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Into Toddlerdom part 1

Hello!! It has been far too long since I have written anything. My life has been pretty crazy in all honesty. The reality of being a mum means that I now carry so many titles: Daughter, Grandaughter, Sister, Friend, Wife, Mum and business Woman. It hasn’t been easy keeping a balance and there have been many challenges. I’m sure you will have heard of ‘Mum guilt’ and if you are a mum you will know what I mean. It’s that horrible feeling you have when you do anything that doesn’t involve your little darling. Examples include trying to clean/tidy whilst with them, having five minutes just to have a hot drink in peace, putting them in childcare so that you can work and earn money, leaving them with family so that you can be just you... I have been gradually building my businesses back up. Our daughter is now 21 months old and I have have 2 days of childcare and 1 day working from my mums. It’s not easy and being self-employed means I struggle to switch off so even on the days I have
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Life Insurance - what it really means

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Hello! I have had quite alot going on at the moment and still finding a balance of working and being a stay at home mummy. Ellie goes to a childminder one day a week at the moment and I do some work from my my mums one day a week too. Alot of my work can be done in the evenings too as that is when my clients tend to be available. I haven't really spoken about what I do but following a conversation with some friends recently which resulted in me welling up and filling me with a re-ignited passion for what I do, I had to write this. 3 years ago after an office-based career in administration, customer service, marketing and banking I came across an opportunity to become a Protection Advisor. I prefer to call myself this as the words 'Insurance' can put people off. We insure most things don't we?! Our cars, our houses, our mobile phones in some cases, our pets but why do alot of families still not have life insurance? We see it all the time on TV so it isn't as
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My Breastfeeding Journey

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Hello and Happy Wednesday! As it has recently been National Breastfeeding Week last week I thought it would be the ideal time to share my journey now. I would like to think that with the Dispatches programme and other events across the country awareness has increased but still sadly numbers of mums who breastfeed are really low. Why is this? I think alot of mums are put under pressure to breastfeed but in some ways it should kind of be that mums are put under pressure to bottle feed. What I mean by this is that breastfeeding is one of the most natural things in the world, animals generally feed from their mum unless their life is at risk and they need hand rearing. The trouble is there isn't enough education or support available. I think if breastfeeding was discussed more in schools more women would grow up with the intention to do it if they choose to have a baby. I have a few friends who bottle fed, some who chose to from day 1 and others who couldn't breastfeed bu
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Hypnobirthing Vs The Real thing

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Hello... Hope you are enjoying the weather. In all honesty, as much as I generally see the positives in most things I am finding it too hot, especially with a little one! We have spent most days indoors, pram walks for naps in the afternoon are a thing of the past at the moment unless I am prepared to sweat buckets! One of the joys of breastfeeding (or not) is having to wear clothes where access to boobs is easy! This usually means dresses are out of the window! I do have some breastfeeding dresses but they are not that trendy sadly! Anyway, I wanted to write this blog because it is something I have become passionate about and although my birth wasn't perfect I was prepared! So you hear the word hypnobirthing,  what goes through your head? Be honest. Is it that you think about being sat there being hypnotised about the birth you are going to have? Being led to believe that a birth is lovely and pain free? Well let me tell you about our experience. So we were driving to our
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Hello again!

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Hello... It has been far too long since my last blog post. I have so much to write about and I will be aiming to post something each week from now on. Hope you are enjoying the weather, we are very lucky to have had it like this for so long. I have certainly developed a tan from all the pram walking! Our daughter is 9 months old next week, it is crazy how fast it has gone and there have been many different difficulties and challenges and so many rewarding moments too. We have so many photographs and videos, she is a little addictive. Being a mum and learning her little ways, with changing routines at different stages in her development has meant learning to fit work in has been difficult. I have adapted each time and find as much time as possible to work without it being a detriment to her. It is funny, I now see ladies who are pregnant and expecting their first child, I laugh about the things friends used to say to me and how I laughed it off and said I couldn't wa
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First few weeks as a new mum

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Showered and baby in arms I am wheeled to the ward where we will stay until the following day. I wave goodbye to hubby and my mum who are both tired after not having any time to sit down since teatime the night before. When I got to the ward I realised this was it, eek I was a mum and I had a baby that needed me! I also realised I had no idea where anything was in my bags, including my phone and I was still sore. Luckily within 30 mins hubby and my mum returned, begging to come in (it wasn't visiting hours) as hubby had my phone (oh my!) and they came armed with coffee, a sandwich and a bun. First day as a mum in hospital After that, I started to relax. Wow I was tired and I couldn't stop looking at this less than 7 pound bundle. I wish then I had slept as she was so tired after the birth she slept for a few hours. Little did I know that she wouldn't sleep on her own later on! So take my advice if baby is sleeping after the birth, other than to feed them etc get som
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So I had my first day of work!

Today I had my first Keep in Touch day! Honestly I feel great!! I have been so worried about how I am possibly going to be able to start working again, thinking, can I earn a full-time wage very much part-time? Will I have enough clients? Will baby cope without me for a bit? Will she take an expressed bottle of milk? How will I feel? Will I still remember how to do what I do? I survived! Does this sound familiar? I really love what I do and although today all I did was touch base with social media, send a few messages to clients, speak to one client and to my accountant regarding my tax return I felt great! I finally feel like I can make this work. Having no choice but to do as much as I can in the hours I have baby free I can do this! You spend so much time being a mummy and attempting to be a wife that you think you can't just be you again but you can even if it is in a small dose! Baby was great for Nanna, she was in the next room, she took at bottle, even needed my
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