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Travelling naturally…

April 27, 2017 by Leave a Comment

  After our picture perfect winter wedding this January we decided to bite the bullet and book a last minute Mexico trip for our honeymoon/family holiday.  To be honest, our ultimate goal was somewhere remote and exotic like Costa Rica or Zanzibar but apparently when you need to cater for a one year old and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Blog, Lifestyle, Mama must-haves Tagged: alternative, chemicalfree, healing, healthy, holiday, homepathic, hypnobirthing, mexico, natural, remedies, travelling, travelwithkids

Learning to love your body…

March 10, 2017 by Leave a Comment

We are moving into a body positive revolution.  Which is great.  The message seeping out there is to love your body, be proud that it carried and delivered a human, that your breasts may have fed your baby, that your stitches, stretch marks and sags are all proof that this happened.  And I feel lucky … [Read more…]

Posted in: Baby & Birthing, Blog, Lifestyle Tagged: bodyimage, bodypositive, hypnobirthing, internationalwomensday, motherhood, positivity, postbirth, pregnancy

Buying Baby shower gifts with benefits…

February 15, 2017 by 1 Comment

Looking at racks of floral baby grows? Cellular blankets? Or trying to be helpful and stressing about how to make a nappy cake look professional? Forget all of that- Mumma’s going to have enough baby grows that she wouldn’t have picked for herself for days, and probably receive an array of blankets ranging from home … [Read more…]

Posted in: Baby & Birthing, Blog, Mama must-haves Tagged: babyshower, chocolate, essential-oils, healthy, hypnobirthing, pregnancy, treats

What’s in a name???

January 27, 2017 by 3 Comments

            Actually it would seem a lot.  What I have realised over the last few months and especially few weeks is that we define ourselves through our names from the very earliest of ages, and when that is questioned/disrupted at either 5 or 35 years old it throws us into … [Read more…]

Posted in: Baby & Birthing, Blog, Lifestyle Tagged: emotion, hypnobirthing, indigo-child, marriage, parenting, single-parent, singlemum, stepdad

Quinoa & lentil fritters…

November 6, 2016 by Leave a Comment

As usual my favourite thing to do is adapt recipes so that they basically suit my store cupboard (to a certain extent!)  For example if you’d prefer to up the quantity of quinoa and lose the lentils then that would be fine.  You could leave out the chilli, change the type of flour or the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Lifestyle, Recipes Tagged: cooking, green, protein, quinoa, recipes, superfood, tamari, turmeric, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian

YES, my son wears a necklace! (and why i hate gender stereotyping)

August 22, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Most strangers think that Huxley is a girl.  It doesn’t really bother me, I admit he’s a pretty baby.  All big eyed and elf-like. For the future I’m thinking (hoping) Legolas of Lord of the Rings, willowy yet beautiful and handsome. Other members of the family don’t take it so well.  My mum, my sister … [Read more…]

Posted in: Baby & Birthing, Blog, Lifestyle Tagged: alternative, amber, ambernecklace, genderstereotyping, natural, organic, reflux, remedies, teething, tongue-tie

I am not miss perfect…

July 19, 2016 by Leave a Comment

After talking with a few friends at the weekend about my blog I realised that with my positive birth experience comes others vulnerability, intimidation and some defensiveness and this worried me because that is definitely not the reason I have started this blog.  I wanted to share how amazed I was at what a womans … [Read more…]

Posted in: Baby & Birthing, Blog, Lifestyle Tagged: birthing, calmbirth, hypnobirth, hypnobirthing, pescetarian, positive, thecalmbirthschool, vegetarian

5 essentials for a calm birth…

June 30, 2016 by Leave a Comment

It’s really important to start by mentioning that a calm birth doesn’t only have to take place at home.  There is evidence to suggest that the moment you set foot in a hospital you are more likely to have medical intervention and also that as soon as you accept induction you are more likely to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Baby & Birthing, Blog, Lifestyle Tagged: aromatherapy, baby essentials, calmbirth, euphoric, home birth, hypnobirthing, labour, massage, meditation, midwife, natural, pain relief, waterbirth

Very green curry-laksa…

June 3, 2016 by Leave a Comment

My favourite recipes are ones that aren’t too rigid and that you can chop and change.  As the legendary Ottolenghi says, if you don’t have a certain ingredient just substitute it or leave it out.  It’s all about finding out what works well.  Its probably why I’m not as good baker as I am cook … [Read more…]

Posted in: Lifestyle, Recipes Tagged: dairy free, gluten free, green curry, healthy eating, laksa, vegan, vegetarian

Modern Burlap swaddle…

May 19, 2016 by Leave a Comment

I’m crazy addicted to all of the cool mod kids brands that you find on Instagram.  A lot of them are started up by mums/parents themselves and some focus on organic materials or ethical trading which make them even nicer to support. Under ‘mama must-haves’ you’ll find my posts on some of the awesome but … [Read more…]

Posted in: Mama must-haves Tagged: baby essentials, breastfeeding, modern burlap, monochrome, swaddle
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