Breastfeeding is a piece of cake

Or so I thought … Wrong. With my first baby, the thought that I wouldn’t be able to feed never entered my mind. I don’t know why, I guess I didn’t want to overcomplicate nature with classes, books or buying a tin of formula ‘just in case’ etc. In fact,…

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Clover’s birth story: a vacuum baby

Clover birth

Well at all of two hours old, my squishy little newborn baby girl is sound asleep and hubby has popped home to feed the doggies, so here’s the lowdown on Clover’s arrival. After a lovely “last supper” as a twosome (I had roast pork and crackling, a last ditch effort…

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A cranky, colicky baby is not normal

All babies cry, they say. It’ll get better at 8 weeks they say … no 12 weeks … It’ll definitely get better at four months, they say. I’m still waiting. Is your baby crying more often than not? Not just crying because they’re hungry but really screaming, as if in…

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