Category: On Mama’s Mind

Mamatography Week 16 – Boobs, Hands And London


I must apologise. Most of the photos this week were taken on my phone, in very low light, and some seriously gratuitous breastfeeding in there too.

Dear Ameli – Letter To A Big Sister (2 Years 6 Months)


Dear Ameli You, young lady, are the new benchmark for sisterhood in my world. You have surprised me, blown my expectations out the water and a few tough days aside, have made our transition from three to four so much easier than I thought it would be.

Maternity Photo Shoot With Urbanvox


*This is NOT a sponsored post If you’re a regular reader, you’ll have seen a few of these pictures already, and if you’re a follower on Facebook they’ve surfaced there a few times already, but now, as my little Aviya uncurls and loses her new born look, I’m finally ready to share some pictures with…

Mamatography Week 15: The Mainly Foody One


A lot of food happened this week. I know that sounds odd, but so it was. Food and cuteness. 96/366 – Dinner. Outside Of Home. 

Dear Aviya – Letter To A One Month Old


My dearest Aviya I’ve been staring at this page for days now, as I’ve been thinking about what to say, how to open my first letter to you as you, rather than as someone I was waiting to meet. I’ve been wondering how to begin to tell you about you, your entry to the world,…

The Big Thank You


Thank you to everyone who supported us so amazingly in our transition from a 3-person family to a 4-person family. I feel like an Oscar winner, saying this list of thank you’s, but thank you needs to be said.

Mamatography Week 14: Cleaning, Cuddles And Nana


This week was all about cleaning: Aviya’s first bath, Febrezer’s cleaning my lounge, cleaning the cobwebs from my brain, clearing away the clutter of toys. It was also about a lot of cuddles: between mothers and daughters and sisters (and daddy too!). And then there was Nana… who does a lot of cleaning, and is…

Mamatography Week 13: A Foretaste Of Spring


Grab a cuppa and settle down for a minute. This is a post loaded with pictures. It’s kind of a little bit magical.

Mamatography Week 12: The One That’s (Almost) All About Squidgy


There’s a lot of newborn newness in this post, so you know… hold on to your uterus and all that! 75/366 – Beauty and the Baby 

Birth Story of Squidgy – 13 March 2012


Our Squidgy girl’s birth story is a little bit of a lot of things. It’s still quite raw in my head, and this will probably all come out a bit rambly, but… it is what it is. It was imperfect, and yet perfect too. It was perfectly different. Perhaps that’s the first lesson I’ve had…


Our Squidgy girl’s birth story is a little bit of a lot of things. It’s still quite raw in my head, and this will probably all come out a bit rambly, but… it is what it is. It was imperfect, and yet perfect too. It was perfectly different. Perhaps that’s the first lesson I’ve had to learn in parenting two children. Perfectly different.  For a short birth, this is a long story. Here it is:

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