Monthly Archives: October 2011

Getting out and about

Posted on October 26, 2011

Last week I made no less than three attempts to get out of the house with two children in tow.  After the second attempt I was seriously wanting to give up, if it wasn’t for the excited voice of Miss … Continue reading →

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Help! My skin is pregnant!

Posted on October 19, 2011

There are lots of things that happen in pregnancy that no one tells you about, and the changes in your skin fit this category to a tee. First there’s the obvious issue of skin having to expand like a balloon, … Continue reading →

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Visiting Hours

Posted on October 10, 2011

When one of the girls from work gave birth to her beautiful baby we all received the text with time and date of birth, weight, mum and bub doing well and… “looking forward to seeing you all at the hospital. … Continue reading →

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It’s not helping if…it’s not helping

Posted on October 4, 2011

As if having a baby prematurely isn’t stressful enough, it can be even harder when well-meaning friends and relatives come to ‘help’ and it ends up being anything but! It can be difficult at the best of times to articulate … Continue reading →

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