Susie Q is the owner of the lighthearted and funny blog Out of the Ordinary. She bravely agreed to swap blogs with me for one day, as we explore each other’s lives. We couldn’t be more different: Single, no children and employed vs married, a baby and a stay at home mom, Susie and I take a look at family life and single life from opposite sides of the aisle. After reading Susie’s thoughts here, stop by her blog to read mine and for a good laugh, take a look at some of her other posts too!
- 365 Project
- Abel & Cole
- activism
- apple
- Awards
- baby
- baby related products
- Bach Rescue Remedy
- bad days
- baking
- bathroom
- Beach huts
- birth
- birthday
- Blogging
- Bonding
- Breastfeeding
- Bronchitis
- Cake
- Cards
- Celebrations
- Challenges
- Changes
- childbirth
- children
- Chistmas
- chocolate
- chocolate cake
- christening
- Christmas
- clothes
- cooking
- Crackers
- crafting
- creativity
- crying baby
- cry it out
- Day Out
- decoration
- detox
- development
- difficult
- disaster
- documents
- domestics
- Dreaming of her future
- East Dulwich
- empowering
- Exercise
- family
- father
- Flowers
- Food
- Food Recipes
- Friends
- frustration
- Gifts
- goals
- godparents
- growing
- growth spurt
- Haiti
- hand made gifts
- healing
- helping
- herbal medicine
- herbs
- Holidays
- homebirth
- hospital
- hot chocolate
- Hyperemesis Gravidarum
- i am woman
- jewellery
- kindness
- letter to my daughter
- life in general
- London
- Looking back
- loss
- love
- march
- memories
- midwife
- Mommytography
- money saving
- Motherhood
- nappy bag
- Natural Birth
- nature
- Night Out
- officials
- organic
- Out and About
- outing
- park
- photographs
- Photography
- pregnancy
- project
- Quality time
- recycling
- Red Tape
- relaxation
- Resolutions
- review
- science museum
- shopping
- Sickness
- sleepless nights
- smile
- snow
- special offer
- stay at home
- Teething
- time
- Tonsilitis
- toothache
- Top 10
- toys
- valentines
- Vitamin C
- voice
- walk
- waterbirth
- Yoga
Dear Kyra – Letter to a five month old
Dear Kyra 4 March 2010
I can’t believe how quickly this month has flown by, nor can I believe that five months ago this minute, I was opening my eyes from my first decent sleep in days.
You have grown in leaps and bounds this month. You seem in such a hurry. It has been beautiful to observe. It has been magical to be a part of. We are so blessed to have you as our baby.
Dear Kyra – Letter to a five month old – continue reading…
365-49 to 365-55 A Week in Pictures
On the 21st of this month, I will have lived in the UK for 7 years. Of that 7 years, I will have lived in London for 4 1/2 years. I was looking through some photo albums recently, when it dawned on me that living here, I’d never taken photos of those ‘iconically British’ things – the post box, the telephone box and the Routemaster Bus. So, inbetween my normal activities, I kept an eye out for these and managed to complete the set pretty quickly. So, in celebration of my 7 year montheversary, here are some iconic London moments taken over the last week.
365-28 to 365-34 A week in Pictures
Playing a bit of catch up here, as I’ve not had time to edit and post photos in a while!
365-28 to 365-34 A week in Pictures – continue reading…
Top 10 Mommy Moments of 2009
Since I’ve only been a mom for 3 months (almost), I don’t have a list that’ll knock anyone’s socks off with humour and witty sayings, but the moments I treasure are spread from a few days after my baby’s conception to now. Here’s a list of my top ten mothering moments of 2009:
Top 10 Mommy Moments of 2009 – continue reading…
To cot or not to cot?
Anyone who has read at least a couple of my blog posts will be aware that I am just not impressed at the rate of growth in babies, or more specifically, my little girl. We don’t go to get weighed every two weeks, as we ’should’ and she’s not been to the doctor for anything other than her six week checkup so far, but I have no fear of ‘Failure to Thrive’ with her. In fact, quite the opposite.
On Red Tape and Checklists
A few weeks ago, Kyra and I returned to our embassy to register her birth and request her passport. After the madness of our first trip, I was well prepared for this one. Forms completed and signed, photographs taken, passports, birth certificates, marriage certificate, a bottle of expressed milk, nappies, a book to read… what could possibly go wrong?


