Smoke free: 5 months!

I honestly cannot believe I am writing this post. If you had asked me last year there is no way I would have said that I could quit smoking. Did you know that the majority of smokers try their first cigarette around the age of 11? I started smoking at age 15 so not too far off this age. So, anyone who actually follows this blog will know that my daughter is now 5 months old, meaning no, I didn’t give up smoking while I was pregnant. I tried a few times and I just

What a sh*t week!

This is so far from something I would normally post. I nearly didn’t write this post at all but then I thought about what I wanted my blog to be. I want it to be an extension of me, my life and what I’m feeling. Generally my posts are happy, excited and enthusiastic. That isn’t what this post is. The first thing putting me in this awful mood is that Erin has had her first cold. She did not deal well with it at all and neither did I. The poor little thing couldn’t quite

The social life of a 4 month old

Last week I realised that my four month old baby possibly has the best social life imaginable. Not really just for her age but in general. Before she was born I knew that I wanted to take Erin to as many classes as I possibly could. However, it took me a while to realise that there is a lot more to do in the little town of North Walsham. I was a bit annoyed to start with because I thought there was very little to do here. Oh how wrong I was! As Erin was premature,

Toy Box Project

Late last month I was walking past a shop in town and saw a fantastic piece of furniture. The shop is sort of a furniture shop, it used to be anyway. Now it’s part of a shop that really sells everything. It’s not a charity shop but instead has a load of random things spilling out of the doors. One shop is for normal items and the other is for furniture. Anyway, I came across this fantastic white chest. For some reason this was the only thing that didn’t have a price on it. The

Project Erin

Being painted in neutral colours means that Erin’s nursery is quite plain. We have a lovely, large tree sticker on one wall and there are little bits and pieces of woodland themed items but nothing major. Money is always tight now though with me being on maternity leave but I want Erin’s room to be nice. I want there to be different things in there that she can discover when she’s old enough. I want her to have something different and a room so special that she loves spending time in there. I want Erin to think

Erin’s memory box

Something I wish I had from when I was younger was a memory box. Not even really from when I was a baby but even from when I was a young child. I don’t really have anything at all from my childhood apart from a few photographs stolen from my mum. I have always wanted to put together a memory box for Erin. Not having physical things to remember my childhood by makes me quite sad and I don’t want that for Erin. I want her to have a box full of things she can

Bounce and Rhyme Time: North Walsham Library

Something I have regretting since being pregnant then having Erin is not ever learning to drive. I did start when I was 17 but hated my instructor so I just gave up. I’ve never really needed to learn though having lived in places with fantastic transport. It was moving to Norfolk that made me realise I really should have learned at some point. Anyway, my worry about not driving was being able to take Erin to do different activities. I want her to be able to do whatever she wants when she’s older and I

Internet searching: a mother’s relief

When you find out you’re pregnant you quickly realise that so much in your life is about to change; your body, diet lifestyle etc. And that’s all before you even have the baby. One thing I certainly never thought about changing was the way I used search engines. As a first time Mum search engines are my saviour. I used to search for all sorts of random crap that meant absolutely nothing but that’s certainly not the case now. I’d probably think there was something seriously wrong with Erin on a weekly, if not daily, basis.