24+5 today. It has been ages since my last entry but I could never put into words what I wanted to say. I have had a few ups and downs and lots of tears to get to this point. I have been doing a pretty good job of ignoring being pregnant up till now and very few people know (or knew) but now that I have this bump, it is getting hard to hard..



This stage in my last pregnancy I...

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Well, things have improved this last week - we are getting more sleep than ever (well, everyone else is, my body hasn't caught up yet). What have we done...

We threw away the book

I decided last week to stop fighting it and trying to make her sleep 'properly' and tried instead...

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Thought I would do a blog on Luke's blw journey.

SAT 21st April

Sat Luke in his bumbo and gave him half a banana to hold. He didn't make much of it at all. I help it up to his lips and he had a couple of licks before losing interest.

MON 23 April

Had a major panic about blw v puree and posted on the forum. Had lots of useful replies, key things to remember, stay calm, have patience and food just for fun at this stage.

TUE 24 April

Sat Luke on my knee while we had our tea at the dining...

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Well hubby bought me a sewing machine and overlocker so I thought I would start making my own nappies for the little one. I had thought about doing it for a long time, but have recently just got into it and have made 4 in the last week when hubby was doing his private pilot's licence in France.

This is my first attempt, a fitted one size with Red Robots knit and bamboo fleece, I needed a bit more practice with the snap placement but overall was very happy!
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I have made a start on Aimie's dolly pram (a 1965 silver cross "super rose"

The pram when we first bought it, a gorgeous racing green coachbuilt dolls pram that I bought for £45! the tires need replacing and there is a big dent in the body that the previous owner painted over in the wrong colour so I will be sanding down the body and chassis to the original silver metal and re painting it in purple. the hood and apron need to be replaced because they are very faded and worn with holes ...

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