Life As Riley’s Mama
Back to work…
Monday 1st July was my return to work date. I didn’t really think about it for a long time. It was one of those underlying stresses that you don’t really think you’re stressed about because you never really think about it until BAM! You realise that yes, in-fact. It is a really stressful situation to…
The fuss about walking…
The stress, “when do you think he will walk?”. I have NO IDEA Paula, “When you do YOU think he will walk?”. I think the question is up there with “When are you having another one?” in terms of pure annoyingness. It is the first biggest stress I would say, the first biggest “is my…
Blueberries, Broccoli and Watermelons
We started to wean Riley bang on 5 months old. As you already know, his reflux was horrendous and in turn it made him a hungry baby. We couldn’t wait to get him off so much liquid! His first taste was Blueberry puree. We didn’t really buy many jars or pouches of things, we started…
The bad days…
All mum’s have bad days! I am fully aware of the perfect mum’s on social media, with perfectly clean houses. Not a dirty pot or toy in sight on any photo! … I’m guilty of it myself. Moving washing off the radiators, pot towels off the table, dirty pots from wherever they are in the…
When they tell you, “you wont have time”, but you don’t believe them!
I had so many plans for maternity leave, to study, to picnic, to walk, to get fit, to eat right. Everyone kept telling me that I wouldn’t have the time! Did I believe them? NO! I already worked full time, had a horse and ran a small beauty business on the side for some extra…
White Noise…
I found out today that some of my Mum friends DIDN’T KNOW about white noise! WHAT! So I have decided to write a short blog about it, hopefully it will help a few of my followers! White noise is the sound of lots of different sounds all played together at the same time but at…
Putting ourselves through Anti-reflux school…
From the moment Riley was born – feeding was hard work. I opted not to breast feed, it just wasn’t for me so Riley was put onto bottled formula from the moment he was out in the wild. Every feed dribbled out of the sides of his mouth, we went through 20 bibs a day…
The Stuff No One Talks About…
So, he’s here! He has a long head … I can’t feel the bottom half of my body. Luckily Richard is able to stay at the hospital for the night. I don’t know what I would have done if he wasn’t able to stay, I wasn’t mentally strong enough to have had to ask someone…
I had no idea what to expect…
I don’t know about you, but I have never been into an operating room. I sort of knew what to expect from a normal birth, but had NO IDEA what to expect of a C-Section. Being wheeled from the labour room to the surgery, I absolutely can not remember. It is all still a blur.…
The labour
It turns out I was right… something wasn’t quite right with my waters. The midwife did a bit of rushing backwards and forwards. I felt calm but clammy, my palms where sweating and I could feel my heart beating a little faster than normal but all in all on a scale of 1 – 10…
Packing your maternity bag…
I know people are waiting for the follow on post to the last, but I also promised in the last that my next post would be a helpful one on packing that maternity bag. I did A LOT of over thinking when it came to this bag! I posted in the mum’s and bumps group…
The start of something unexplainable…
The weekend came and went in a flash, I thought it would be the longest weekend of my life but it wasn’t. I was much calmer now that I had my answers and I had more or less a clear view of what was happening. I was monitored over these two days just as I…
Induction date…
So…the hospital bag was packed. All the last bits for the baby had been purchased. The hospital had confirmed my next appointment for the following Friday with a meeting with a consultant straight after. On Tuesday, Riley’s movements slowed down. I was frightened but I waited for Richard to come home from work and he…
The scary bit…
So, I bit the bullet and left work. My first day of maternity leave was spent with my mum … I know she took me out so that I didn’t sit and wallow about it all. But we had a great day and went out for a massive breakfast at Trebaron Garden Centre. On a…
Leaving work…
Leaving work was hard, probably the hardest thing to “admit” I needed to do. Riley’s due date was 20th October and my date for leaving work was 4 weeks before 28th September. September came around and my body was tired, so tired. I remember thinking, why? My bump wasn’t huge, I had given up my…
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Hi, I’m Rachael. I met you on the homepage, but here’s a little more info (it seems less overwhelming doing it in two parts) Currently a full time Events coordinator I became mama to Riley in 2018. I spend most of my time at work or at home with my husband and Riley but this blog is a little bit of me time, emptying my head onto a page helps me keep on Mumming and hopefully will help or simply entertain you too!
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