Adventures of a Tiger Mum and her Dragon Baby
Any woman who embarks on the journey of breastfeeding with experience (or very likely experience) sort breasts and even sorer nipples. I have been there…and yes it does get better but not before you get really hot and bothered about it all. After all these months of regular er – use – I knew that my boobs deserved a treat. I found this product from Weleda (who make pretty eco friendly products) – a Nursing Oil. Breast Massage is {Read More}
Teething can be so uncomfortable for little ones that sometimes, you take any remedy you can find. Along with the calpol and chewy toys, I discovered Amber jewellery that is supposed to help with teething pains. A few facts about Amber; 1. Amber comes from ancient pine trees and is a natural fossil resin. The trees grew in Northern Europe around the Baltic sea – you will quite frequently see Amber jewellery sold as ‘Baltic Amber’ and this is why! {Read More}
A tooth has appeared! Eight months old and a pretty big single wonky tooth has appeared from the bottom of Baby H’s mouth. Just the one tooth mind. He’s such an unsickly, undribbly baby (TOUCH WOOD) and people always comment on this – he’s a clean baby, a bit like a cat… Anyway, one tooth means we have another one to go pretty soon, and he has a few days of being really grizzly and even now, in the day, {Read More}
A situation arose recently for my aunt – her daughter, a 12 year old had taken something of hers outside to play after her friend asked if she could have a go on it. The friend dropped the item, smashing it. The mother of the friend saw it, and immediately said she would take it to a repair shop to have it fixed so it was nothing to worry about. The mother did do this and it was replaced {Read More}
When I think of Barley water in British terms, I think of Robinson’s cordial, the barley water and lemon (or whatever it is) whereas the Chinese version, a murky greyish water I consumed happily as a child tastes like a different thing entirely! Baby H has been taking to food really well although he is still not a big consumer or water or juice. In fact, apart from breast milk he’s not a huge fan of other liquids. This means {Read More}
Sooner or later I will go into the ins and outs of having a mixed race baby and all of the various challenges that will face us in the future. Before that – I wanted to talk about this week. As Baby H hits 8 months, I have noticed his awareness really growing and him just wanting to interact with everything. Like his mother, H has a nice library building up already - I kinda spoil him when it {Read More}
A few weeks ago, we spent the Easter weekend with the husband’s grandparents – in other words, Baby H’s great grandparents. Maybe it’s because people are living longer, but more and more children seem to be meeting their great grandparents who are still around these days. It got me thinking about the nature of grandparents and great grandparents….almost everyone I speak to comes from a different situation. Some people barely see their parents (for various reasons), so in turn their {Read More}
It took quite a lot of time before I could bring myself to breastfeed outside of the house; I did have quite a mental block regarding getting my boobies out. These days I am very discreet about where I breastfeed and like everything to be as covered up as possible. I tried a number of breastfeeding clothes – most of them are a complete waste of money – they aren’t cheap and are not much easier than just lifting {Read More}
I am a regular shopper on Amazon – in fact, I want a bloody birthday card and a bunch of flowers, the amount of money I spend on there. I always check out the Amazon reviews for things before I purchase, especially for books (but not for wax), but recently I have started to wonder how genuine some reviews are…. Anyway. I purchased this book, Clever Baby a few months back as let’s face it – what mother doesn’t want {Read More}
Congee is a popular rice porridge in Chinese culture (although other South East Asian countries have their own versions of it). From as long as I can remember, I have had congee, from extremely plain versions to fancy ones with an assortment or meat and veg. I associate the dish to comfort, I guess a bit like Chicken Soup is in other cultures. Initially, when my mother said she wanted to make Congee for when Baby H was ready to {Read More}
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