Monthly Archives: January 2012

Pain Relief Methods In Childbirth

January 31, 2012 Posted by Luschka under Attachment Parenting, Gentle and Positive Childbirth, Pregnancy
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(Q4 on the birthplan: During labour, I would like the following pain relief:) I’m just a few weeks off the birth of my second child right now, and with the birth of my first I was so prepared. I’d spent eight months reading, learning, studying. This time I’ve been less focused on the birth, and more on surviving a… more

Groupon – Win Two £50 Vouchers (UK Only)

January 30, 2012 Posted by Luschka under Competitions, Products
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I am an absolute lover of Groupon. I think the idea behind it is fantastic, and I love having the opportunity to treat myself to things I really ordinarily wouldn’t justify in my budget. There’s always someone in the family that needs new shoes before I can have a massage. There’s always something that takes… more

Friday Feature: ‘Monday Morning Coffee’ And ‘Kitchen Witch’

January 27, 2012 Posted by Luschka under Friday Features, Misc
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Monday Morning Coffee is a simply gorgeous blog. It’s pretty much a photo journal of the kind that makes me want to retake the photography course I did about ten years ago.  Her pictures evoke emotion. They are bits of art, each and every one.  Reading – or watching – Monday Morning Coffee unfold is… more

Books To Prepare Children For Childbirth, Homebirth Or Waterbirth

January 26, 2012 Posted by Luschka under Gentle and Positive Childbirth, Home Education, Knowledge and Understanding of the World, Pregnancy, Reviews
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I went to my library recently to find books to use to prepare Ameli, not only for a new sibling, but also for the arrival of a new child. While there were plenty books and stories, there weren’t any that didn’t have the older sister or brother going in to the hospital room to see… more

Mamatography Week 3 : In Sickness And In Health

January 25, 2012 Posted by Luschka under Mamatography, Projects
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We’ve been a flu infested family this week, and it’s been pretty low-key. Still going about our business, but with less energy, and a slightly weightier footprint. more

Breastfeeding A Toddler During The Third Trimester Of Pregnancy

January 24, 2012 Posted by Luschka under Attachment Parenting, Breastfeeding, Pregnancy
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If scientists want to really understand how milk changes during pregnancy, they should study a group of pregnant women still breastfeeding their talking tots. more

Polar Bear Snow Boogie Sledge Competition (UK Only)

January 23, 2012 Posted by Luschka under Competitions, Products
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Win a snow boogie board from Wham-O more

Home Made Cream Cheese

January 22, 2012 Posted by Luschka under Favourite Recipes I Have To Share, Food, Motherhood
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I found myself with too much home-made yoghurt the other day, and thought I’d try to make some cheese.  The yoghurt was quite runny, so I put it through a coffee filter to separate the whey. After about four hours, the yoghurt was a better consistency than it had been up to then, but not… more

Friday Features: ‘A Little Bit Of All Of It’ And ‘Smiling Like Sunshine’

January 20, 2012 Posted by Luschka under Friday Features, Misc
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A Little Bit of All Of It is a beautiful, compassionate blog written by Julia about, well… all of it. She describes herself as a ‘mommy blog’ with a little bit more. In my view, she’s selling herself short – there’s a lot more to A Little Bit of All Of It. In October, for… more

Must Haves And Baby Essentials

January 19, 2012 Posted by Luschka under Alternative Medicines and Remedies, Baby Wearing, Breastfeeding, Cloth Nappies, Gentle and Positive Childbirth, On Mama's Mind, Pregnancy
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Alternatively titled: What’s My Wishlist?  I love seeing pictures of my baby and how he or she is growing in there, deep beyond my line of sight. When I found out I was pregnant, I signed up for a whole bunch of those ’your baby is x weeks along’ emails, so that I could get a… more


Alternatively titled: What’s My Wishlist? 

I love seeing pictures of my baby and how he or she is growing in there, deep beyond my line of sight. When I found out I was pregnant, I signed up for a whole bunch of those ’your baby is x weeks along’ emails, so that I could get a general idea, more or less, of what’s going on in there.  Slowly but surely, with just over a month to go, if that, the ‘must have’ lists and ‘essentials for your new baby’ emails have been filtering steadily in.

I wrote a while back on PlayPennies about how new parents are spending on average £10,500 on their first child, and that mothers are wasting £158m each year, and I can tell you that we spent less than 10% of the average on Ameli before she was born, yet she came into this world lacking for nothing. (more…)