2020

Adalynn’s Birth Story

If you’ve followed my pregnancy journey thus far through my monthly updates, you’ll know I was ideally hoping for a low-intervention, water birth at a midwife-led birth centre, preferably with no or low pain relief medication. You’ll also know I had a fairly regular and easy pregnancy. That is, until the last few days, when both these things went flying out the window…

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019

Month 9 Pregnancy Update

What Month/Week?

Month 9, Week 40

How Big is Baby?

Baby is the size of a small pumpkin, weighing approximately 7 and a half pounds and measuring around 20 inches long.

October 12, 2019March 31, 2020

My Top 10 Pregnancy Essentials

Pregnancy is a complete mash-up of a time. On the one hand, it’s absolutely amazing – I mean, you’re growing a human being! And it’s also really hard – I mean, YOU’RE GROWING A HUMAN BEING!

As such, there are some things that can make your pregnancy experience easier and more comfortable, or at least take the edge off some of the more problematic pregnancy symptoms.

October 5, 2019October 5, 2019

Nursery Tour! Our secondhand, towards zero waste set up

I thought I’d show you around what we’ve got set up for baby’s “nursery”.

I say “nursery” tentatively because really all their ‘stuff’ is stored in our spare room whilst baby will be sleeping in our room for the first six months at least anyway.

For us, lowering our waste and environmental impact is really important, so this comes into the set up a lot – from all the secondhand purchases we made over buying new where we could, to our cloth nappy stash that we hope to use from birth, we’ve tried our hardest to make bringing a child into this world as low-impact as we can (but, of course, we know there is always room for improvement!).

September 28, 2019September 28, 2019